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Accounting, Basic Certificate
Accounting, Basic Certificate
at Harold Washington College
Chicago Catalog
City Colleges is designed to help every Chicagoan succeed. This course presents accounting as an information system that produces summary financial statements, primarily for users external to a business or other enterprise. The emphasis is on understanding and applying basic accounting principles and other concepts that guide the reporting of the effect of transactions and other economic events on the financial condition and operating results of a business
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Compute, classify, and record numerical data to keep financial records complete. Perform any combination of routine calculating, posting, and verifying duties to obtain primary financial data for use in maintaining accounting records. May also check the accuracy of figures, calculations, and postings pertaining to business transactions recorded by other workers.
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