{"id":1866,"date":"2019-07-13T11:02:41","date_gmt":"2019-07-13T11:02:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/?p=1866"},"modified":"2019-07-13T11:02:41","modified_gmt":"2019-07-13T11:02:41","slug":"accounting-is-an-art-or-science","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting-is-an-art-or-science\/","title":{"rendered":"ACCOUNTING IS AN ART OR SCIENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title \" >Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting-is-an-art-or-science\/#ACCOUNTING_IS_AN_ART_OR_SCIENCE\" title=\"ACCOUNTING IS AN ART OR\nSCIENCE\">ACCOUNTING IS AN ART OR\nSCIENCE<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting-is-an-art-or-science\/#ACCOUNTING_IS_AN_ART\" title=\"ACCOUNTING IS AN ART\">ACCOUNTING IS AN ART<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting-is-an-art-or-science\/#ACCOUNTING_IS_A_SCIENCE_BUT_NOT_A_PURE_SCIENCE\" title=\"ACCOUNTING IS A SCIENCE BUT NOT\nA PURE SCIENCE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; \">ACCOUNTING IS A SCIENCE BUT NOT\nA PURE SCIENCE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ACCOUNTING_IS_AN_ART_OR_SCIENCE\"><\/span>ACCOUNTING IS AN ART OR\nSCIENCE<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a aria-label=\"Accounting (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Accounting<\/a> refers to the mechanism of maintaining and keeping the records of the transactions and events and also its analysis and interpretation. It also includes the preparation of final accounts i.e. Trading and Profit and Loss Account and Balance Sheet at the end of the financial year. It is associated with communicating the interpreted results of the financial information to its users. Accounting is an art or science- is discussed as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ACCOUNTING_IS_AN_ART\"><\/span>ACCOUNTING IS AN ART<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Art\nrefers to the methods of doing work in a systematic manner to attain specified\nobjectives. Art requires some kind of skills and knowledge and practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACCORDING TO AICPA (American Institute of Certified Public Accountants)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAccounting\nis art of recording, classifying, summarizing in a significant manner and in\nterms of money, transactions and events which are, in part at least, of\nfinancial character and interpreting the results thereof.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Accounting\nis an art as the books of accounts are maintained on a system which is embodied\nwith some assumptions or personal judgments. It is practical subject involving\nskills, knowledge and regular practice. The regular practice of maintaining\nrecords make the accountants skillful and experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"ACCOUNTING_IS_A_SCIENCE_BUT_NOT_A_PURE_SCIENCE\"><\/span>ACCOUNTING IS A SCIENCE BUT NOT\nA PURE SCIENCE&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; <span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Science\nis a systematic body of knowledge based on repeated experiments and\nobservations and establishes the cause and effect relationship. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-pale-cyan-blue-background-color has-background has-medium-font-size\"><strong>ACCORDING TO SMITH AND ASHBURNE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u201cAccounting\nis the science of recording and classifying business transactions and events,\nprimarily of financial character, and the art of making significant summaries,\nanalysis and interpretation of those transactions and events and communicating\nthe results to the persons who must make decisions to form judgments.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Accounting\nis a science because it involves certain principles which are universally\napplicable. The items which are recorded in the books of accounts are based on\ncertain definite principles. It consists of concepts, conventions, rules and\nprinciples etc. &nbsp;However, there is no\ncause and effect relationship established. This makes the accounting a science\nbut not a pure science.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\u00a0To conclude, it can be said rightly that accounting is an art and science but not a pure science. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\"><table><tbody><tr><td><strong>Also Study<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study<\/strong><\/td><td><strong>Also Study<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/accounting\/\"><strong>Accounting<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/non-profit-organisation\/\"><strong>Non profit organisation<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/depreciation\/\"><strong>Depreciation<\/strong><\/a><\/td><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/liquidity-ratios-types\/\"><strong>Liquidity ratios<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><a href=\"https:\/\/commerceiets.com\/nature-of-accounting\/\"><strong>Nature of 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