Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, Ninth Edition, provides a simple and practical introduction to financial accounting. It explains the concepts students need to know, while also emphasizing the importance of decision making. In this new edition, all content has been carefully reviewed and revised to ensure maximum student understanding. At the same time, the time-tested features that have proven to be of most help to students such the student-friendly writing style, visual pedagogy, and the relevant and easy-to-understand examples have been retained.
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Financial Accounting
Tools for Business Decision Making
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- Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF
Financial Accounting
Tools for Business Decision Making
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Key takeaways
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Insight 1
Explain the purpose and components of the four primary financial statements and apply the accounting cycle to record and summarize business transactions.
Insight 2
Account for and report various assets, liabilities, and equity accounts, including inventory, receivables, long-lived assets, and bonds, in accordance with accounting principles.
Insight 3
Analyze financial statements using ratios, horizontal and vertical analysis, and the statement of cash flows to evaluate a company's financial performance and position for decision-making.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Brief Contents
- From the Authors
- Author Commitment
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction to Financial Statements
- 2 A Further Look at Financial Statements
- 3 The Accounting Information System
- 4 Accrual Accounting Concepts
- 5 Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement
- 6 Reporting and Analyzing Inventory
- 7 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash
- 8 Reporting and Analyzing Receivables
- 9 Reporting and Analyzing Long-Lived Assets
- 10 Reporting and Analyzing Liabilities
- 11 Reporting and Analyzing Stockholders’ Equity
- 12 Statement of Cash Flows
- 13 Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
- APPENDIX A Specimen Financial Statements: Apple Inc.
- APPENDIX B Specimen Financial Statements: Columbia Sportswear Company
- APPENDIX C Specimen Financial Statements: VF Corporation
- APPENDIX D Specimen Financial Statements: Amazon.com, Inc.
- APPENDIX E Specimen Financial Statements: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
- APPENDIX F Specimen Financial Statements: Louis Vuitton
- APPENDIX G Time Value of Money
- APPENDIX H Reporting and Analyzing Investments
- Company Index
- Subject Index
- End User License Agreement
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