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What is accounting?

Accounting is an activity in which money transactions are recorded, summarised and analysed so as to produce information for a variety of purposes.

These purposes include but not limited to:

  • Making decisions of a financial nature

  • Tracking and keeping control of the movement of money

  • Working out how best to accumulate more wealth

  • Providing information to the Taxation Office

Accounting is a vital and necessary process for businesses and individuals. Poor accounting processes most often lead financial disaster.