1 style=’margin-bottom: 0px;’>How to Do Basic Accounting
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Accounting is the language of business. People with knowledge of accounting can be helpful in a variety of ways in almost every field imaginable. Every single business must have someone to track their money and so do federal agencies. Understanding basic accounting can lead to a good career or simply financial literacy.
Steps
- Know the accounting equation. Assets = Liabilities + owner’s equity
- Understand T- accounts and the purpose of credits and debits. All debits and credits must be equal at the end and different type of accounts have different normal balance sides (side where balance increases).
- Know the purpose of different types of accounting documents and papers such as the general ledger, general journal, cash payments journal, sales journal, etc.
- Learn by doing problems and try to take a class if possible.
Tips
- Be patient.
- Work carefully.
Warnings
- If you mess up in one part you will mess up in another.
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2 comments
Javier Resto says:
December 28, 2011 at 10:52 am (UTC 0 )
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tommy says:
January 31, 2012 at 1:02 pm (UTC 0 )
Thanks for your response. This website was made in a class within a day. it will get better as time goes by. Other folks do like the simplicity of it. keep your comments coming.