My Thoughts on Accounting

My guess as to what accounting is:

Almost everything we do in everyday life has something to do with accounting.

Example 1: Mum or Dad bring home the pay check then sit down and work out what money get paid to who. That is accounting.

Example 2: Time for pocket money, parents work out the payment the child gets for what tasks he or she has done. That is accounting.

It doesn't have to money orientated either. Imagine haggling (bartering)for something at a swap meet or yard sale, the idea being save some money and either buy something else or keep what's left. That's my idea of simple accounting.

But accounting is a very sought after position at institutes of higher learning (University). In fact it is one of the most sought after courses.

There is so much an accountant has to know such as the Tax laws a very complex system that baffles me endlessly. If I could start my education over again it would certainly be my top choice to study.

Didn't I do accounting at School? Maths is accounting in a way, so would Science I guess with formulas and stuff. Knowing what you can spend and what you can't is accounting.

Now let me see I have 1 calendar month with 20gb of downloads allowable with my ISP, if I wanted to know how much I can use each day so as not to exceed my limit I would use basic accounting (maths) to divide 20, 000kb by 30 and there I have my daily quotas.

Wow I am an Accountant.