financial accounting
Definition
Field of accounting that treats money as a means of measuring economic performance instead of (as in cost accounting) as a factor of production. It encompasses the entire system of monitoring and control of money as it flows in and out of the firm as assets and liabilities, and revenues and expenses. Financial accounting gathers and summarizes financial data to prepare financial reports such as balance sheet and income statement for the firm's management, investors, lenders, suppliers, tax authorities, and other stakeholders.
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financial accounting is in the Accounting & Auditing and Banking, Commerce & Finance subjects.
financial accounting appears in the definitions of the following terms: financial accounting standards (FAS), Accounting Standards Board (ASB), accounting standards, cost accounting, bargain purchase option, financial reporting standards (FRS), accounting principles board, troubled debt restructuring and management accounting
financial accounting appears in these other term: financial accounting standards board (FASB)
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