Wednesday, September 21, 2016

Bookkeeping VS Accounting VS Auditing


Book keeping
Accountancy
Auditing
Book keeping is an art of recording the business transaction in the books of original entry and the ledgers.

Accountancy is the calculation of the accounts in such way that one can easily know the state of business.
Auditing means the verification of book entries and accounts to find their accuracy.
Is called Book keeper
Is called accountant
Is called auditor
The spade work is done by the book keeper
The spade work is done by the accountant
The finishing touch given by the auditor
They prepare ledgers

They prepare trial balance, profit & loss account, balance sheet

Auditor verify the trial balance, profit & loss account and balance sheet.