Accounting for dummies / by John A. Tracy, CPA.

Summary:

This guide covers the basics of accounting in simple language and also provides detailed coverage of more complex business accounting issues, such as income statements and balance sheets, budgets and budgeting, profit and cash flow, stemming losses, managing inventory, and evaluating profit margins.

Record details

ISBN: 9781119245483
ISBN: 1119245486
Physical Description: xv, 382 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Edition: 6th edition.
Publisher: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2016]
Copyright: ©2016

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Part 1: Opening the books on accounting -- Accounting spoken here -- Introducing financial statements -- Keeping the books and guarding the family jewels -- Knowing the accounting entity -- Part 2: Exploring financial statements -- Reporting profit or loss in the income statement -- Reporting financial condition in the balance sheet -- Reporting cash sources and uses in the statement of cash flows -- Financial accounting issues -- Part 3: Reading financial reports -- Getting a financial report ready for release -- Reading a financial report -- Inside information for managers only -- Part 4: Accounting in managing a business -- Analyzing profit -- Accounting for costs -- Budgeting -- Part 5: The part of tens -- Ten tips for managers -- Ten tips for reading a financial report.