ACCTG 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Accounting Equation, General Ledger, Cash Flow
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The same 3 steps are used in the preparation of a statement of cash flows using the indirect mehod. Cash is to a company what oil is to a car. Businesses generally go out of business not through lack of profitability but rather through lack of cash flow. Lack of cash will hamper growth, stop payment of wages and lead to a poor reputation with creditors. An account is an individual accounting record of increases and decreases in a specific asset, liability or equity item. Separate accounts are maintained for each item affected in an analysis of transactions. The rules for debits and credits provide a code or method for recording transactions. These rules ensure that the opposing effects of each transaction are recorded and therefore keep the accounting equation in balance. Every transaction must have equal debit and credit entries to keep the accounting equation in balance.