A trader has credited certain items of sales on approval aggregating ` 60,000 to Sales Account. Of these, goods of the value of `16,000 have been returned and taken into stock at cost ` 8,000 though the record of return was omitted in the accounts. In respect of another parcel of ` 12,000 (cost being `6,000) the period of approval did not expire on the closing date. Cost of goods lying with customers should be

Financial accounting is a branch of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business. This involves the preparation of financial statements available for public use. (source: Wikipedia)

Most businesses use four primary types of financial statement: the balance sheet, the income statement, the statement of cash flow, and the statement of retained earnings.

Note: The 3 types of accounting are cost, managerial, and financial accounting. ​​