INTRODUCTION
(i) The sources from which she received cash and the purposes for which it was utilised.
(ii) Whether her receipts are more than her payments or vice-versa?
(iii) The balance of cash in hand or deficit, if any at the end of a period.
The need for accounting is all the more great for a person who is running a business. He must know : (i) What he owns?
(ii) What he owes?
(iii) Whether he has earn a profit or suffered a loss on account of running a business?
(iv) What is his financial position
i.e. whether he will be in a position to meet all his commitments in the near future or he is in the process of becoming a bankrupt
Accounting has rightly been termed as the language of the business. The basic function of a language is to serve as a means of communication Accounting also serves this function. It communicates the results of business operations to various parties who have some stake in the business viz., the proprietor, creditors, investors, Government and other agencies. Though accounting is generally associated with business but it is not only business which makes use of accounting.
Persons like housewives, Government and other individuals also make use of a accounting. For example, a housewife has to keep a record of the money received and spent by her during a particular period. She can record her receipts of money on one page of her "household diary" while payments for different items such as milk, food, clothing, house, education etc. on some other page or pages of her diary in a chronological order. Such a record will help her in knowing about :
Persons like housewives, Government and other individuals also make use of a accounting. For example, a housewife has to keep a record of the money received and spent by her during a particular period. She can record her receipts of money on one page of her "household diary" while payments for different items such as milk, food, clothing, house, education etc. on some other page or pages of her diary in a chronological order. Such a record will help her in knowing about :
(i) The sources from which she received cash and the purposes for which it was utilised.
(ii) Whether her receipts are more than her payments or vice-versa?
(iii) The balance of cash in hand or deficit, if any at the end of a period.
In case the housewife records her transactions regularly, she can collect valuable information about the nature of her receipts and payments. For example, she can find out the total amount spent by her during a period (say a year) on different items say milk, food, education, entertainment, etc. Similarly she can find the sources of her receipts such as salary of her husband, rent from property, cash gifts from her relatives, etc. Thus, at the end of a period (say a year) she can see for herself about her financial position i.e., what she owns and what she owes. This will help her in planning her future income and expenses (or making out a budget) to a great extent.
The need for accounting is all the more great for a person who is running a business. He must know : (i) What he owns?
(ii) What he owes?
(iii) Whether he has earn a profit or suffered a loss on account of running a business?
(iv) What is his financial position
i.e. whether he will be in a position to meet all his commitments in the near future or he is in the process of becoming a bankrupt