Financial accounting
Subtitle: tools for business decision making
By: Paul D. Kimmel, Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso
Contributors: Weygandt, Jerry J.; Kieso, Donald E.
Edition: 5th ed.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Hoboken, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 717
ISBN-13: 9780470413357
Subjects: Finanzbuchhaltung; Accounting; Einfu hrung; Rechnungswesen
Description: Financial Accounting, 5th Edition provides students with an understanding of fundamental concepts necessary to use accounting effectively. Starting with a "macro" view of accounting information, the authors present real financial statements. They establish how a financial statement communicates the financing, investing, and operating activities of a business to users of accounting information. Kimmel, Weygandt and Kieso motivate students by grounding the discussion in the real world, showing them the relevance of the topics covered to their future.
Notes: Includes indexes.
Table of contents: title: Ch. 1. Introduction to financial statements; title: Ch. 2. A further look at financial statements; title: Ch. 3. The accounting information system; title: Ch. 4. Accrual accounting concepts; title: Ch. 5. Merchandising operations and the multiple-step income statement; title: Ch. 6. Reporting and analyzing inventory; title: Ch. 7. Fraud, internal control, and cash; title: Ch. 6. Reporting and analyzing receivables; title: Ch. 9. Reporting and analyzing long-lived assets; title: Ch. 10. Reporting and analyzing liabilities; title: Ch. 11. Reporting and analyzing stockholders' equity; title: Ch. 12. Statement of cash flows; title: Ch. 13. Financial analysis: the big picture; title: App. A. Specimen financial statements: Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc; title: App. B. Specimen financial statements: Hershey Foods Corporation; title: App. C. Time value of money; title: App. D. Reporting and analyzing investments.