Author: Stephen A. Zeff
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 812
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →This collection of notes and readings on Financial accounting is best used as a core text in the theory course or as a supplement to an Intermediate course or an Advanced accounting course. The goal of this book is to provide insight into concepts, issues, and controversies which underlie accounting standards and practices.
Author: Stephen A. Zeff
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
Published: 1997
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780070730069
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Offers an insight into the concepts, issues and controversies which underlie accounting standards and practice. The collection of readings is sourced from scholarly publications, periodicals, the financial press and general interest magazines such as The Economist. This edition features 61 new readings.
Author: Leonard Prather
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Published: 2017-09-12
Total Pages: 282
ISBN-13: 1546205276
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The Financial Accounting and Reporting Study Guide Notes are a useful accounting study guide written in at-a-glance format for easy reading, highlighted with illustrations, and examples for visual learning. The guide is not designed to be a substitute for your accounting textbook. Instead, its meant to serve as a supplemental reference for understanding basic to advanced accounting concepts in easy to learn format.
Author: Preston Pysh
Publisher:
Published: 2014-05-01
Total Pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781939370150
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Teaches essential accounting terminology and techniques that serious stock investors need to know." -- Preface
Author: George O. May
Publisher: Read Books Ltd
Published: 2013-04-26
Total Pages: 277
ISBN-13: 1473386594
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Financial accounting is now generally recognized as being primarily historical in character and as having for its most important function the extraction and presentation of the essence of the financial experience of businesses, so that decisions affecting the present and the future may be taken in the light of the past. The rules of accounting, even more than those of law, are the product of experience rather than of logic. Similarly, this book is an attempt to extract and present the essence of an experience in financial accounting in the hope that it may be helpful to those called upon to deal with the problems of the future. It is not the result of a study and appraisal of authorities, and the views that are expressed are those of its author alone—indeed, publication has been delayed until formal ties and official positions which might have been deemed to imply more than a personal responsibility for them have been relinquished. In part, it is based on lectures delivered at the Graduate School of Business Administration of Harvard University and papers written for other purposes since 1936. A few passages have been reproduced from the volume which those who were then partners, with generous insight, prepared in that year to mark the twenty-fifth anniversary of the author’s assumption of senior partnership. The writing of such a book seemed to be justified by the fact that the experience on which it is based extended over a period of exceptional interest and was enriched by close association with men of eminence here and abroad, not only in accounting but in government, business, finance, law, and economics. The obligation owed to those who have contributed to that experience is great, but can be expressed to them here only collectively. Grateful recognition must, however, be given to the guidance, friendship, and inspiration of Arthur Lowes Dickinson, who by his abilities, his writings, and above all, by his example, earned an outstanding place among the independent accountants of America, to whom this book is gratefully dedicated.
Author: Mitchell Franklin
Publisher:
Published: 2019-04-11
Total Pages: 1056
ISBN-13: 9781680922912
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The text and images in this book are in grayscale. A hardback color version is available. Search for ISBN 9781680922929. Principles of Accounting is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of a two-semester accounting course that covers the fundamentals of financial and managerial accounting. This book is specifically designed to appeal to both accounting and non-accounting majors, exposing students to the core concepts of accounting in familiar ways to build a strong foundation that can be applied across business fields. Each chapter opens with a relatable real-life scenario for today's college student. Thoughtfully designed examples are presented throughout each chapter, allowing students to build on emerging accounting knowledge. Concepts are further reinforced through applicable connections to more detailed business processes. Students are immersed in the "why" as well as the "how" aspects of accounting in order to reinforce concepts and promote comprehension over rote memorization.
Author: Lita Epstein
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2011-03-08
Total Pages: 363
ISBN-13: 1118054423
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The U.S. government began standardizing and regulating financial reporting in 1929 when the stock market crash made it painfully clear that businesses often made absurd claims and that investors were either gullible, unable to verify information, or both. Now, financial reports are used by a company’s management to measure profitability (or lack of it), optimize operations and guide the company, by banks and other lenders to gauge the company’s financial health, and by institutional or individual investors interested in purchasing stock. Unless you’re financially savvy, annual reports with all those figures, frustrating footnotes, and fine print are boring and intimidating. However, once you have a fundamental knowledge of finance and its basic terminology, you can find the juicy parts. Reading Financial Reports For Dummies by Lita Epstein, a teacher of online financial courses and author of Trading for Dummies, gets you up to speed so you can: Go past the prose that can maximize the positive and minimize the negative and get information in dollars and cents Get an overview from the big three—the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows Understand the lingo and read between the lines Calculate basics like PE, Dividend Payout Ratio, ROS, ROA, ROE, Operating Margin, and Net Margin It pays for investors to be somewhat skeptical instead of gullible. Pressured to please Wall Street, companies are sometimes tempted to use “creative” accounting. You’ll discover how to: Detect red flags (that, unfortunately, aren’t emphasized in red) such as lawsuits, changes in accounting methods, and obligations to retirees and future retirees Understand the different reporting requirements for public companies and private companies with various types of business structures Analyze a company’s cash flow, a prime indicator of its financial health Scrutinize deals such as mergers, acquisitions, liquidations and other major changes in key assets Organized so you can start where you’re comfortable and proceed at your own pace, Reading Financial Reports for Dummies helps managers prepare annual reports and use financial reporting to budget more efficiently and helps investors base their decisions on knowledge instead of hype. Whether you’re in business or in the stock market, knowledge is always an asset.
Author: John A. Tracy
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2014-01-28
Total Pages: 356
ISBN-13: 1118735714
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial reports Financial reports provide vital information to investors, lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial report seem to be written in a foreign language that only accountants can understand. This comprehensive version of How to Read a Financial Report breaks through that language barrier, clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to financial reports. The book features new information on the move toward separate financial and accounting reporting standards for private companies, the emergence of websites offering financial information, pending changes in the auditor's report language and what this means to investors, and requirements for XBRL tagging in reporting to the SEC, among other topics. Makes it easy to understand what financial reports really say Updated to include the latest information financial reporting standards and regulatory changes Written by an author team with a combined 50-plus years of experience in financial accounting This comprehensive edition includes an ancillary website containing valuable additional resources With this comprehensive version of How to Read a Financial Report, investors will find everything they need to fully understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any business.