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Computerized accounting
Types of accounting
SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR MADAM SANA Mazhar Ali Mastoi
Accounting: Accounting is the systematic
recording of financial transactions of a
business.
Simply accounting is the art or skill of recording
financial status and financial transactions of a
business is known as accounting.
 The main types of accounting are defined below
 1. Management accounting: managerial or
management accounting focusing on providing
information for use by internal users, the
management.
 2. Financial accounting: Financial accounting
recording and classifying business transactions,
and preparing and presenting financial
statement to be internal and external users.
 3.Tax accounting: Tax accounting helps clients
follow rules set by tax authorities. It includes tax
planning and preparation of tax returns
 4. Forensic accounting: Forensic accounting
involves fraud investigations, claims and dispute
resolution, and other area that involve legal
matters.This is one of the popular trends in
accounting today.
 5. Cost accounting: sometimes cost accounting
refers to the recording, presenting and analysis
of manufacturing costs.
Thank you

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Accounting and their types by Mazhar Ali Mastoi

  • 1.
  • 2. SZABIST-ZABTech iTve larkana Computerized accounting Types of accounting SUBJECT INSTRUCTOR MADAM SANA Mazhar Ali Mastoi
  • 3. Accounting: Accounting is the systematic recording of financial transactions of a business. Simply accounting is the art or skill of recording financial status and financial transactions of a business is known as accounting.
  • 4.  The main types of accounting are defined below  1. Management accounting: managerial or management accounting focusing on providing information for use by internal users, the management.  2. Financial accounting: Financial accounting recording and classifying business transactions, and preparing and presenting financial statement to be internal and external users.
  • 5.  3.Tax accounting: Tax accounting helps clients follow rules set by tax authorities. It includes tax planning and preparation of tax returns  4. Forensic accounting: Forensic accounting involves fraud investigations, claims and dispute resolution, and other area that involve legal matters.This is one of the popular trends in accounting today.  5. Cost accounting: sometimes cost accounting refers to the recording, presenting and analysis of manufacturing costs.