Account (bookkeeping)In bookkeeping, an account refers to assets, liabilities, income, expenses, and equity, as represented by individual ledger pages, to which changes in value are chronologically recorded with debit and credit entries. These entries, referred to as postings, become part of a book of final entry or ledger. Examples of common financial accounts are sales, accountsreceivable, mortgages, loans, PP&E, common stock, sales, services, wages and payroll.
Liability (financial accounting)In financial accounting, a liability is defined as the future sacrifices of economic benefits that the entity is obliged to make to other entities as a result of past transactions or other past events, the settlement of which may result in the transfer or use of assets, provision of services or other yielding of economic benefits in the future.
Équation comptable fondamentaleThe fundamental accounting equation, also called the balance sheet equation, represents the relationship between the assets, liabilities, and owner's equity of a person or business. It is the foundation for the double-entry bookkeeping system. For each transaction, the total debits equal the total credits. It can be expressed as furthermore: In a corporation, capital represents the stockholders' equity. Since every business transaction affects at least two of a company's accounts, the accounting equation will always be "in balance", meaning the left side of its balance sheet should always equal the right side.
Debits and creditsDebits and credits in double-entry bookkeeping are entries made in account ledgers to record changes in value resulting from business transactions. A debit entry in an account represents a transfer of value to that account, and a credit entry represents a transfer from the account. Each transaction transfers value from credited accounts to debited accounts. For example, a tenant who writes a rent cheque to a landlord would enter a credit for the bank account on which the cheque is drawn, and a debit in a rent expense account.
Comptabilité en partie doubleLa comptabilité par partie double est un système de comptabilité utilisé par toutes les entreprises et organisations de taille significative. Elle se distingue de la comptabilité dite « en partie simple » (dans laquelle on enregistre seulement le montant d'une opération), en ce qu'elle enregistre d'une part l'origine des fonds, d'autre part leur destination. Dans une opération il y a donc un ou plusieurs comptes « crédités », et un ou plusieurs comptes « débités », la somme des premiers devant être égale à la somme des seconds.
ExpenseAn expense is an item requiring an outflow of money, or any form of fortune in general, to another person or group as payment for an item, service, or other category of costs. For a tenant, rent is an expense. For students or parents, tuition is an expense. Buying food, clothing, furniture, or an automobile is often referred to as an expense. An expense is a cost that is "paid" or "remitted", usually in exchange for something of value. Something that seems to cost a great deal is "expensive".
ComptabilitéLa comptabilité est un ensemble de systèmes d'information subjectifs ayant pour objet la mesure de la valeur des moyens et des résultats d'une entité. La comptabilité repose sur un ensemble de conventions et de règles de représentation. La comptabilité est un système subjectif c'est-à-dire qu'elle propose une représentation particulière des informations, et donc du réel, en fonction du sujet qui a défini les conventions et règles. Plusieurs comptabilités coexistent.
