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PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING

Posted on June 29, 2019 By commerceiets No Comments on PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING

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  • PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING
        • IDENTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS:
        • MEASUREMENT IN TERMS OF MONEY:
        • RECORDING OF TRANSACTIONS
        • CLASSIFYING THE TRANSACTIONS:
        • SUMMARISING THE TRANSACTIONS:
        • ANALYSING THE FINAL ACCOUNTS:
        • INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:
        • COMMUNICATING THE RESULTS:

PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING

The Process of Accounting involves the identification of transactions and events which are financial in nature; ensuring measurement of transactions in the monetary terms; recording the transactions in the journal; classifying the entries in ledger, summarizing the entries in final accounts i.e. Trading Account and Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet; analyzing and interpreting the results and communicating the results to the users of the accounting information.

ACCORDING TO AAA (American Accounting Association)

“Accounting is the process of identifying, measuring and communicating economic information to permit informed judgments and decisions by the users of information.”

The brief description of Process of Accounting is as follows:

PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING
PROCESS OF ACCOUNTING

IDENTIFICATION OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS AND EVENTS:

Accounting records only those transactions and events that are expressed in monetary terms or in quantitative form.

A transaction is an exchange in which each participant receives or sacrifices value. For instance, the transactions like sale of goods for ₹5,000 will be recorded in the books of accounts.

An event is a happening of consequence to an entity. An entity means an economic unit that performs economic activities.

However, there are so many events which are very important for business but cannot be recorded in the books of accounts because such events cannot be expressed in quantitative or monetary form. For example: Loyalty of Employees, Resignation by an able and experienced manager, Strike by employees, Quarrel between employee and employer etc. but these events have a large impact and direct bearing on the business of the firm.

MEASUREMENT IN TERMS OF MONEY:

The accounting records only those transactions which can be expressed in terms of money i.e. ruling currency of country. It implies that a business man will not record the purchase of 5 chairs and 5 tables; he will record the purchase of 5 chairs costing ₹2,500 and 5 tables costing ₹5,000.

RECORDING OF TRANSACTIONS

The recording of transactions is done in the book of the journal which is the primary book of recording the transactions in the chronological order.

In small business houses, the recording of transactions is generally done in the book of Journal whereas in big business houses the recording of transactions is done in the subsidiary books such as:

  • Cash Book
  • Purchase Book
  • Sales Book
  • Purchase Return Book
  • Sale Return Book
  • Bills Receivable Book
  • Bills Payable Book
  • Journal Proper

The number of subsidiary books to be maintained depends upon the nature and size and needs or requirements of the business.

CLASSIFYING THE TRANSACTIONS:

The next step in Process of Accounting is classification of all the transactions recorded in the book of the Journal. Classification refers to grouping the transactions of same nature at one place, in a separate account. Classification of transactions is done in the books of ‘Ledger’. All the accounts related to creditors, debtors, capital, assets, liabilities, incomes and expenses are separately opened in the Ledger Book. Example: Wages Account, Ram Account, Advertisement Account, Cash Account, Bank Overdraft Account etc.

SUMMARISING THE TRANSACTIONS:

Summarizing is the art of presenting the classified data in a manner which is understandable and useful to management and other users of such data. It involves:

  • Balancing of Ledger Accounts
  • Preparation of Trial Balance
  • Preparation of Trading and Profit & Loss A/c
  • Preparation of Balance Sheet

Trial Balance is a summary of all the ledger accounts and is maintained to check the arithmetical accuracy of accounts. Trading Account is prepared to find out the Gross Profit or Gross Loss while Profit & Loss Account helps in knowing Net Profit or Net Loss. Balance Sheet prepared at the end of accounting year helps in knowing the financial position of the concern. It shows the Profitability, Solvency as well as Liquidity position of the business.

ANALYSING THE FINAL ACCOUNTS:

Analyzing is concerned with the establishment of relationship between the various items or groups of items taken from Income Statement or Balance Sheet or both. Purpose of analysis is to identify he financial strengths and weaknesses of the enterprise. It provides the base for analysis.

INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS:

Another step in Process of Accounting is interpretation of results. Interpretation of results is concerned with explaining the meaning and significance of the relationship so established by the analysis. Interpretation of results requires high degree of knowledge and skills. The accountant should answer:

  • What has happened?
  • Why is happened?
  • What is likely to happen under specified conditions? 

COMMUNICATING THE RESULTS:

The last step in Process of Accounting is to provide the analyzed and interpreted results to its users such as Management, Employees, Creditors, Research Scholars, Debtors, Financial Institutions, Competitors, Bankers, Income Tax Authorities etc. The results are communicated by preparing final accounts, ratios, graphs, diagrams, charts, fund flow statement, cash flow statement etc.

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