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GAAP: What It Is and Why Your Investors Expect It

inDinero Accounting

The components of GAAP can be broken down into two main categories: accounting procedures and reporting standards. On the accounting side, GAAP requires specific methods for recording transactions, such as double-entry bookkeeping, which involves debiting one account while crediting another in order to maintain accuracy in recording data.

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Accounting Basics for Small Business: A Simple Guide

Snyder

It’s necessary to distinguish between accounting and bookkeeping because people often confuse these two notions. Bookkeeping is a part of a business accounting system that focuses on recording and administering financial transactions. Set up a general ledger. It’s a place where you record all your transactions.

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Basic Accounting for a Small Business: Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics

Snyder

We spoke about cash basis and accrual basis accounting when discussing 3 main financial statements. Single-entry bookkeeping vs. double-entry bookkeeping. The single-entry method suggests entering each transaction only once. Cash basis accounting vs. accrual basis accounting.