Accounting for Business

ISBN-13: 9780750642569 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 544 str.

David Harvey; Peter Atrill;Unknown

Opis

This edition clearly explains accounting information's role in making sound business decisions and focuses upon the aspects of accounting practice which are most relevant to the non-specialist manager.

Spis treści

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.

O autorze

David Harvey