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Can you explain the basics of financial accounting?
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Financial accounting is the process of recording and reporting a company's financial activities. It involves identifying, measuring, analyzing, and interpreting financial data to help an organization make sound financial decisions and ultimately report the results to stakeholders and the public. The main process of financial accounting is to record all of the financial transactions of a company. This includes purchases, sales, assets, liabilities, and any other business activities. The information obtained from these transactions helps inform stakeholders, such as shareholders and creditors, about the financial health of the company. Financial statements are then created using this data, which show financial performance over a period of time. These statements help to analyze a company's financial health and provide valuable insight into their business activities.