Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet
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Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet

The Plain Man's Guide to Published Accounts

  1. 246 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet

The Plain Man's Guide to Published Accounts

About this book

Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet: The Plain Man's Guide to Published Accounts, Second Edition presents a discussion of the main ideas underlying accountancy and its application to investment decisions. This book discusses the ways in which a person can maximize his appreciation of the doings of the organization. Organized into 16 chapters, this edition begins with an overview of the content of the average company report or any set of accounts. This text then examines the scope and limitations of the information that may be extracted from the company report. Other chapters consider the importance of balance sheet as containing the most relevant material. This book includes as well a discussion on depreciation, revaluation, capital gearing, taxation, and solvency. The final chapter deals with the limitations necessarily imposed on any sensible discussion of the prospects of a particular company. This book is a valuable resource for investors. Accountants will also find this book useful.

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Information

Publisher
Pergamon
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780080240718
eBook ISBN
9781483188997
Edition
2
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Financial Accounting
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Between the Lines of the Balance Sheet: The Plain Man's Guide to Published Accounts
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Preface to the Second Edition
  6. Preface to the First Edition
  7. An Introduction (with hindsight) to the SecondEdition
  8. CHAPTER 1. By Way of an Introduction
  9. CHAPTER 2. The Anatomy of a Balance Sheet
  10. CHAPTER 3. The Question of Solvency
  11. CHAPTER 4. Return on Capital Employed
  12. CHAPTER 5. Return on Ordinary Share Capitaland Reserves
  13. CHAPTER 6. The Incidence of the Reservefor Depreciation
  14. CHAPTER 7. The Significance of Revaluation ofFixed Assets
  15. CHAPTER 8. Profits, Dividends and Price Indices
  16. CHAPTER 9. The Search for a Standard of Efficiency
  17. CHAPTER 10. The Economic and Social Significanceof the Analysis
  18. CHAPTER 11. A Note on the Significance of Capital Gearing
  19. CHAPTER 12. A Note on the Incidence of Taxation
  20. CHAPTER 13. A Note on the Doubtful Significance of the Turnover Figure
  21. CHAPTER 14. The Bullock in the Boardroom
  22. CHAPTER 15. Reform of Company Law
  23. CHAPTER 16. By Way of an Epilogue
  24. Appendix A
  25. Appendix B
  26. Glossary
  27. Name Index
  28. Subject Index