The accounting is a science and one technique which provides useful information for the economic decision making process. This discipline studies equity and presents the results through financial or accounting statements.
The general Accounting It implies the analysis from different sectors of all the variables that affect this field. For this is need carry out a systematic and chronological record of financial operations.
The general accounting of a company, therefore, implies the control of all your daily operations: purchase, sale, expenses, investments, etc. The accountant must record, analyze, classify and summarize these operations to dump them into a statement or balance with truthful information.
There are different specialized phases that are part of the general accounting; let's look at each of them in detail, below:
* cost is dedicated to classifying and collecting information of current and perspective costs;
* The fiscal, on the other hand, is based on the tax legislation of each country. The accountant should be in charge of preparing the pertinent reports for the presentation of declarations before the Public administration and for the payment of taxes;
* the financial it is the phase that focuses on the quantitative information of transactions and other economic events that are susceptible to quantification;
* the administrativeFinally, it 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 usually based on these administrative accounting reports.
Computer applications to keep accounting
Everything deal That seeks to function properly should rely on accounting. Fortunately, the Internet offers high quality tools for this purpose, and some of them are free; those that demand a monthly payment, on the other hand, are always cheaper than the salary of an accountant. 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 an exhaustive control of their activities.
* SICO
One of the first particularities of this Program is that it is completely translated into Spanish. It is an ideal tool for optimize a company's resources, through a simple and intuitive interface. Among the operations that it allows to carry out are the following: registration of purchases and sales, account plan, cash control, annual accounting closing, accounting reports.
* Saasu
It is a program that operate from the cloud, which avoids wasting time and problems related to downloads, installations and updates. More than 10,000 people from all over the world take advantage of this tool to manage their small or medium businesses. his Interface It 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 budgets and reports. The paid version has an initial price of $ 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 should not be installed locally and it turns out an ideal solution for autonomous 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.
