Want to become an accountant? Own a small business but need help
balancing your books? Worried about managing your finances under
the cloud of the recession?

This hands-on workbook gets you up to speed with the basics of
business accounting, including reading financial reports,
establishing budgets, controlling cash flow, and making wise
financial decisions. The question and answer sections encourage you
to find your own solutions to challenging accounting problems - and
there's plenty of space to scribble your workings out!
Accounting Workbook For Dummies is the only book that makes
truly light work of the financial fundamentals that many
businesspeople try to bluff their way through every day.

Accounting Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition covers:

Part I: Business Accounting Basics

Chapter 1: Elements of Business Accounting

Chapter 2: Financial Effects of Transactions

Chapter 3: Getting Started in the Bookkeeping Cycle

Chapter 4: The Bookkeeping Cycle: Adjusting and Closing
Entries

Part II: Preparing Financial Statements

Chapter 5: The Effects and Reporting of Profit

Chapter 6: Reporting Financial Condition in the Balance
Sheet

Chapter 7: Coupling the Profit & Loss Statement and Balance
Sheet

Chapter 8: Reporting Cash Flows and Changes in Owners'
Equity

Chapter 9: Choosing Accounting Methods

Part III: Managerial, Manufacturing, and Capital
Accounting

Chapter 10: Analysing Profit Behavior

Chapter 11: Manufacturing Cost Accounting

Chapter 12: Figuring Out Interest and Return on
Investment

Part IV: The Part of Tens

Chapter 13: Ten Things You Should Know About Business
Financial Statements

Chapter 14: A Ten-Point Checklist for Management
Accountants

Main changes in the UK edition include:

UK Accounting practice
Currency
UK institutions - Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise
etc
National Insurance, PAYE
UK taxation and VAT
Partnerships and Limited company information
UK legal practice
UK specific forms
UK specific case studies

Auteur

Jane Kelly is a chartered management accountant, bookkeeping teacher and business author. John A. Tracy is Professor of Accounting at the University of Colorado.

Texte du rabat

Choose the right accounting methods for you
Assemble a balance sheet from scratch
Record profit and loss with confidence
Keep a handle on your assets and liabilities all year round Get hands-on with accounting using this interactive guide  and avoid making costly mistakes Need help balancing your books? Confused by accounting jargon? Having trouble breaking even? Whatever your starting point, this practical workbook contains everything you need to excel in accounting theory and practice  at home, in business, or at business school. Packed with questions and answers, sample accounts and practice exercises, Accounting Workbook For Dummies shows you how to solve all your accounting dilemmas, no matter how challenging. Discover
Effective ways to record revenue, expenses and losses
Guidance on preparing statements and making estimations
How to report cash flow and changes in equity
Insider tips on analysing profit behaviour
Advice on interest rates, loans and investments THE DUMMIES WORKBOOK WAY
Plain-English explanations
Step-by-step procedures
Hands-on practice exercises
Ample workspace to work out problems
A dash of humour and fun **Get smart!
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Want to become an accountant? Own a small business but need help balancing your books? Worried about managing your finances under the cloud of the recession?

This hands-on workbook gets you up to speed with the basics of business accounting, including reading financial reports, establishing budgets, controlling cash flow, and making wise financial decisions. The question and answer sections encourage you to find your own solutions to challenging accounting problems - and there's plenty of space to scribble your workings out! Accounting Workbook For Dummies is the only book that makes truly light work of the financial fundamentals that many businesspeople try to bluff their way through every day.

Accounting Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition covers:

Part I: Business Accounting Basics
Chapter 1: Elements of Business Accounting
Chapter 2: Financial Effects of Transactions
Chapter 3: Getting Started in the Bookkeeping Cycle
Chapter 4: The Bookkeeping Cycle: Adjusting and Closing Entries

Part II: Preparing Financial Statements
Chapter 5: The Effects and Reporting of Profit
Chapter 6: Reporting Financial Condition in the Balance Sheet
Chapter 7: Coupling the Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet
Chapter 8: Reporting Cash Flows and Changes in Owners' Equity
Chapter 9: Choosing Accounting Methods

**Part III: Managerial, Manufacturing, and Capital Accounting
**Chapter 10: Analysing Profit Behavior
Chapter 11: Manufacturing Cost Accounting
Chapter 12: Figuring Out Interest and Return on Investment

**Part IV: The Part of Tens
**Chapter 13: Ten Things You Should Know About Business Financial Statements
Chapter 14: A Ten-Point Checklist for Management Accountants

Main changes in the UK edition include: