The purpose and scope of accounting in complex operating environments

 1. Introduction

Nowadays, to keep the business operate in a sustainable and long-term way, there are many components contribute to the development of the company. In addition to the production, marketing and human resources departments, the accounting department can be considered as one of the cores of the business.

Accounting is the process of documenting a company's financial transactions. Accounting entails summarizing, evaluating, and reporting these transactions to oversight organizations, regulators, and tax collecting agencies. Accounting financial statements are a succinct overview of financial activities throughout an accounting period that summarize a company's operations, financial status, and cash flows.


2. The purpose and scope of accounting in organization

2.1. The purpose of accounting

The purpose of accounting is to gather and report financial data about a company's performance, financial state, and cash flows. This information is used to make decisions about how to operate the firm, helps the manager decide which areas to invest in, and so on. Accounting transactions amass this information in accounting records, which are maintained either through typical business transactions such as customer invoicing or supplier bills, or through more specialized transactions known as journal entries. It is often organized into financial statements such as an income statement, a balance sheet, a statement of cash flows, a statement of sales income, etc.



2.2. Accountings’s scope

Accounting's role is to keep track of all financial transactions. Everyone from individuals to businesses needs to monitor their financial condition to make appropriate spending adjustments. A company's primary goal is to make a profit. A company's financial transactions are documented in its books of accounts in order to determine its operating outcomes and financial status. Accounts of a corporate concern's financial activities are also kept correctly to satisfy other objectives.


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