This part of EMS falls under financial literacy and it involves some calculations. This lesson will introduce you to the theory of accounting, accounting concepts, what a sole trader is, banking, payments and receipts.
In order to understand the “Accounting language” you need to familiarise yourself with a few more terminologies. In this lesson we look at assets, liabilities, income and expenses and profit vs loss.
The accounting cycle refers to a series of steps that occur every month. The accounting cycle has the following steps: transactions, source documents, subsidiary journals, general ledger, retail balance, Income statement and the balance sheet.
A source document is completed for every transaction as proof of that transaction. The source documents that you learn about at the grade 8 level include duplicate receipt, cash register roll, cash invoices, bank deposit slips, cheque counterfoil and bank statements.
