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Accounts

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Business Transaction   A business activity that result in an economic exchange between a business entity and another entity  
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Accounting   The process of identifying, recording and communicating economic and financial information  
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Bookkeeping   recording of transactions and events either manually or electronically  
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Branches of Accounting   Financial, Management, Auditing, Taxation, Financial Management  
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Financial Accounting   Accounting process that ends with the preparation of final accounts and is to be given to users (external use)  
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Management Accounting   to provide managers more information for stock valuation and to determine cost of products (internal use)  
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Auditing   examination of accounts to determine whether the accounts is credible  
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Taxation   computing the amount of tax payable by business entities and individuals  
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Financial Management   setting financial objectives, making plans to obtain the finance needed and safeguarding all the financial resources  
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External Users   Banks/Lenders, Shareholders/Investors, Government/Inland Revenue Board, Suppliers, Customers  
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Internal Users   Manages, Employees/Labour Unions  
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Characteristics of Accounting   Relevance, Reliability, Comparability, Consistency, Understandability  
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Predictive Value   helps users forecast future events  
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Feedback Value   confirms or corrects prior expectations  
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Timeliness   information must be available to decision males before it loses its capacity to influences their decisions  
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Verifiable   the information should be free of error and bias  
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Faithful Representation   information dependable in representing the events that it purports to represent  
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Neutrality   the information should be accurate  
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Accounting Concepts   Separate Economic Entity/Dual Aspect, Monetary Unit, Going Concern, Time Period  
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Separate Economic Entity / Dual Aspect   transaction for business us separately recorded from transaction for personal use  
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Monetary Unit   only record transactions that are given in money  
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Going Concern   the business is assumed to continue in the future  
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Time Period   accounts has to be recorded at regular and consistent intervals  
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Accounting Principles   Historical Cost, Revenue Recognition/Prudence, Full Disclosure  
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Historical Cost   long-term assets are recorded at buying price  
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Revenue Recognition / Prudence   revenue is recognised when money is earned and not when money is received  
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Full Disclosure Principle   have to disclose all info in your accounts  
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Accounting Constraints   Materiality Concept  
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Materiality Concept   gives room for error and differs from company to company  
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