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Meaning, Objectives and Terminology of Accounting

ICSE · Class 9 · Commercial Studies

Summary of Meaning, Objectives and Terminology of Accounting for ICSE Class 9 Commercial Studies. Key concepts, important points, and chapter overview.

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Overview

Accounting is the systematic record of money received and money spent. It deals only with financial transactions and helps in recording, classifying, summarising, analysing, and interpreting business information. Book-keeping forms the base of accounting, while accounting goes further by preparing t

Key Concepts

Accounting means keeping an account

Accounting means keeping an account of money received and money spent. It records only financial transactions and includes recording, classifying, sum

Book

Book-keeping is the art of recording business dealings in a set of books. It includes journalising, posting to ledger, totalling of accounts, and bala

Book

Book-keeping is clerical and mainly records transactions, while accounting is analytical and imaginative and prepares final statements. Book-keeping i

The main objectives are to maintain

The main objectives are to maintain records, calculate profit or loss, ascertain financial position, and provide information to owners, investors, cre

Accounting is not fully exact

Accounting is not fully exact, does not reflect true market worth, ignores many non-monetary factors, may be affected by errors or fraud, and assumes

Learning Objectives

  • Define accounting and book-keeping
  • Distinguish between book-keeping and accounting
  • State the objectives and need of accounting
  • Explain the limitations of accounting
  • Classify accounts into personal, real, and nominal accounts

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