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'Accounting for Business' is ideal for undergraduate students on business and accounting courses who need to understand the nuts and bolts of financial accounting. This popular textbook has always enjoyed a deserved reputation for accessibility and thoroughness. Now in its third edition, its contents have been fully updated and restructured to make them even easier to use. Readers will benefit... Read more
Introduction to accounting - The main accounting reports; Accounting statements: nature and preparation - The balance sheet; The profit and loss account: nature and purpose; The profit and loss account: form and content; The measurement of profit: depreciation; Measurement problems: stock valuation; Profit measurement: bad and doubtful debts; Practical accounting - Practical accounting: ledger accounts; Ledger accounts: further complications; Accounting systems; Accounting for companies: the regulatory framework - An introduction to the accounts of limited companies; Accounting for companies; The regulatory framework; The accounts of groups of companies 1; The accounts of groups of companies 2; The analysis and interpretation of accounts - The cash flow statement; The use of financial statements for planning and decision making; The analysis of financial statements 1; The analysis of financial statements 2; The analysis of financial statements 3; The conventions and the conceptual framework; Measurement of profit and capital maintenance; Solutions to self-assessment questions.
Biography
David Harvey
