The Handy Accounting Answer Book
The Handy Accounting Answer Book
Editor/Author
Gray, Amber K.
Publication Year: 2019
Publisher: Visible Ink Press
Price: Core Collection Only

ISBN: 978-1-57859-675-1
Category: Business, Finance & Economics - Finance, Personal
Image Count:
241
Book Status: Available
Table of Contents
Everyone needs to budget money and manage costs, whether for groceries and everyday purchases, rent or mortgage, education, retirement, or even a business. Like it or not, accounting infuses most everything in life. From credits, debits, and basic bookkeeping to getting the most out of tax deductions and from reading or creating a business' financial statement to better understanding accounting lingo.
This book is found in the following Credo Collections:
Table of Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Photo Sources
- Introduction
- What is Accounting?
- Accounting Defined
- Users of Accounting Information
- Early Accounting
- A Very Brief History of Financial Accounting in the United States
- FASB'S Conceptual Framework
- The FASB
- The Conceptual Framework
- Qualitative Characteristics
- Elements of Financial Statements
- Recognition, Measurement, and Disclosure Concepts
- Financial Statement Elements
- Elements
- Assets
- Liabilities
- Equity, Investments by Owners, and Distributions to Owners
- Revenues and Expenses
- Gains, Losses, and Comprehensive Income
- Four Basic Financial Statements
- Financial Statements
- The Basic Accounting Equation
- The Income Statement
- The Statement of Retained Earnings
- The Balance Sheet
- The Statement of Cash Flows
- Other Financial Reporting
- Financial Statement Analysis
- Analysis Basics
- Horizontal Analysis
- Vertical Analysis
- Ratio Analysis Basics
- Liquidity Ratios
- Solvency Ratios
- Profitability Ratios
- Asset Management Ratios
- Market Performance Ratios
- The Balanced Scorecard
- Bookkeeping and the Accounting Cycle
- The Accounting Cycle
- Steps 1–3: Analyze, Record, and Post
- Steps 4–8: The Month-End Close
- Steps 9–11: The Year End Close
- Source Documents in the Accounting System
- Specific Accounting Issues
- Fraud and Internal Controls
- Merchandisers
- Inventory Accounting
- Accounts Receivable and Bad Debt
- Fixed Assets and Intangibles
- Payroll Accounting
- Cost Accounting Basics
- The Operating Cycle
- Cost Classifications
- Job-Order Costing
- Activity Based Costing
- Process Costing
- Other Costing Systems
- Budgeting, Planning, and Controlling
- Why Budget?
- The Master Budget
- Flexible Budgets
- Standard Costs and Variances
- Managerial Accounting Basics
- The Contribution Format Income Statement
- Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis
- Managerial Decision Making
- Drop or Retain a Segment
- Make or Buy
- Special Order
- Constrained Resources
- Responsibility Accounting
- Capital Budgeting
- Starting a Small Business
- Choosing a Business Structure
- Creating a Business Plan
- Setting Up an Accounting Information System
- Profit and Cash Flow
- Employees and Payroll
- Tax Issues
- Accountants and the Future of Accounting
- Accounting Careers
- Credentials
- Major Players
- Notable Accountants
- Accounting Scandals
- The Future of Accounting
- Appendices
- Journal Entries
- Partnership Accounting
- Financial Statements
- Annual Report Example
- Glossary
- Further Reading
- About the Author
- Also From Visible Ink Press