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Accounting
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Explain the business forms and their characteristics
What is accounting?
Bookeeper
Classifying, recording and summarizing the business
transactions systematically
Accountants
Prepare and interpret the financial statements .
Auditors (internal/external)
Review the company’s books, financial statements
and look for any errors and discrepancies.
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The Accounting Cycle
What is the main objective of
financial statements?
OWNER’S EQUITY
● is the wealth of the business own by the owners.
● It represents the fund supplied by the owner together with profit retained in
the business excluding any liabilities and drawings.
LIABILITY
• financial obligation of the business to external parties of business; non-
current liability and current liability
• Non-current liability is the financial obligation that can be settled more than a
year. For example, long term loan, debenture and bond.
• Current liability is the financial obligation that need to be settled within a
year. For example, short-term loan, creditor, accrual payment
What are the elements of financial statements?
REVENUE/INCOME
• created when there is a stream of economic benefits, normally
money move into the company
• money received from the sale of goods.
• received interest, royalties, dividends, commissions, government
grants, franchise fees and others.
EXPENSES
ELEMENTS OF FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS
OWNER'S
ASSETS LIABILITIES REVENUE EXPENSES
EQUITY
Statement of
Profit or Loss
Owner/management
Interested to know whether the
business is being conducted /
the capital is being employed
properly or not.
Employee
Interested in financial
statements as the payment of
bonus depends upon the size of
profit earned by the business
External users
Creditors/bankers
these groups are interested to
know the business’ financial
soundness before granting
credit
Investors
Investors wish to see the
progress and prosperity of the
firm, before investing their
money
External users
Tax authorities/Government
Tax authorities keeps a close watch
on the profits yield by business.
They are interested to know the
earnings for the purpose of
taxation
Customers
interested in getting the goods at
reduced price. Thus, they wish to
know the establishment of proper
accounting control, which in turn
will reduce the cost of production
Types of Business
Sole proprietorship
Company
• Owned and manage by a
single owner • Owned by many
• Simplest and least costly Partnership shareholders and
• For example, restaurant, managed by board of
grocery shop, laundry • Owned by two or more directors
individuals • Large amount of capital
• Normal partnership (2-20 • Return to owners is in the
partners) form of dividend
• Professional partnership • Divided into public and
(2- 50) private company
• Profit and loss is sharing
among partners
Assignment:
You are required to identify further
characteristics for each of the business
form in terms of:
(capital contribution, liability, legal requirement and main legislation,
taxation and financial statements)
Thank you