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Accounting Terms Every Businessperson Should Know
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The cash method of accounting accounts for income and expenses when actually received or paid. (For more information, see Cash vs. Accrual Accounting.)

Double-entry accounting is a system of accounting that records each business transaction twice (once as a debit and once as a credit).


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