Concept Introduction: To understand identifying, recording and communicating aspects of accounting.
Identifying: First of all, economic transactions are identified. For example, Sale of goods, Purchase of an equipment, etc.
Recording: This process involves keeping of economic transactions in an orderly and systematic manner. In this step, economic events are also classified and summarized.
Communicating: This is the last step. Here, the information generated about the classified and summarized economic events are communicated to the interested users. For example, financial statement of a company is communicated to the BOD, shareholders, etc.
To determine: The classification of the given activities as part of the Identifying (I), Recording (R) or Communicating (C) aspects of accounting.
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