Accounts

1.

The externally reported financial statements of an organisation.

These include summaries, in conventional and prescribed formats, of the organisation's assets, liabilities, income, expenditure and cash flows.

2.

The internal financial summaries used by an organisation.

Also known as management accounts.

3.

The fully detailed internal financial records of an organisation, from which summary financial statements or management accounts may be prepared.

See also

• Abridged accounts
• Account
• Accounting
• Annual report
• Bookkeeping
• Financial reporting
• Financial statements
• Management accounting
• Reporting entity
• Statutory accounts
• Tax computation