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Accountant Terms


  > Receipt
A written record of a transaction.
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  > Audit
A systematic review or examination of the assertions or actions of a third party to evaluate conformance to some norm or benchmark.
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  > Accounts Receivable
Amounts owed to a business that the business expects to receive.
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   Accountant Terms and Definitions

 

Accounts Payable
Amounts that a business owes

Account
A collection of financial information grouped according to customer or purpose.

Balance Sheet
A statement listing a business's assets, liabilities, and net worth, or equity.

Base Adjustment
Adjustments made to the initial base level budget to reflect total base level funding available to the agency. The list of acceptable base level technical and policy adjustments are included in the biennial budget instructions. Adjustments are generally made on a technical or policy basis. Examples of technical adjustments are one-time appropriations and program sunsets. Examples of policy adjustments are salary increases and space rental changes.

Compliance Audits
Compliance audits are internal or external audits performed to evaluate whether systems or processes are designed and operating effectively to ensure compliance with pertinent laws, rules, regulations, and internal policies and procedures

Receipt
A written record of a transaction.

Adult Protective Services (APS
Adult Protective Services includes the 24-hour, 365 days a year access to assistance and/or referral with reports of physical, sexual or emotional abuse, neglect by caretaker, self-neglect, exploitation and abandonment.

Accounts Receivable
Amounts owed to a business that the business expects to receive.

Statement
A formal written summary of outstanding invoices.

Accounting
term that refers to the overall process of tracking your business's income and expenses, and then using these numbers in various calculations and formulas to answer specific questions about the financial and tax status of the business.

Contact our South Dakota Accountants


If you live in the following cities and need an accountant, you should contact our South Dakota Accountants as soon as possible:

  • Aberdeen
  • Brookings
  • Huron
  • Mitchell
  • Pierre
  • Rapid City
  • Sioux Falls
  • Spearfish
  • Vermillion
  • Watertown
  • Yankton
       
 
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You may need an accountant.
An accountant is a person who tracks the income and assets of businesses over time. Accountants engage in a wide variety of activities besides preparing financial statements and recording business transactions, participating in strategies for mergers and acquisitions, quality management, developing and using information systems to track financial performance, tax strategy, and health care benefits management.

 
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