Zahir Accounting Software

Using Mouse and Keyboard to Enter Data

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How to enter data using mouse and keyboard, such as select customer name, enter invoice number, select date, and enter sales item.

Zahir Accounting Installation

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To operate Zahir Accounting, you should install it first in your computer.

You could have Zahir Accounting Installer by purchasing the program package including CD or download the demo version in this site.

Single and Multi Users

Zahir Accounting Installation is performed on each user's/client's computer. For multi user, installed firebird database server is needed as computer server.

Tips : If the server computer is also used for Zahir Accounting, Zahir Accounting should be completely installed. However, if it is used for data store, database server install is required. Zahir Accounting Software and Firebird Database Server are available in Zahir installer (integrated).

Closing of Basic Accounting Theory

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Zahir Accounting is designed to be user friendly, although you do not have deeper understanding on accounting theory. However, it is better if you learn the basic principles.

Transaction Journal in Zahir Accounting

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Transaction journal is used to enter company financial transaction into computer to create report and financial analysis.
In manual accounting record, each transaction journal is made into general ledger based on transaction form (like sales invoice).

In Zahir Accounting you will deal with filling transaction form as the real condition. It is not required to know how to create the journal.
Everytime you create transaction journal by filling the transaction form, the program will create general ledger automatically.

The automatic journal could be more than one, such as there are 3 journals for credit sales; sales journal, down payment journal, and receivable write-off journal, and also for the other journals.

Financial Statement

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Accounting Statements. Provides understandable and clear information as the base to make business decisions. The base of making financial statement is the previous made transaction journal which has been posted to general ledger.

The most important reports in accounting are Balance Sheet, Income Statement, and Cash Flow.

Adjustment Transaction

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To know the net income and prepare accurate financial statement, the business age is divided into the same accounting period, such as month as used in Zahir Accounting.

Period End

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By the end of month, company temporary account ledgers, such as revenue and expense would be closed, since it only describes a certain period activity.

Editing

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Should there any error during enter transactions, you could edit it by displaying the transaction list, then click edit button.

Posting

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In manual accounting system, as you finish making transaction journals, each account of transaction values are posted to ledger by the end of period.

For example: cash general ledger is filled based on the transactions relate to cash account.
The final ledger will be similar to your saving book or bank account.

Accounting Equation

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Accounting Equation

In accounting equation, the left part belongs to company is named asset, and on the right side is the capital consists of liabilities and equities or capital.

Asset = Liabilities + Capital