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
The Role of Accounting

1.3 The Role of Accounting

1. Functions of Accounting

The three major functions of accounting are:

(1) The collection and storage of data concerning a business’s financial activities. The information is gathered from source documents, recorded first in journals then posted to ledgers, either manually or with accounting software.

(2) To supply information that can be used for managerial reports, financial statements, strategic planning and decision-making.

(3) To provide controls that effectively, efficiently and accurately record and process data. 

2. The Role of Accounting in Business