Meaning of Final Account

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In today’s Store Management class, we will be learning about Meaning of Final Account

Meaning of Final Account

meaning of final account

Final accounts are those accounts that are prepared by a joint stock company at the end of a fiscal year. The purpose of creating final accounts is to provide a clear picture of the financial position of the organization to its management, owners, or any other users of such accounting information.

Final accounts are an integral part of a financial accounting year for every business. In other words, it is the end product of the accounting process carried out the whole year. 

Final account preparation involves preparing a set of accounts and statements at the end of an accounting year. The final account consists of the following accounts:

  1. Trading and Profit and Loss Account
  2. Balance Sheet
  3. Profit and Loss Appropriation account

Objectives of Final Account preparation

Final accounts are prepared with the following objectives:

  1. To determine profit or loss incurred by a company in a given financial period
  2. To determine the financial position of the company
  3. To act as a source of information to convey the users of accounting information (owners, creditors, investors and other stakeholders) about the solvency of the company.

Format of Trading Account

Trading Account of M/s ABC Limited

(For the period ending 31-03-2023)

Particulars Amount Particulars Amount
To Opening Stock XX By Sales XX
To Purchases XX By Closing Stock XX
To Direct Expenses XX By Gross Loss c/d XXX
       
To Gross Profit c/d XXX
Total XXXX Total XXXX

 

In summary, Final accounts are those accounts that are prepared by a joint stock company at the end of a fiscal year.

 

Evaluation

Explain the importance of a Final Account 

 

Reading Assignment

What are the steps involved in preparing a Final Account?

 

Weekend Assignment

A final account consists of how many other accounts? List them

 

We hope you enjoyed today’s class. In our next class, we will be talking about the Meaning of Balance Sheets.

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