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accounting system
methods, procedures, and standards followed in accumulating, classifying, recording, and reporting business events and transactions. The accounting system includes the formal records and original source data. Regulatory requirements may exist on how a particular accounting system is to be maintained (e.g., insurance company).
accounting system
mechanism within a company that generates its financial information. The system comprises all the people and machines that are involved in accounting information.
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