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Basic Accounting
ACCOUNTING
Iisa service activity
Its function isto provide quantitative information,
primarily financial in nature, about economic entities that
are usefulin making economic decisions and reasoned
choices among alternative courses of action. Hence, its
the language of business.
The systematic art of recording, classifying, and
ina significant manner andin terms of
money, transactions, and events which are part of a
financial character and interpreting the results thereof.
‘Accounting covers the ff, activities:
14. Recording - putting into records al the business
transactions ican be done manually or electronically.
~ Bookkeeping - isa mechanical process of recording
all the financial transactions of the business, itis
done according to the date of transactions
Classifying -sorting and grouping by similar or
interrelated transactions.
‘Summarizing - preparing the financial reports intended
for the users of financial information,
Interpreting - analyzing financial dats and performance
of the business. It could be done internal comparison or
extemal comparison.
Branches of Accounting
1. Public Accounting - accounting services offered to the
general public
CPA- (Certified Public Accountants) licensed
professionals engage in providing accounting
Services such as:
1). Auditing -attest the accuracy and falmess of
presentation ofthe accounting data
Taxation. offers advice on tax its tables, nd
returns
Management Advisory examining and
providing cast information to the internal
‘management to faciltate the planning,