Why do we prepare bank reconciliation statements?
With its definition of a bank reconciliation statement, you may wonder why bank transactions recorded in the accounting books don’t match the bank statement? There are many causes, and some of them are here listed below:
- Issued cheques that are not cleared in the bank
- Cheque deposited and cheque credited date differentiation
- The cheque received or issued is not presented in the bank for clearance
- Banks may make mistakes in crediting and debiting the transactions
- Bank charges, interests are not accounted for any reason
- You can make errors in accounting the bank transaction.
What is the concept of the accounting equation?
The accounting equation also called the balance sheet equation, represents the relationship between the assets, liabilities, and owner’s equity of an individual or business. It is expressed as furthermore. It’s the base of the double-entry accounting system. For every transaction, the total debits equalize the total credits.
Assets= Liabilities + Equity
A= L+E
Assets= Stockholder equity + Liabilities
a= oe + l
In incorporations, capital represents the equity of stockholders. Since each business transaction impacts at least two or more companies’ accounts, the accounting equation will always be “in balance.”
Explain what is accounting information systems?
An accounting information system is a method to track an enterprise’s accounting and business activity. It mainly consists of 6 key components. We are going to cover this in more detail below.
AIS people-
AIS people are the system users. It helps various departments within the organization of the company work together. Experts who need to use an organization’s AIS have-
- Accountants
- Business analysts
- Consultants
- Auditors
- Managers
- Chief financial officers
Procedures and instructions-
The AIS procedures and instructions are the methods for collecting, retrieving, and processing data. These methods are both automated and manual. The data can be taken from both internal resources.
AIS data-
An AIS has a structure to store information like structured query language, which is a language customarily used for databases. It allows the data in the AIS to be controlled and retrieved for the purpose of reporting.
The data included in an AIS is based on the nature of the organization, but it consists of the following-
- Customer billing statements
- Sales analysis reports
- Purchase requisitions
- Tax information
- Timekeeping
- Inventory information
- Ledger