INTRODUCTION TO BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTING : LSUS

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING SSS1 FIRST TERM

WEEK 1

INTRODUCTION TO BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTING

Performance Objectives

Students should be able to:

  • 1. Definition of Book-Keeping and Accounting
  • Differences between Book-Keeping and Accounting
  • Users of Accounting Information/Financial Statements
  • Importance/Benefits of Book-keeping and Accounting
  • History of Accounting/Book-Keeping

Contents

Book Keeping is the systematic recording of the daily financial transactions of an organization so that the financial position of a business can be readily ascertained or determined at any time.

Accounting is the act of recording, classifying, analyzing, summarizing, interpreting and communicating financial information of an organisation to various end-users of such information.

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN BOOK-KEEPING AND ACCOUNTING

  1. Book-keeping concentrates only on the routine recording.... View More

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