In this issue:

1. Six Reasons to Get Inspired About Accounting!

For now, here are six reasons in case you’re in need of some inspiration to continue and progress in your studies:

1. Get a job: Accounting is an area of knowledge and skill. And it is a skill that it is demand in almost any business out there. Every business needs some sort of accounting system, some sort of record-keeping system. If you know accounting and can practice it, you are valuable. You services are valuable. Thus… employment.
2. Welfare: A job brings financial reward. It allows you to pay for what you need – a place to stay, food, a car, recreational activities, etc. Pretty obvious. Don’t take having a job for granted though – not having one can be disastrous. And with accounting jobs, you can make pretty decent money.
3. Self-confidence: A job gives you self-confidence. Or, conversely, not having a job causes lack of self-confidence. Ever met a confident unemployed person? I haven’t. When you have a job and you’re good at it and you’re making money, you’re inevitably more confident, more positive. That’s a good thing. A very good thing. Who wants to be shy, unconfident, meek in life? Not me.
4. Flexibility: Accountants can work in any type of business. They are needed in every type of business. So if you decide you want to work in the company that produces your favorite brand of perfume, or running shoes, or video games or movies – you can. And you can switch to another type of business again if you get bored.
5. Stability: Accountants and bookkeepers will be in demand for a long time. It’s not like you have to worry that maybe these professions will not be needed in 10 years time. They will. Which means that if you’re trained in these roles, you won’t have to worry. There will always be a place for you. That’s stability. That’s security. In the long-term.
6. Control of your own finances: Accounting is the language of business. Accounting involves learning how to “keep score” for a business. With this knowledge you would have more control of a business and its finances. You understand how this all works. Guess what? The same thing applies to your own personal finances – you would inevitably understand it more and have greater control over it. And that’s because you know accounting. The chances of you engaging in wreckless spending or losing track of the bills you owe are smaller when you know accounting.

So… Keep at your studies, soon you’ll have all the rewards listed above!

You. Can. Do. It.

What inspires you about accounting? Click here to express your opinion…

2. Questions from Student Accountants

In each issue of The Student Accountant newsletter, we’re going to list some of the latest questions from accounting students that have been posted on the Accounting-Basics-For-Students.com website regarding any accounting lessons and topics.

Some of these questions may not be of interest at all… If so, no worries, you’re not expected to read each one. Just browse through the list below and click on any questions that interest you to see the full article, and just skip the rest...

Also, feel free to submit comments on any of the questions/articles themselves.

Here are the latest and greatest accounting questions that have been submitted and answered:

Using owner's money to pay business utility bills

Regarding Valuation of Closing Stock of Raw Materials

What is the Law for Income Tax to Show Accrued Rent in Tax Returns?

Entry for Returned Cheque

Why Show the Highest Cost of Goods Sold Amount?

Who or what is a Supplier?

What are Merchandise Inventory?

General Journal Entry for Beginning Operations

Journal Entry for Insurance Claim

Journal for Partial Payment incl. Depreciation

You can see a full list of the latest questions, lessons and articles by visiting the Accounting Basics Blog.

And you can submit your own accounting questions at the bottom of the page of every lesson on the site.

3. A Simple Dictionary of Accounting Terms

There is an accounting dictionary. It’s simple and easy to use and defines hundreds of terms you will encounter in your studies. And it’s available here on Accounting Basics for Students.

Why did I put together an accounting dictionary, and how can it help you?

Well, over the course of my tutoring, lecturing and writing course materials for hundreds and hundreds of hours, I found that most students did not really understand even the simple terms like debit and credit, gross and net, capital and reserves, let alone more complicated terms like working capital and provisions.

What do you think happens when you don’t really understand a term like any of the ones mentioned above?

What happens is that you have difficulty understanding the concept being discussed (or just never fully get it at all), and at the end of the day you usually have to either resort to parrot learning or you have to reread something a number of times (like banging your head into a wall) or you flunk that section of your accounting studies. Oh man, what a pain in the you-know-what!

That’s why I created the dictionary – so accounting makes a lot more sense and is a lot easier. Fewer headaches.

With an accounting dictionary, you just look up the strange accounting words you read – and, because I explain them simply – you get it. No banging your head against a wall or tearing your hair out to try and get what the textbook says. You just understand it. Plain and simple.

You use it as a handy guide that you can refer to whenever you come across an accounting term you don’t feel you are totally certain about in your studies (there are hundreds of these terms if you really think about it).

Check out the accounting dictionary here.

It’s also part of the full accounting book on the site, which is also definitely worth a good look.

(By the way, in case you’re wondering, accounting terms are also defined as you go along in all the free lessons up on the site, by the way.)

4. Competitions Extended!

As mentioned in the last issue, we created a whole section on the site just to hear what you have to say – called Your Voice. In this section you can create your own Personal Web Page, post funny, crazy or horrifying Accounting or Student Stories and find or submit details of Accounting Tutors.

And there are multiple competitions happening right now for these pages!

Submit a qualifying entry to any of the three pages above and you stand a chance of winning a copy of the official Accounting Basics for Students E-book, valued at $25!

In future we’re gonna add more prizes to this section, but for now, the accounting book ain’t too shabby on its own.

And now, the competitions have been extended indefinitely!

So what are you waiting for, submit today!


Until next time, here's to your success as a Student Accountant!

~ The Editor
Accounting Basics for Students.com

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