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What is accounting
“Accounting is the language of business.” - Warren Buffet “You have to know accounting. It’s the language of practical business life.” - Charles Munger
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What is accounting
Objective of accounting
Who are the users?
Useful information
Importance of accounting
Elements of the financial statements
We’ve gone over what accounting is, how it can be useful and why it is important. "Any questions before we move on to the technical fundamentals?"
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Elements of financial statements
Assets
Short test
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Liabilities
Assets and liabilities
Current versus non-current
Equity
Revenues
Expenses
Accounting Fundamentals #1
About Lesson

Accounting information is presented on financial statements (we will discuss these later).

The 5 elements of the financial statements are:

  1. Assets
  2. Liabilities
  3. Equity
  4. Revenues
  5. Expenses

Consider these the building blocks of the financial statements!

When accounting reports are drafted, they are presented as financial statements – we’ll discuss this in more detail later.

The important thing to know is the Financial Statements (FS) are composed of 5 different elements. We’ll go through each element in detail.

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