It is a part of accounting that is aimed at recording all business changes that meet certain prescribed conditions in the
business books.
The primary part of bookkeeping is the recording of past events, it can be said that bookkeeping deals with events that
have already undoubtedly happened.
The fact that bookkeeping is a part of accounting that deals with the past does not diminish its importance, more precisely, all the remaining elements of the accounting process are based on the products of bookkeeping records.
"We can say that without bookkeeping there is no accounting."
The basic tasks of bookkeeping are:
collecting data on changes in the business of entrepreneurs, based on credible accounting documents
keeping business books and recording all changes in assets, capital, liabilities, expenses, income and profit, in chronological order
determining the business result by monitoring the total business of the entrepreneur, monitoring and determining responsibility for the incurred expenses in relation to the generated income
providing insight to managers and capital owners in business processes and financial flows as a valid basis for management, decision-making and reporting
providing the necessary data for the calculation of prices, costs of purchase and purchase of materials, semi-finished goods, services, fixed assets
preparation of basic financial statements based on accounting information