Accounting Interview Questions and Answers

Accounting is the record of the financial transactions along with sorting, retrieving and even confusing and presenting the results in many different reports for businesses & corporations. Accounting helps the firm to analyze the financial performance of the company, and it also helps the industry to have a look at the statistics like net profit.

Accounting is used:-

• For keeping a record of the transactions,
• For maintaining a track of financial records,
• For doing the internal audits,
• For reporting and also analyzing the financial information to the management
• For advising on the matters of taxation.

The five principles of accounting are

• Revenue Recognition Principle
• Historical Cost Principle
• Matching Principle
• Full Disclosure Principle
• Objectivity Principle

A business transaction is actually an event which directly influences a business financially, or in other words, we can say that it causes a shift in its assets, accountability and /or equity. Any event which does not shift the business financially is not registered in an accounting system. Business transactions are basically recorded in a particular type of register which is called journal

• It helps in preparing the financial statements rapidly and also accurately
• It gives information to implement the control of cash in any business.
• It highly contributes to assessing the financial condition of the business at any point in time.
• It keeps a proper track of the expenditure on staff and also their performance.
• It accurately measures the business performance in contrast to the projections in the business strategy.
• It quickly highlights those areas where trouble could arise and even it enables cure to put the problem back in place
• It completely fulfills the tax obligations.
• It assists us in calculating the amount of tax we have to pay.

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Debit Note:-

A debit note is actually a document which is used by a vendor to communicate to the buyer of the current debt obligations, or it is a document which is made by a buyer when returning the goods which were received on credit. The debit note can give data regarding a future invoice, or it may serve as an indication for funds which are due at present.

Credit Note:-

A credit note is also a document which is sent by a seller to the buyer, or we can say, a vendor to the customer, informing that a credit has been given to their account against the goods which was returned by the buyer.

Example:-

The Company ABC buy goods worth rupees 200,00,0 from the Company DEF. The goods which arrived at Company ABC were damaged, and now Company ABC wants to return the goods to Company B Company ABC will promptly issue a debit note for the Company DEF which has all the appropriate information about the products including the VAT and original purchase amount. When Company DEF gets the debit note, and they review and sanction the request, and then they issue a credit note as evidence that they have given compensation to Company ABC

It gives information about the current financial condition of the business.

• It gives a broad picture of the value of the assets like accounts receivable, inventory and fixed assets, cash balances, etc.
• It displays the amount of debt the business owes to all the creditors
• It also measures the solvency of any business. The business is regarded as a solvent when the assets exceed the business liabilities.
• It also shows whether the business is over-trading or under-trading

Working capital shows the ability of the company by looking at whether the company can pay its current debt with its current assets or cannot pay. Working capital is an essential check of financial health.

Calculation of Working Capital:-

Current Ratio= Current Assets / Current Liabilities

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The types of Working Capital are:-

• Gross working capital:- Gross working capital is the capital which is actually used for each of the current assets. The overall value of the current assets will equal the gross working capital.
• Net Working Capital:- Networking capital is defined as the surplus of current assets over the current liabilities. Net Working Capital = Total Current Assets – Total Current Liabilities
• Permanent Working Capital:- Permanent working capital is the amount of working capital which should be in cash or in the current assets for pursuing the activities of the business
• Temporary Working Capital:- Sometime, it might be possible that a business owner has to pay fixed liabilities, then at that point of time the owner needs working capital which is much more than the permanent working capital, and then this excess amount will be temporary working capital

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