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Accounting

Accounting shows a financial picture of the firm. An accounting department records and measures the activity of a business. It report on the effects of the transactions on the firm financial condition. Accounting records gives a very important data. It is used by management, stockholders, creditors, independent analysts, bank and governments.

Most businesses prepare regularly the two types of records. That is the income statement and balance sheet. These statements show how money was received and spent by the company.

One major tool for the analysis of accounting records is ratio analysis. A ratio analysis is the relationship of two figures. In finance we operate with three main categories of ratios. One ratio deals with profitability, for example, the return on Investment Ratio. It is used as a measure of a firms operating efficiency.

The second set of ratios deals with assets and liabilities. It helps a company to evaluate its current financial structure of the company. It analyses the value of the ownership of the firm.