accounting information

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• Accounting information system — An accounting information system (AIS) is the system of records a business keeps to maintain its accounting system. This includes the purchase, sales, and other financial processes of the business. The purpose of an AIS is to accumulate data and… …   Wikipedia

• Accounting Information System - AIS — The collection, storage and processing of financial and accounting data that is used by decision makers. An accounting information system is generally a computer based method for tracking accounting activity in conjunction with information… …   Investment dictionary

• Accounting Information Systems — (AIS)  Computerized information retrieval systems.  ► “While a convenience to experienced professionals, jargon can form a language barrier that is a formidable obstacle to newcomers. This is perhaps as much the case for accounting and… …   American business jargon

• Accounting software — is application software that records and processes accounting transactions within functional modules such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, payroll, and trial balance. It functions as an accounting information system. It may be developed… …   Wikipedia

• qualitative characteristics of accounting information — The characteristics that make information in financial reports as useful as possible. The US Financial Accounting Standards Board, in its Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts No. 2, identifies the qualities that are both useful to decision… …   Accounting dictionary

• accounting — /euh kown ting/, n. 1. the theory and system of setting up, maintaining, and auditing the books of a firm; art of analyzing the financial position and operating results of a business house from a study of its sales, purchases, overhead, etc.… …   Universalium

• Information technology controls — In business and accounting, Information technology controls (or IT controls) are specific activities performed by persons or systems designed to ensure that business objectives are met. They are a subset of an enterprise s internal control. IT… …   Wikipedia

• Accounting system —   A method of recording accounting data for a utility or company or a method of supplying accounting information for controlling, evaluating, planning and decision making.   U.S. Dept. of Energy, Energy Information Administration s Energy… …   Energy terms

• Accounting scandals — Accounting scandals, or corporate accounting scandals, are political and business scandals which arise with the disclosure of misdeeds by trusted executives of large public corporations. Such misdeeds typically involve complex methods for… …   Wikipedia

• Accounting scholarship — is an academic discipline oriented towards the profession of accounting, usually taught at a business school. Since accounting is a highly technical, standards oriented profession, both practitioners and academics may claim to be experts.… …   Wikipedia

• accounting — ac‧coun‧ting [əˈkaʊntɪŋ] noun [uncountable] 1. ACCOUNTING JOBS the usual word for the profession of accountancy in the US 2. ACCOUNTING the work of keeping a company s financial records, recording its income and expenses, and its business deals:… …   Financial and business terms