Editing Accounting (section)

=== Terminology ===
'''Accounting''' has variously been defined as the keeping or preparation of the financial records of transactions of the firm, the analysis, verification and reporting of such records and "the [[Generally accepted accounting principles|principles]] and procedures of accounting"; it also refers to the [[Job (role)|job]] of being an [[accountant]].<ref name = "Cambridge Business Accounting">{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/business-english/accounting |title=accounting noun – definition in the Business English Dictionary |year=2013 |website=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=2 July 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150702062650/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/business-english/accounting |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "Cambridge British Accounting">{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/accounting?q=accounting |title=accounting noun – definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus |year=2013 |website=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=2 November 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141102082918/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/accounting?q=accounting |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "MW 2013 accounting">{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accounting |title=accounting |year=2013 |website=Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=23 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220723235833/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accounting |url-status=live }}</ref>

'''Accountancy''' refers to the [[Job (role)|occupation]] or [[profession]] of an accountant,<ref name = "MW 2013 accountancy">{{cite web |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accountancy |title=accountancy |year=2013 |website=Merriam-Webster |publisher=Merriam-Webster, Incorporated |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=29 July 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220729092830/https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accountancy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "Cambridge Business Accountancy">{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/business-english/accountancy?q=accountancy |title=accountancy noun – definition in the Business English Dictionary |year=2013 |website=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019020532/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/business-english/accountancy?q=accountancy |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name = "Cambridge British Accountancy">{{cite web |url=http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/accountancy?q=accountancy |title=accountancy noun – definition in the British English Dictionary & Thesaurus |year=2013 |website=Cambridge Dictionaries Online |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=30 December 2013 |archive-date=19 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019014728/http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/accountancy?q=accountancy |url-status=live }}</ref> particularly in [[British English]].<ref name = "Cambridge Business Accounting" /><ref name = "Cambridge British Accounting" />