Overview
Main description
The simple solution to complex accounting
You don't need a genius IQ to ace your financial accounting curriculum. The only prerequisites are a little discipline and a comprehensive tutorial devoid of confusing jargon.
Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD presents all
the concepts and skills you need, in a language you understand. Designed to let you learn at your own pace, it explains all the rules for preparing and reporting accounting information to parties outside an organization. Then, you'll get details on basic financial accounting concepts, valuing inventories, accounting methods, stockholder's equity, receivables, and more. Featuring end-of-chapter quizzes and a final exam, Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD teaches you the ins and outs of financial accounting in no time at all!
This fast and easy guide offers:
- Expert coverage of financial statements, cash and short-term investments, receivables, cash flows, liabilities
- Tips, techniques, and insights that drive home key financial accounting principles and theories
- Hundreds of worked-out examples, chapter-ending quizzes, and a final exam to reinforce learning and
pinpoint weaknesses
- Specific recommendations if you're having difficulty with certain subtopics
Simple enough for a beginner, but challenging enough for an advanced student, Financial Accounting DeMYSTiFieD is a shortcut to developing a working knowledge of accounting practices.
Table of contents
Chapter 1. The Nature and Environment of Financial Accounting; Chapter 2. Financial Statements: A Closer Look; Chapter 3. Types of Business Activities and Their Impact on Accounting; Chapter 4. Basic Financial Accounting ConceptsChapter 5. The Accounting Process: Analyzing and Recording Business Transactions;Chapter 6. Accounting for Cash and Short Term Investments; Chapter 7. Accounting for Receivables; Chapter 8. Accounting for Inventories and Cost of Goods Sold; Chapter 9. Accounting for Plant and Equipment, Natural Resources, and Intangibles; Chapter 10. Accounting for Current and Long-Term Liabilities; Chapter 11. Accounting for Stockholders Equity; Chapter 12. Statement of Cash Flows; Chapter 13. Financial Statement Analyses; Final Exam;Answers to Quiz, Test, and Exam Questions; Index
Author comments
Author Profile
Leonard Eugene Berry, Ph.D., C.I.A. is Professor Emeritus and Director Emeritus in the School of Accountancy at Georgia State University. He is a retired C.P.A. as well as the author of Management Accounting DeMYSTiFieD (2005).
