An introduction to financial accounting
By: Andrew Thomas and Anne Marie Ward
Contributors: Ward, Anne Marie
Edition: 6th ed.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 746
ISBN-13: 9780077122805
Subjects: Accounting; Problems, exercises; Accountancy
Description: Suitable for students studying accounting for the first time, this book offers comprehensive coverage of accounting in the 21st century.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part 1.; title: The basic framework of accounting -- -- 1.; title: Entities and financial reporting standards -- -- 2.; title: International accounting: institutional framework and standards -- -- 3.; title: The nature and objectives of financial accounting -- -- 4.; title: Accounting principles, concepts and policies -- -- 5.; title: The conceptual framework of accounting -- -- 6.; title: Auditing, corporate governance and ethics -- -- Part 2.; title: Double-entry bookkeeping -- -- 7.; title: The accounting equation and its components -- -- 8.; title: Basic documentation and books of accounts -- -- 9.; title: The general ledger -- -- 10.; title: The balancing of accounts and the trial balance -- -- 11.; title: Day books and the journal -- -- 12.; title: The cash book -- -- 13.; title: The petty cash book -- -- Part 3.; title: Preparing final financial statements -- -- 14.; title: The final financial statements of sole traders (in brief) -- -- 15.; title: Depreciation and non-current assets -- -- 16.; title: Bad debts and provisions for bad debts -- -- 17.; title: Accruals and prepayments -- -- 18.; title: The preparation of final financial statements from the trial balance -- -- Part 4.; title: Internal control and check -- -- 19.; title: The bank reconciliation statement -- -- 20.; title: Control accounts -- -- 21.; title: Errors and suspense accounts -- -- 22.; title: Single entry and incomplete records -- -- Part 5.; title: Preparing final financial statements for manufacturing entities -- -- 23.; title: Inventory valuation -- -- 24.; title: Financial statements for manufacturing entities -- -- Part 6.; title: Clubs -- -- 25.; title: The final financial statements of clubs -- -- Part 7.; title: Partnerships -- -- 26.; title: The final financial statements of partnerships -- -- 27.; title: Changes in partnerships -- -- 28.; title: Partnership dissolution and conversion to company status -- -- Part 8.; title: Companies -- -- 29.; title: The nature of limited companies and their capital -- -- 30.; title: The final financial statements of limited companies -- -- 31.; title: Statement of cash flows -- -- 32.; title: The appraisal of company financial statements using ratio analysis --; title: Extra chapters available Online -- -- 33.; title: UK accounting: institutional framework and standards -- -- 34.; title: Changes in share capital -- -- 35.; title: An introduction to consolidated financial statements -- -- 36.; title: Value added tax, columnar books of prime entry and the payroll -- -- 37.; title: The role of computers in accounting -- -- 38.; title: Accounting for changing price levels.