| Description |
xviii, 386 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Introduction. -- Part I: A First Look at Accounting. -- Chapter 1: Strolling Through the Field of Accounting. -- Chapter 2: Getting to the Bottom of the Bottom Line. -- Chapter 3: Bookkeeping 101: From Shoeboxes to Computers. -- Chapter 4: Accounting and Your Personal Finances. -- Part II: Figuring Out Financial Statements. -- Chapter 5: Making and Reporting Profit. -- Chapter 6: The Genesis and Reporting of Financial Condition. -- Chapter 7: Cash Sources and Uses and Reporting Cash Flows. -- Chapter 8: Getting a Financial Report Ready. -- Part III: Accounting in Managing a Business. -- Chapter 9: First Things First: Deciding the Legal Structure. -- Chapter 10: Using Accounting for Managing Profit. -- Chapter 11: Budgeting Profit and Cash Flow. -- Chapter 12: Cost Concepts and Conundrums. -- Part IV: Financial Reports in the Public Domain. -- Chapter 13: Keeping Score: Choosing and Implementing Accounting Methods. -- Chapter 14: How Investors Read a Financial Report. -- Chapter 15: Audits, Accounting Fraud, and Audit Failures. -- Part V: The Part of Tens. -- Chapter 16: Ten Profit and Loss Questions. -- Chapter 17: Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting. -- Chapter 18: Ten Questions Savvy Investors Ask When Reading a Financial Report. -- Glossary: Slashing Through the Accounting Jargon Jungle. -- Index |
| Notes |
Includes index |
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Also available online (Table of contents) |
| Subject |
Accounting.
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| LC no. |
2004114205 |
| ISBN |
0764578367 (paperback) |
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