Title: basic accounting terms
1What is Financial Accounting ?
- Financial accounting is the art or science of
recording, classifying and summarizing the
business transaction in significant manner and
interpreting the result and preparation of
Financial reports.
2Basic Accounting Terms
3The following is the list of Basic accounting
terms which I explain briefly to help accounting
beginners.
4Account It is device, which contains a
systematic record of increase or decrease in an
item during a certain particular period of
time. Account Receivable /Debtor A person to
who goods are sold on credit by a business
organization is called account receivable or
debtor. Account Payable / Creditor A person from
whom a business organization or individual
purchases goods on credit is called creditor.
5Assets The basic accounting terms Assets means
anything valuable possessed by a firm with the
following three features 1. qualifies as
assets. 2. The legal title of ownership 3. Right
to use Right to sale/dispose off
6BookkeeperA trained and qualified person who
collects, records and report on the financial
transactions carried out by a business is called
Bookkeeper. Note there is a difference between
bookkeeper and Accountant we explained in another
separate topic Accountant Vs Bookkeeper
7Summary
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