Temporary account

Temporary account (also known as nominal account) is an account whose balances at the end of an accounting period are not carried over to the next accounting period.

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Temporary account (also known as nominal account). An account whose balances at the end of an accounting period are not carried over to the next accounting period.

Accounting (alternatively known as accountancy) is management of financial data, information, and knowledge about financial transactions of legal entities. Accountancy tends to include bookkeeping and, depending on a particilar enterprise, may also include quatitative analysis of financial data in the bookkeeping system and/or business intelligence.