Fundamentals of Accountancy Business & Management 2 PDF
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Arellano University
mary charlene Junsay, mba
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This document introduces accounting concepts, objectives, and the accounting cycle. It details the significance of accounting and explains the main steps in the traditional cycle, including identifying business events, recording transactions, and preparing financial statements. This document covers topics central to business management.
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Fundamentals of Accountancy Business & Management 2 Teacher : mary charlene Junsay,mba Introduction to Accounting 2 Objectives Introduce Accounting 2 to the learners. To determine the significance of accounting To Identify the Main Steps in the traditional Accounti...
Fundamentals of Accountancy Business & Management 2 Teacher : mary charlene Junsay,mba Introduction to Accounting 2 Objectives Introduce Accounting 2 to the learners. To determine the significance of accounting To Identify the Main Steps in the traditional Accounting Cyvle Accounting is a system that identifies, records, communicates information that is relevant, reliable & comparable about an organization’s business activities. Why do we need to study Accounting? So that we can accumulate & report financial information about the performance, financial position & the cash flows of a business. This information is then used to reach decisions about how to manage the business or invest it or lend money to it Why accounting is so important? Accounting plays a very important role in running a business & helps you track income & expenditures. Also, it gives us a financial information which can be used in making business decisions. Accounting vs. Bookkeeping Basics of Accounting Revenues Expenses Assets Liabilities Income Statement Balance Sheet Cash Flows Accounting Cycle The Accounting Cycle is a set of steps that are repeated in the same order every period. The culmination of these steps is the preparation of Financial Statements. 9 Main Steps in the Traditional Accounting Cycle: Identify business events, analyze these transactions & record them as Journal Entries. Post journal entries to applicable T-Accounts or Ledger Accounts Prepare Unadjusted Trial Balance from the General Ledger. Analyzethe Trial Balance & make end of period Adjusting Journal Entries. 9 Main Steps in the Traditional Accounting Cycle: Post Adjusting Journal Entries & prepare the Adjusted Trial Balance. Use the Adjusted Trial Balance to prepare Financial Statements. Close all temporary Income Statements accounts with Closing Entries. Prepare the Post - Closing Trial Balance for the next accounting period. Prepare Reversing Entries to cancel temporary adjusting entries if applicable Basics of Accounting Revenue - is the amount a company receives from selling goods and/or providing services to its customers and clients. Expense - is the money spent, or costs incurred, by a business in their effort to generate revenues. It represents the cost of doing a business. Basics of Accounting Asset - any resource owned by the business. Anything tangible or intangible that can be owned or controlled to produce value and that is held by a company to produce positive economic value is an asset. Liabilities – these are amounts owed to creditors for a past transaction and they usually have the word "payable" in their account title. Liabilities include loans, A/P, mortgages, deferred revenues and etc. Income Statement – is one of a company’s core financial statements that shows their profit and loss over a period of time. The profit or loss is determined by taking all revenues and subtracting all expenses from both operating and non-operating activities. Balance Sheet - is a summary of the financial balances of an individual or organization, whether it be a sole proprietorship, a business partnership, a corporation or private limited company. Cash Flow - is the net amount of cash and cash- equivalents being transferred into and out of a business As you can see, the cycle keeps revolving every period. Note that some steps are repeated more than once during a period. Obviously, business transactions occur and numerous journal entries are recording during one period. Only one set of financial statements is prepared however.