Schaum's Outline of Theory and Problems of Bookkeeping and Accounting (Schaum's Outlines) - Softcover

Schaum; Lerner, Joel J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0070372217 ISBN 13: 9780070372214

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, 1978

Synopsis

This work covers bookkeeping and accounting. Sections discuss the bookkeeping cycle, special journals and ledgers, specific bookkeeping and accounting topics, partnerships and business mathematics. Solved problems are included to aid comprehension.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

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Inside, you will find:

• Easy-to-understand explanations of bookkeeping and accounting concepts
• 537 fully solved problems, with step-by-step solutions
• 187 summary questions to further challenge you; Hundreds of additional practice problems, with answers supplied
• Five complete exams for testing yourself

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Chapters include:

• Part I: The Bookkeeping Cycle
• Assets, Liabilities, and Capital
• Debits and Credits: The Double-Entry System
• Journalizing and Posting Transactions
• Financial Statements
• Adjusting and Closing Procedures
• Examination I
• Part II: Special Journals, Ledgers, and the Worksheet
• Repetitive Transactions­­the Sales and the Purchases Journals
• The Cash Journal
• Summarizing and Reporting via the Worksheet
• Examination II
• Part III: Merchandising
• The Merchandising Company
• Costing Merchandise Inventory
• Pricing Merchandise
• Examination III
• Part IV: Specific Bookkeeping & Accounting Topics
• Negotiable Instruments
• Controlling Cash
• Payroll
• Property, Plant, and Equipment: Depreciation
• Examination IV
• Part V: Other Business Organizations
• The Partnership
• The Corporation
• Examination V
• Appendix: Mathematics
• Glossary of Bookkeeping and Accounting Terms

About the Author:

Joel Lerner has coauthored the Schaum's Outlines of Principles of Accounting I & II and Business mathematids and is the sole author of Bookkeeping for the Utterly Confused. He is also a financial lecturer for several Fortune 500 firms and has produced his own TV and radio series for fiteen years.

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Publication date: 1978
• ISBN 10: 0070372217
• ISBN 13: 9780070372214
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 271