Financial Accounting Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

by Vibrant Publishers

Overview

Financial Accounting Essentials You Always Wanted To Know covers Financial Accounting concepts in concise and easy-to-understand manner for business professionals and non-finance graduates. This book includes Financial Accounting FUNDAMENTALS, SOLVED Examples, Important CONCEPTS & PRINCIPLES and Ample PRACTICE Exercises. The topics covered are:

a) Understanding of Financial Accounting Terms

b) Need, nature and purpose of Financial Statements

c) Audience of Financial Statements

d) Balance Sheet

e) Income Statement

f) Statement of Cash Flows

The book is divided into separate chapters, each dedicated to a single concept in Financial Accounting. The flow is such that it builds the reader’s understanding in stages. At the end of each chapter there are ample solved examples that help apply the concepts learnt in the chapter. This is followed by Practice Exercises that give an opportunity to the reader to apply the learnings from the chapter.

The reader gains the following competence after reading this book:

a) Understanding of individual items in Financial Statements

b) Reading and understanding Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows

c) Preparing Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows

About the Series
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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946383679
Publisher:	Vibrant Publishers
Publication date:	07/11/2017
Series:	Self Learning Management Series , #3
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	118
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

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Table of Contents

1. Accounting Systems
Financial Accounting Systems
Need for Financial Accounting Systems
Financial Statements
Purpose of Financial Statements
Financial Accounting Standards
Solved Examples
Practice Exercises
 

2. Overview of Financial Statements
Balance Sheet
Income Statement
Statement of Cash Flows
Notes to the Financial Statements
Miscellaneous Accounting Concepts and Conventions
Solved Examples
Practice Exercises
 

3. The Balance Sheet
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
Solved Examples
Practice Exercises

4. The Income Statement
Measures of Income
Types of Revenues
Types of Expenses
Earnings per Share (EPS)and Diluted EPS
Revenue Recognition
Expense Recognition
Expanded Accounting Equation
Transaction Analysis and Income Statement Creation
Solved Examples
Practice Exercises

5. The Statement of Cash Flows
Categories of Cash Flow Activities
Cash Flow Pattern
Cash Flow Statement Preparation
Solved Examples
Practice Exercises
Glossary