Book-Keeping
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Book-Keeping

Made Simple

  1. 558 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Book-Keeping

Made Simple

About this book

Book-Keeping Made Simple, Revised Edition covers all the basic principles of elementary book-keeping. The book describes the requirements and process of starting a business, including ledger accounts, classifying the assets, the balance sheet, buying assets, and transactions involving liabilities. The text also discusses the double-entry systems; subsidiary books and original documents; the reduction of work-on day book entries; and the three-column cash books. The journal proper, the Imprest system, the trial balance and its limitations, and the bank reconciliation statements are also considered.The book further tackles analytical or columnar day books; the principle and layout of the cash book; the adjustments in final accounts; and partnership accounts. The text also discusses departmental-, manufacturing-, and control accounts and accounts of limited companies; the amalgamation of businesses; the purchase of a business; and the bills for exchange.Students of book-keeping will find the book invaluable.

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Information

Publisher
Made Simple
Year
2014
Print ISBN
9780434984848
eBook ISBN
9781483105802
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Finance
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Book-Keeping: Made Simple
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Table of Contents
  5. Foreword
  6. Chapter 1. Starting a business – a capital idea
  7. Chapter 2. The Ledger – the main book of account
  8. Chapter 3. How Double Entry Book-keeping works
  9. Chapter 4. Subsidiary books and original documents
  10. Chapter 5. Reducing the workon Day Book entries
  11. Chapter 6. The Three-column Cash Book
  12. Chapter 7. The Journal Proper
  13. Chapter 8. The Columnar Petty Cash Book – Imprest System
  14. Chapter 9. Book-keeping to the Trial Balance
  15. Chapter 10. Limitations of the Trial Balance: Suspense Accounts and the correction of errors
  16. Chapter 11. Bank Reconciliation Statements
  17. Chapter 12. Analytical or Columnar Day Books
  18. Chapter 13. The Bank Cash Book
  19. Chapter 14. More about depreciation
  20. Chapter 15. The Wages Book and wages systems
  21. Chapter 16. Book-keeping to 'Final Accounts' – part one: the Trial Balance
  22. Chapter 17. Book-keeping to 'Final Accounts' – part two: the Trading Account
  23. Chapter 18. Book-keeping to 'Final Accounts' – part three: the Profit and Loss Account
  24. Chapter 19. Book-keeping to 'Final Accounts' – part four: the Balance Sheet
  25. Chapter 20. Capital and revenue expenditure and receipts
  26. Chapter 21. The valuation of stock
  27. Chapter 22. Adjustments in Final Accounts
  28. Chapter 23. Partnership Accounts
  29. Chapter 24. The accounts of clubs and non-profit-making organizations
  30. Chapter 25. The increased net-worth method of finding profits: single entry or incomplete records
  31. Chapter 26. Departmental Accounts
  32. Chapter 27. Manufacturing Accounts
  33. Chapter 28. The accounts of limited companies
  34. Chapter 29. The interpretation of Final Accounts: statistical control figures
  35. Chapter 30. Control Accounts
  36. Chapter 31. The amalgamation of businesses
  37. Chapter 32. The purchase of a business
  38. Chapter 33. Accounting for Bills of Exchange
  39. Chapter 34. The concepts and principles of accounting
  40. Answer section
  41. Index