Accounting Workbook For Dummies - Softcover

Tracy, John A.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471791458 ISBN 13: 9780471791454

Publisher: For Dummies, 2006

Synopsis

Balance the books, learn important accounting concepts, and master the basics 

Accounting Workbook For Dummies is for business bookkeepers and accountants, who need a refresher on the subject, as well as students taking their first accounting class. It’s a comprehensive study guide that can help you improve your accounting skills and lay the foundation for further advancement.  

Whether you’re trying to get certified and become an accountant, or own a small business and need a little help balancing your books, this hands-on guide provides the learning and helpful practice you need.  

The third edition of Accounting For Dummies contains guidance on incorporating principles to adhere to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reading financial reports, generating income statements and balance sheets, and establishing budgets. Accounting Workbook For Dummies provides you with real-world exercises to see these principals in action, although you don’t need to have read Accounting For Dummies.  

Accounting Workbook For Dummies focuses on business accounting, explains how business transactions are recorded in the accounts of a business and the financial statements that are prepared for a business to report its profit and loss, financial condition, and cash flows. It also shows you how business managers use accounting information for decision making. 

The book’s four parts cover topics like recordkeeping basics, financial statements, accounting for business managers, and investment accounting. You’ll learn to: 

• Record transactions, track costs, and manage accounts 

• Open and close bookkeeping cycles 

• Analyze business performance and profit 

• Choose the right accounting method 

• Master investment accounting fundamentals 

• Understand manufacturing cost accounting 

With your own copy of Accounting Workbook For Dummies, you can learn how to do all of that, find out what you need to know about financial statements, get tips for management accounting, and more. 

About this title

About the Author

John A. Tracy is a former accountant and professor of accounting. He is also the author of Accounting For Dummies.

From the Back Cover

Balance the books — without all the headaches!

Trying to get certified and become an accountant? Own a small business but need a little help balancing your books? Don't worry! This hands-on guide provides the learning and vital practice you need to master important accounting concepts and basics. Perfect as a companion workbook for Accounting For Dummies — or any other accounting textbook — Accounting Workbook For Dummies gives you a wealth of real-world examples, demonstration problems, and handy exercises. With this helpful resource as your guide, you'll master balance sheets, income statements, and budgets in no time!

100s of Problems!

• Record transactions, track costs, and manage accounts
• Open and close bookkeeping cycles
• Analyze business performance and profit
• Choose the right accounting method
• Master investment accounting fundamentals
• Understand manufacturing cost accounting

Trying to get certified and become an accountant? Own a small business but need a little help balancing your books? Don't worry! This hands-on guide provides the learning and vital practice you need to master important accounting concepts and basics. Perfect as a companion workbook for Accounting For Dummies — or any other accounting textbook — Accounting Workbook For Dummies gives you a wealth of real-world examples, demonstration problems, and handy exercises. With this helpful resource as your guide, you'll master balance sheets, income statements, and budgets in no time!

100s of Problems!

• Record transactions, track costs, and manage accounts
• Open and close bookkeeping cycles
• Analyze business performance and profit
• Choose the right accounting method
• Master investment accounting fundamentals
• Understand manufacturing cost accounting

Edition details

• Publisher: For Dummies
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471791458
• ISBN 13: 9780471791454
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320