Thursday, January 3, 2013

Financial Accounting

Definition:

* Reporting of the financial position and performance of a firm through financial statements issued to external users on a periodic basis.


Financial accounts are concerned with classifying, measuring and recording the transactions of a business. At the end of a period (typically a year), the following financial statements are prepared to show the performance and position of the business


Financial accountancy is used to prepare accounting information for people outside the organization or not involved in the day-to-day running of the company. Management accounting provides accounting information to help managers make decisions to manage the business.

In short, financial accounting is the process of summarizing financial data taken from an organization's accounting records and publishing in the form of annual (or more frequent) reports for the benefit of people outside the organization.

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