Gqgq Flashcards

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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.

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Accounting

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Nature of accounting

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•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

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A process composed of multiple steps that lead to a common goal.

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Accounting is a Process

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It entails creativity and skills that help us attain some objectives.

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Accounting is an Art

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These are the only events identified by the accountant, recorded in the books and communicated to different parties.

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Accounting deals with financial information

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Accounting is a tool to achieve specific objectives. It Is not the object itself.

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Accounting is a means not an end.

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Accounting is recognized and characterized as a storehouse of information. As a service function, it collects processes and communicates financial information if any entity.

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Accounting is an information system

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Experts consider this stage of record keeping the beginning of the art of writing.

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Bulla found in mesopotamia

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Is acknowledged the father as the father of modern accounting.

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Luca Pacioli

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Functions of accounting in business

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•Keeping systematic record of business transactions
•Protecting properties of business
•Communicating results to various parties in or connected with the business
•Meeting legal requirements

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