会计英语

张念念

目录

  • 1 Introduction to Accounting
    • 1.1 What is Accounting
    • 1.2 The History and Development of Accounting
    • 1.3 The Role of Accounting
    • 1.4 The Qualitative Characteristics of Financial Information
    • 1.5 Accounting Elements and Accounting Equation
  • 2 Basic Accounting Standards
    • 2.1 Accounting Underlying Assumptions
    • 2.2 Accounting Basis
    • 2.3 Accounting Principles
  • 3 Recording Transactions
    • 3.1 Types of Transactions
    • 3.2 Source Documents
    • 3.3 Accounting Cycle
    • 3.4 The Ledger Accounts
    • 3.5 Chart of Accounts
    • 3.6 Double-Entry Accounting
    • 3.7 Recording Transactions in a Journal
    • 3.8 Posting from Journal to Ledger
    • 3.9 Trial Balance
    • 3.10 Correcting Errors
  • 4 Current and Non-current Asset
    • 4.1 Basic Concepts of Asset
    • 4.2 Current Asset
    • 4.3 Non-current Asset
  • 5 Current and Non-current Liability
    • 5.1 Basic Concepts of Liability
    • 5.2 Current Liability
    • 5.3 Non-current Liability
  • 6 Owner's Equity
    • 6.1 Forms of Business Organization
    • 6.2 Basic Concepts of Stock
    • 6.3 Ordinary Shares and Preference Shares
    • 6.4 Dividend
    • 6.5 Owner's Equity
  • 7 Revenue and Expense
    • 7.1 Revenue
    • 7.2 Revenue from Sales
    • 7.3 Common Types of Transaction
    • 7.4 Expense
  • 8 Basic Financial Statements
    • 8.1 Statement of Financial Position
    • 8.2 Income Statement
    • 8.3 Statement of Cash Flow
  • 9 Financial Management
    • 9.1 Working Captial Management
    • 9.2 Investment Appraisal
    • 9.3 Business Finance
  • 10 Audit and Assurance
    • 10.1 Internal Control
    • 10.2 Substantive Procedure
    • 10.3 Review and Reporting
What is Accounting

1.1 What is Accounting

1.Introduction of Accounting

Accounting is an information system that identifies,  records,  and communicates relevant, reliable,  and comparable information about an organizations business activities that can be expressed in monetary terms.

2. Distinction between Bookkeeping and Accounting

Bookkeeping refers to the process of accumulating, organizing, storing, and accessing the financial information base of an entity, which is needed for two basic purposes:

(1) Facilitating the day-to-day operations of the entity

(2) Preparing financial statements, tax returns, and internal reports to managers.

The modem accountant is concerned not only with record keeping but also with a whole range of activities involving planning and problem solving, control and attention directing, evaluation, review, and auditing.