Q&A What Is Accounting Anyway?

What Is Accounting Anyway?

Anyone who has worked in an office at some point or another has had to go to accounting department. They’re the people who pay and send out the bills that keep the business running. They do a lot more than that, though. Sometimes referred to as “bean counters” they also keep their eye on profits, costs and losses. Unless you’re running your own business and acting as your own accountant, you’d have no way of knowing just how profitable – or not – your business is without some form of accounting.

No matter what business you’re in, even if all you do is balance a checkbook, that’s still accounting. It’s part of even a kid’s life. Saving an allowance, spending it all at once – these are accounting principles.

Every business and every individual needs to have some kind of accounting system in their lives. Otherwise, the finances can get away from them, they don’t know what they’ve spent, or whether they can expect a profit or a loss from their business. Staying on top of accounting, whether it’s for a multi-billion dollar business or for a personal current account is a necessary activity on a daily basis if you’re smart. Not doing so can mean anything from a bounced check or posting a loss to a company’s shareholders. Both scenarios can be equally devastating.

Accounting is basically processing of information and information, and this information is published periodically in business as income statement, statement of financial position and cash flow statement.

If your business accounting system is not giving you accurate, timely and relevant information on monthly basis. Then you are not in control of your business and there is serious problem in sight. If you are in this situation,

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