Accounting- Basic Functions of Business // Accounting Concepts

  1. Marketing
    Products, pricing, promotion, distribution
  2. Human resources
    Jobs, people, salaries, benefits
  3. Production and operations
    Planning, directing, controlling, evaluating
  4. Finance
    Capital maintenance
  5. Business entity concept
    Accounting records only reflects info about economic events that pertain to one entity
  6. Going concerned concept
    Accountants prepare financial statements assuming that the business will go on forever (Records can continue from one time period to another)
  7. Fiscal Period Concept
    Businesses results can be measured in intervals, Time frame for reporting financial info
  8. Monetary unit
    Financial reports must be presented in the same currency, no matter where the operations are located
  9. Ex. Clark owner of Kent machine shop, maintains two checking accounts - one for personal affairs in one for the business
    Business entity concept
  10. A company has 10000 shareholders. Subsequently 2000 shareholders sell their shares to others. The company's financial statements are not affected
    Going concern concept
  11. A company prepares furnish was demands every 3 months and annually
    Fiscal Period
  12. A company continues in business even though its founder died
    Going concern
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Accounting- Basic Functions of Business // Accounting Concepts
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