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General Ledgers
A General Ledger, or the nominal ledger, is one of the main
accounting records of a business using double-entry bookkeeping system. It
contains accounts for items like current assets, fixed assets, revenue and
expense items, liabilities, gains and losses etc. In short, a general ledger
is a summary of all transactions of a company. A general ledger is divided
into certain categories in which all accounts are grouped. They are:
Asset
Liability
Owner's equity
Revenue
Expense
Gains
Losses
MIS Reports
MIS or Management Information System is a computer based system that
is used by most of the organizations to transform data into useful
information for better decision making. It helps management to make better
plans and carefully organize business operations.
This system is used for generating reports, which include inventory status
reports, performance reports financial statements etc. These reports are
important for assessing different aspects of business and also help in
clearing out the probabilities that would affect the cash flow of the
company in case the credit term is changed for its customers etc.
Professional MIS reports are made by accounting firms for accurate
analysis. These reports are comprehensive and help the middle and top
management take important decisions regarding the finance, accounting and
overall business operations.
Payroll
Payroll is the sum of all financial records of salaries, wages,
bonuses and deductions. Management of payroll saves time as it reduces the
hours spent in producing payroll information and preparing payroll registers
on quarterly and year to date payroll reports. Leading companies generally,
outsource their payroll to accounting professionals for better management.
Companies keep a record of payrolls which are based on the objective
criteria that includes time cards/ time sheets etc., and accountants can
perform related calculations and also issue pay checks to employees.
Companies just require to update changes in pay rates and deductions of
individual employees.
Advantages
Less paperwork
Higher accuracy
No errors
Cost effective
Time saving
Highly committed professionals
Management can concentrate on other important issues
Ratio Analysis
Ratio Analysis is defined as the study and interpretation of
relationships between various financial variables, by investors or lenders.
It is an investment technique that is used for comparing a company's
financial performance to the market in general. This analysis is helpful as
this ratio analysis helps to bring about a change in the way a company works
and also helps to identify the areas where the management needs to change.
There are two types of ratios that can be defined as below :
Liquidity Ratio
Liquidity Ratio is the ratio that indicates the proportion of a company's
assets that can be readily converted into cash in the short term. Some of
the liquidity ratios are :
Current ratio
Quick ratio Defensive interval ratio
Activity ratio
Acid turnover
Receivable turnover
Inventory turnover
Profitability ratio
It is a type of ratio that explains the profitability of a company during a
specific period of time. These ratios are useful to find out the overall
performance of the company when compared with the different financial years.
Some profitability ratios include the following:
Return on assets
Debt ratio
Return on common stock equity
Profit margin
Leverage ratio
Times interest earned
Debt to equity ratio
Equity ratio
Records
Management
Records Management is a system that uses an administrative system to
direct and control the creation, version control, filing, distribution,
retention, storage and disposal of records, in such a way that is
administratively and legally sound and also serves the operational
requirements of the business preserving an adequate historical record.
Record management is beneficial as the framework document identifies the
main benefits that the business hopes to gain by introducing and improving
records management practices.
Sales Tax
Sales tax is an indirect tax that is imposed by the central or the
local government on retail goods and services at the point of sale. Thus,
sales tax has to be paid by every dealer on the sale of any commodity,
irrespective of the fact that no liability to pay tax on the sale of goods
arises under the tax laws of the appropriate state. He is to pay sales tax
to the sales tax authority of the state from which the movement of the
commodities commences. The tax collected by retailers is passed on to the
state.
Tax Return
Preparation
It is statutory liability that a tax return should be duly filled
and signed by the individual and in case of a company or partnership by
authorized director or partner. Accounting firms help individuals, as well
as corporations, partnerships firms and other organizations to fill accurate
tax returns on time. These professionals also help the companies prepare
their tax returns.
A tax return form is filled for paying tax to the central or state
government. This form helps in computing the actual tax liability. It
includes all the related paperwork that is required for making tax
remittance to the government. The form is provided by the government
(taxation authority) to citizens for filing in the details of :
Income earned
Expenses incurred
Deductions & rebates