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ACCOUNTING

, Accounting Entity concept DUALITY CONCEPT

( apply to all business) .


Accountants see total assets as
equal to total
-

Accountants see any business to have equities .
Total assets are equal to the claims on

its own life A to be separate from those assets by liabilities and owners
equity
its owners for recording and .




reporting purposes .



Every transaction has at least two effects on


accounting equation .




What is accounting entity ?
EFFECTS THE ACCOUNTING EQUATION
Definition : An accounting entity is
any organisational OF


and prepares sales of
unit that keeps records
accounting cash 1,000
.




A L t E NE
-

- No effect
reports
=
.




=
sale is revenue -14000
separate entity for
business is seen as a cash
-




Any
-


.




HE t 1000 BS :
CA t 11000
accounting purposes and it is separate from -11000
=


the
OE OC t Act R E D
accounting entity
= - -




owner The .
is always the
business .




.



Only those transactions related to the firm will Pay 11000 cash to creditor A =L toe
be recorded in the accounts liabilities -11,000
Bank creditor t O
.



=


assets -

nooo

→ apply
for company
OE -

1,000
-
IN =
-

1000 f 0

LEGAL ENTITY CONCEPT IS -

No
cash flow sheet
.


Accountants see business to have its own life and to be separate from its BS - YES :
CA -
11000 =

ka
CC 11000
operating activity outflow
-




Companys shareholders separate
owners for decision making in the eye of law .




apply to the company
ACCOUNT I NG EQUATION
what is a legal entity ?
*
cannot apply in
accounting Assets ( A ) Equities ( E )
=




for Assets liabilities
legal entity is the
party that makes decision and responsible the decision -1 Owner 's
Equity
'
-
-




and action taken by the business . A =
L t OE

A company is a legal entity
'


.




What is ASSETS ?

Non current -

Assets CURRENT ASSETS

nothing
to do TANGIBLE NCA inventories or stocks
recordin 's
with
INTANGIBLE NCA
debtors or account receivables
the owner 1 partner
INVESTMENT
Tension:: : pay
cash at bank
for debts




HOW TO DEFINE - -
- -
?


ASSETS Resources controlled:

by the entity as a

rgmoewseantairdeo.fr result of past events and from which future
economic benefits are expected to flow to the
UNLIMITED LIABILITY entity .




the legal entity needs to use personal assets to pay for future debts incurred
-




NON CURRENT
-

Assets which have been brought with a
business :
by the .




ASSETS view to continuo Sly earn revenue .



They
LIMITED INDUSTRY are expected to be used in the business for

limited more than twelve months
amount invested in the business
.

'


to



CURRENT Assets which are converted to
: easily can be
ASSETS cash within twelve months of the balance

sheet date .

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