Account

ingisthesy stematicprocessofrecor ding,summar i

zing, anal
yzing,andinterpret
ing
fi
nanci
altr
ansactionsofabusi ness,organizat i
on,orindividual.Itinvolveskeepingtrackof
fi
nanci
alacti
vi
ties,suchaspur chases,sales,expenses, andr evenues, i
nor dert
ogener at
e
accur
ateandmeani ngfulf
inanci
alinf
ormat ion.Thepr imar ygoal ofaccount i
ngistopr ovi
dea
cl
earandcompr ehensi vevi
ewofanent i
ty'
sf inancialpositionandper formance.This
i
nformati
onisusedbymanagement ,
investors, cr
edit
or s,andot herst akeholder
st omake
i
nformeddecisi
onsandassesst hefi
nancial healt
hoft heent it
y.

Af inancialstatementisaf ormal r
ecordofthef i
nancialacti
vi
tiesandposi ti
onofabusiness,
organizat i
on,orindiv
idual.Itprovi
desasummar yoffinancialtransact
ionsandev ent
s,
presentingi nformati
onsuchasr evenues,expenses,assets,l
iabili
ti
es,andequit
y.Thereare
threemai ntypesoffinancialstat
ement s:
thebalancesheet ,t
hei ncomest atement(al
soknown
ast heprof i
tandl ossstatement )
,andthecashf lowst at
ement .Thesest at
ementsareusedby
stakeholder stoassesst hef i
nancial
healthandper f
ormanceoft heent i
ty.

Theaccounti
ngequat
ion,al
soknownasthefundamental
account
ingequat
ion,i
sabasic
pri
nci
plei
naccounti
ngthatrepr
esent
sther
elati
onshi
pbetweenacompany'sasset
s,l
i
abil
it
ies,
andequit
y.Theequat
ionis:

Asset
s=Li
abi
l
iti
es+Equi
ty

Inotherwords,t
hev al
ueofacompany '
sassets(whatitowns)i
sequal tothesum ofit
s
l
iabil
it
ies(
whati towest oother s)andi t
sequity(t
heresidual
int
erestoftheownersintheasset
s
aft
erdeductingliabil
it
ies).Thisequat ionref
lectsthef
undamental conceptofdoubl
e-ent
ry
bookkeepi
ng, wher eever yfi
nanci al
transact
ionhasanequal andopposi t
eimpactonbot hsi
des
oftheequationtomai nt ainbalance.

Theaccount
ingequati
onf
ormsthebasi
sforcreati
ngf
inanci
alst
atementsandhel
psensur
e
thatt
hefi
nanci
alrecor
dsofacompanyareaccurat
eandinequil
i
brium.
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