Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Accounting

Accounting is the development and use of a system for recording and analyzing the financial transactions and financial status of a business or other organization.It can be a complete record of all the activities of a business, providing details of every aspect of the business, allowing the analysis of business trends, and providing insight into future prospects.

There are 5 types of account:
1) Asset-anything tangible or intangible that is capable of being owned or controlled to produce value.
2) Liability-a present obligation of the enterprise arising from past events or transactions.
3) Equity-the remaining interest in a company
4) Income-the consumption and saving opportunity gained by an entity.
5) Expense-outflow of money to another person or group to pay for an item or service.

Post by Undead

Account TypeNormal BalanceDebitCredit
AssetDebitDebits increase asset balancesCredits decrease asset balances
LiabilityCreditDebits decrease liability balancesCredits increase liability balances
EquityCreditDebits decrease equity balancesCredits increase equity balances
IncomeCreditDebits decrease income balancesCredits increase income balances
Expense







Debit




Debits increase expense balancesCredits decrease expense balances








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