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Accounting is important for small business owners as it helps the owners, managers, investors and other stakeholders in the business evaluate the financial performance of the business. Accounting provides vital information regarding cost and earnings, profit and loss, liabilities and assets for decision making, planning and controlling processes within a business.

Unearned income is considered a current liability because it is an amount owed to a customer for an amount received for goods or services not provided. In other words, it a payable to customer who gave us cash and is waiting for us provide the goods or services they paid for. These unearned accounts are usually reported as current debts because they are typically settled within a year. They may also be classified as long-term if management expects it to take longer than 12 months to provide the goods or services to the customer.
             

Fixed costs are those that don't change over the course of time. They are usually established by contract agreements or schedules. These are the base costs involved in operating a business comprehensively. Once established, fixed costs do not change over the life of an agreement or cost schedule.

A journal entry is a means of recording all of a company's individual financial transactions in its journal. To put it in other words, it is the daily accounting input for each business event noted in the journal.