Sunday, April 26, 2020

Fundamental principle of accounting


FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPAL OF ACCOUNTING
This Study Note includes
1.1    Definition of Accounting 
1.2    Accounting concepts
1.3    Accounting Convention
1.4    Importance of Accounting
1.5    Terminology of Accounts
   
1.1 Definition of Accounting 
Rectangle: Rounded Corners: In 1941, The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) had defined accounting as the art of recording, classifying, and summarizing in a significant manner and in terms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of financial character, and interpreting the results thereof.
  Accounting  : Defines in different way with the different Accounting experts , some of the common definition are: 

Rectangle: Rounded Corners: In 1966, the American Accounting Association (AAA) defined accounting as ‘the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgments and decisions by users of information’.









1.2 Accounting concepts
Accounting concepts  :  Generally Accepted Accounting Principle (GAAP) issued different Accounting concepts  to be followed by the different user of Accounts so that  to be on the same page of Accounts.
                                                      Following are the different Accounting concepts are,


1.3 Accounting Convention:   These are the generally accepted customs formed on the basis of agreement of different parties. They are different form accounting concepts as concepts gives a theoretical aspect while conception are generally accepted concepts.
There are four main conventions that are universally accepted. They are