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The Accounting Cycle is recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions to provide information that is useful in making business decisions. The Accounting Cycle typically begins with recording monetary transactions and ends with preparing Financial Statements.
The steps in the Accounting Cycle typically include the following: recording financial transactions, classifying financial transactions, summarizing financial transactions and lastly, preparing Financial Statements.
The Accounting Cycle typically occurs on a monthly or quarterly basis. However, some businesses may choose to cycle their accounting on a more frequent or less frequent basis.
The Accounting Cycle provides businesses with a systematic way to record financial transactions and generate Financial Statements. This information can be used to make informed business decisions, such as pricing products, allocating resources, and assessing financial stability. Additionally, the Accounting Cycle helps businesses stay compliant with financial regulations.
The most common Financial Statements are balance sheets, income statements, and Cash Flow statements. The balance sheet shows a company's assets, liabilities, and equity on a specific date. The income statement indicates a company's revenues and expenses over a particular period. The Cash Flow statement shows how the company's Cash Flow has changed over time. Other Financial Statements that are occasionally used include the statement of changes in equity and the statement of comprehensive income.
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