Gqgq Flashcards
It is a service activity to provide quantitative information. It is the process of identifying, recording and communicating economic information. It is an art of recording, classifying and summarizing.
Accounting
Nature of accounting
•Accounting is a process
•Accounting is an art
•Accounting deals with Financial Information
•Accounting is a means and not end
•Accounting is an Information system
A process composed of multiple steps that lead to a common goal.
Accounting is a Process
It entails creativity and skills that help us attain some objectives.
Accounting is an Art
These are the only events identified by the accountant, recorded in the books and communicated to different parties.
Accounting deals with financial information
Accounting is a tool to achieve specific objectives. It Is not the object itself.
Accounting is a means not an end.
Accounting is recognized and characterized as a storehouse of information. As a service function, it collects processes and communicates financial information if any entity.
Accounting is an information system
Experts consider this stage of record keeping the beginning of the art of writing.
Bulla found in mesopotamia
Is acknowledged the father as the father of modern accounting.
Luca Pacioli
Functions of accounting in business
•Keeping systematic record of business transactions
•Protecting properties of business
•Communicating results to various parties in or connected with the business
•Meeting legal requirements