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Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts

Basic accounting involves recording, summarizing, and reporting financial transactions to help individuals and businesses understand their income, expenses, and overall financial health. Key concepts include assets, liabilities, owner's equity, and the fundamental accounting equation: Assets = Equity + Liabilities. The importance of accounting lies in tracking financial performance, assisting in budgeting, and providing necessary records for decision-making and legal purposes.

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Understanding Basic Accounting Concepts

Basic accounting involves recording, summarizing, and reporting financial transactions to help individuals and businesses understand their income, expenses, and overall financial health. Key concepts include assets, liabilities, owner's equity, and the fundamental accounting equation: Assets = Equity + Liabilities. The importance of accounting lies in tracking financial performance, assisting in budgeting, and providing necessary records for decision-making and legal purposes.

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BASIC ACCOUNTING

What is Basic Accounting

 Accounting is the process of recording,


summarizing, and reporting financial transactions.

 It helps people know how much money they have,


how they spend it, and how they earn it.
Importance of Accounting

 Helps track income and expenses.


 Shows whether a business is making a profit or
loss
 Assists in budgeting and financial planning
 Keeps records for decision making and legal
purposes
Key Terms in Basic Accounting

 Income : Money received (e.g., from selling goods or services)


 Expense : Money spent (e.g., on salaries, rent, materials)
 Profit : Income minus expenses (if income is more than expenses)
 Loss : When expenses are more than income
 Asset : Things a business owns (e.g., cash, equipment)
 Liabilities : Debts or obligations (money the business owes)
 Capital : Money invested in the business by the owner
 Transaction : Any financial activity (buying, selling, paying,
receiving money)
The whole of accounting is based on a
single equation or formula:

ASSETS = EQUITY + LIABILITIES


ASSET

 Anasset is a possession of a business that


will bring the business benefits in the
future.
 Anasset is anything that will add future
value to your business.
Example of Asset
 Employee
Land
Computer
vehicle
cash
ASSIGNMENT
 1. If your company provides a product, What are the assets that the company
can use ? ( 10 ) Why ?
 2. If your company provides a service, what are the assets that the company
can use ? ( 10 ) Why ?
 If you have a company, will you borrow the money to the bank to run your
business ? Why ?
Owner’s equity

 The owner’s equity is simply the owner’s share of the assets of a business.
Owner's Equity
Owner’s equity
Easy Way to Remember:
 Owner's equity = What’s left for the owner
Example:
Imagine you start a small shop:
• Your shop has a fridge, goods, and cash worth $1,000 (this is called assets).
• You borrowed $300 from a friend to help start the shop (this is called a
liability).
Then your owner’s equity is:
 $1,000−$300=$700 So, you own $700 worth of the business.
Liability

 A debt of the business.

 YOU --------------------> OWE --------------------> BANK


Example of liability or debt
Would you invest in the following business?
Would you invest in the following business?
Would you invest in the following business?

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