This is an introductory book on financial accounting and how to read financial statements. It could be used as a text book in an intro course, especially for MBAs. However, it has less technical details than a traditional text book (meant to train accountants) and is more focused on how to understand and use accounting information. At the same time the book covers many topics (in particular consolidations and deferred benefits) which are often not covered in an introductory book. The book is not designed to train accountants (although they could use it to help them explain what they do) but...