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Deals primarily with the systematic method of recording and classifying financial transaction of business
Considered to be the procedural element of accounting as arithmetic is a procedural element of mathematics
Books are set up and prepared in a manner that ensures an orderly recording and classification of business transactions
Bookkeeping
Systematic process of identifying, recording, measuring, classifying, verifying, summarizing, interpreting, and communicating financial information
Accounting
AICPA
American Institute of Certified Public Accountant
Basic Activities of Accounting
Identifying
Recording
Communicating
Starting point of accounting process
Analyzing, classifying, interpreting, and measuring business transactions/events/activities that have an economic impact on a business
Identifying
Done to provide a history of its financial activities
Keeping a systematic and chronological diary (journals and ledger) of events measured in peso
Clarifies and summarizes economic events
Recording
Language of business in accounting
Presentation of financial statements to interested users
Used by decision-makers to be able to make a reasonable statement
Communicating
Convey to management and/or interested outsider (s) the messages about the financial activities of the business
Considered as the principal accounting reports
Financial Statements
Types of Financial Statements
Income Statement
Statement of Changes in Owner’s Equity
Statement of Financial Position
Statement of Cash Flows
Notes in Financial Statement
Types of Financial Statement Sales & expenses
Performance of the business in terms of income and loss
Income Statement
Types of Financial Statement
Investments/capital
Statement of Changes in Owner’s Equity
Types of Financial Statement
Liabiites
Statement of Financial Position
Types of Financial Statement
Money remaining; available cash
Statement of Cash Flows
Types of Financial Statement
Adjusting entries
Notes in Financial Statement
Inside the company
E.g. owners, employees, managers, shareholders, executives, etc.
Internal Users
Outside the company
E.g. suppliers, investors, government, etc.
External Users
Things of value that the company owns that have future benefits
E.g. cash, employees (not recorded)
Asset
Continuous payment (UTANG)
Liabilities
Money needed to start
Capital
Kinds of Information Needed by Different Parties
Financial condition or position of the business
Financial performance or results of operations
Financial and investing activities:
Amounts and kinds of assets and liabilities and status of the owner’s interest at a given point in time
Financial condition or position of the business
Whether the business operating activities during a given period of time resulted in net income or a loss
Financial performance or results of operations
Responsible for the changes in the financial resources of the business which ranges from the sources and applications of funds during a given period of time
Financial and investing activities:
Nature of Accounting
Accounting is a service activity
Accounting is a process
Accounting is both an art and a discipline
Accounting deals with financial information and transactions
Accounting is an information system