General accounting records all the operations of a company.
Accounting is a science and a technique that provides useful information for the economic decision-making process. This discipline studies assets and presents the results through accounting or financial statements.
General accounting involves the analysis from different sectors of all the variables that affect this field. For this, it is necessary to carry out a systematic and chronological record of financial operations.
The general accounting of a company , therefore, involves the control of all its daily operations: purchase, sale, expenses, investments, etc. The accountant must record, analyze, classify and summarize these operations to record them in a statement or balance with accurate information.
Phases of general accounting
There are different specialized phases that are part of general accounting; Let's look at each of them in detail, below:
* The cost department is dedicated to classifying and collecting information on current and prospective costs;
* The tax , for its part, is based on the tax legislation of each country. The accountant must be in charge of preparing the relevant reports for the presentation of declarations before the Public Administration and for the payment of taxes ;
* The financial phase is the phase that focuses on the quantitative information of transactions and other economic events that are susceptible to quantification;
* The administrative , finally, is linked to the preparation of internal reports. The information is analyzed by those responsible for the organization , who will make management decisions based on the data provided. A company's policies are often based on these management accounting reports.
Before the development of computer applications, general accounting was kept on handwritten sheets.
Computer applications for accounting
Any business that seeks to function correctly must rely on accounting. Fortunately, the Internet offers high-quality tools for this purpose, and some of them are free; those that require a monthly payment, on the other hand, are always cheaper than an accountant's salary . They have been specially designed to assist those entrepreneurs who do not have the necessary resources, such as an accounting department, and allow them to keep exhaustive control of their activities.
* SICO
One of the first peculiarities of this program is that it is completely translated into Spanish. It is an ideal tool to optimize a company's resources , through a simple and intuitive interface. Among the operations that it allows you to carry out are the following: registration of purchases and sales, plan of accounts, cash control, annual accounting closing, accounting reports.
* Saasu
It is a program that operates from the cloud , which avoids wasting time and problems related to downloads, installations and updates. More than 10 thousand people from all over the world take advantage of this tool to manage their small or medium-sized businesses. Its interface is very easy to understand and can also be used from iPhone, ideal for when you are away from the computer or want to make inquiries with more privacy. In its free version, Saasu imposes a limit of 20 operations per month, among which are the management of invoices, customer data and the issuance of quotes and reports. The paid version starts at $25 per month.
*Kashoo
This application can be tested for 30 days and once this period is over it can be purchased for $9.95 per month. Like Saasu, it does not have to be installed locally and is an ideal solution for self-employed entrepreneurs and small businesses . In addition to avoiding the typical problems of software maintenance, it has certain advantages such as the option to create several users for the same account at no additional cost, to operate with different currencies simultaneously and to create and send invoices .