Accounting
Accounting is
Definitions
According to College Accounting: A Practical Approach by Slater (13th edition),
- Accounting. A system that measures the business' activities in financial terms, provides written reports and financial statements about those activities, and communicates these reports to decision makers and others.
Related concepts
- Bookkeeping. Recording, filing, and retrieving of financial data, as well as producing those financial reports that are required by laws.