Salient Points and Knowledge Check

Accounting is unique in many ways and has certain characteristics distinct and relevant to the profession. The service nature of accounting acknowledges its responsibility to customers, who depend on its output for important decisions. Such expectations are the rationale for accounting standards, principles, and practices. Understanding this objective leads to easier understanding of the process. A summary of the major points is presented below.

Accounting as a service establishes a connection between the users of accounting information and the development of standards. These standards ensure that accounting’s customers get the quality they expect.

Accounting is quantitative, financial in character, and an analytic discipline. These characteristics are inherent in its service nature that requires computation, and analysis of financial information.

Like all other professions, accounting performs activities towards accomplishing its objective, following a structured process based on a formal system. It determines values and communicates information to decision makers.

KNOWLEDGE CHECK

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