Frequently Asked Question
Asset accounting management services FAQS
1. What is Fixed Asset Accounting Rules?
A fixed asset or long-term asset is an economic resource that a firm can use for more than a year. In difference, a firm converts into cash (sells) a current asset within 12 months. Instances of fixed assets include land, equipment, office buildings, machines and plants. Current assets may be cash, accounts receivable or inventories.
2. What is Asset Accounting Procedure?
Asset accounting necessitates investigative adroitness and acquaintance with the concepts of depreciation and bad debt. In modern economies, companies use assets to create revenues and gain market share. Bookkeepers also called accountant trainees or junior accountants, record asset transactions in general ledgers. They do so through debiting and crediting particular accounts.
3. What is the Definition of Asset Accounting?
Accounting is the methodical recording and classifying of a business's financial records. Accounting transactions fall into one of numerous categories: assets, liabilities or owner's equity. Asset accounting is the accounting of the asset accounts such as: cash, accounts receivable, inventory, buildings, land, equipment and intangible assets.
Assets are divided into two categories--current assets and long-term assets. Current assets will be exhausted within one year and include cash, accounts receivable and inventories. Long-term assets will be owned and held for more than one year and comprise land, buildings, equipment and intangible assets.
