What's the difference between bookkeeping and accounting?

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Hi, I'm getting a bit confused about the difference between bookkeeping and accounting. What are the main difference?

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BA (Hons) Accounting and Financial Management University of Gloucestershire

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A Level in Accounting

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A Level Accounting The process of accounting supports businesses in the measuring, monitoring and planning of their operations. People skil…

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"Bookkeeping essentially stops at producing month end Profit and Loss Statements and Balance Sheets. Normally you will go into the bascis of accounts analysis and ratios but this only scratches the surface of properly analysing a set of accounts. In addition you are not likely to learn about tax other than VAT and Self-Employment income tax.
Accounting, on the other hand explores all aspects of accounts: all types of taxation, all types of financial, management, manufacturing, auditing and analysis of accounts. In addition, accounting also goes into business law, legislation and legal requirements.
In short, Bookkeeping stops at the point before the accountant takes over. For example: a bookkeeper cannot sign off a set of published accounts or audits - only a qualified accountant can do that." - 02-07-2014 13:24

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