Topic 1- An introduction to Financial Documents

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Activity B

Most businesses aim to make a profit. They are constantly involved in economic activities or financial transactions. The accuracy, security and authenticity of financial documents is essential.

As an office worker, you may have the responsibility of recording and sorting the financial data of the business (called bookkeeping).

Every financial transaction generates some form of financial document as proof that the transaction has occurred eg. a receipt. It may be your job to process these documents so that the managers have a clear picture of how the the business is performing.

This also means you must be familiar with the different financial documents and how to process them.

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Activity A

What is a financial document and why are they important?

Answer to Activity A