Summary: Accounting

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  • 1 Lecture 1

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  • Difference between book-keeping and accounting

    Book-keeping involves the process of recording business event systematically and accurately according to set rules.

    Accounting is the entire process of recording, summarising, analysing, interpreting and reporting the financial information of an organisation
  • Financial vs management accounting

    Financial accounting - primarily concerned with the recording of overall outcomes for a time period prepared for use by external users, as well as internal users.

    Management accounting - used in day to day decision making by internal users.
  • 2 Lecture 2

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  • Forumla for derving profit

    Revenues - Expenses = Profit earned/Loss incurred
  • Historical cost concept

    Business transactions are recorded in terms of their cost prices at the time that the transactions take place.
  • What doe the statement of changes in equity do?

    Shows the change in owners’ equity during the period, additional capital contributions, profit or loss, minus drawings
  • What does the statement of cash flow show?

    Presents a classified summary of cash movements during the period.
  • What is the expanded accounting equation?

    (NCA + CA) = (Capital + PFY - Drawings) + (NCL + CL)
  • What is the double-entry bookkeeping system?

    Each transaction affects at least two accounts equally
  • What is carrying value?

    Carrying value is the original cost of an asset, less the accumulated amount of any depreciation
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  • Why are Revenue and expenses ledger accounts called temporary accounts?

    Because they are closed off and the balance transferred to the Income Summary account at the end of each accounting period.
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