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# ''Accounting.'' The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides. (Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.) For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases. Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase. | |||
#An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere. | |||
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== See also == | == See also == | ||
* [[ | * [[Balance sheet]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Book entry]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Book keeping]] | ||
* [[ | * [[Credit]] | ||
* [[Debit]] | |||
* [[Double counting]] | |||
* [[Journal entry]] | |||
* [[Off-balance sheet finance]] | |||
[[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | [[Category:Accounting,_tax_and_regulation]] | ||
[[Category:Compliance_and_audit]] |
Revision as of 22:12, 28 April 2016
- Accounting. The dual aspect concept that every accounting transaction has two sides. (Therefore the balance sheet should always remain in balance.) For example, if services are sold by a company for cash, the company's Sales figure increases AND its Cash increases. Taking another example, if a company borrows money, its Cash increases AND its Liabilities (to repay the money in the future) also increase.
- An error resulting from the inappropriate duplication or inappropriate repetition of an entry or part of an entry, in a financial information system or elsewhere.