Accounting Workbook for Dummies (For Dummies)

Accounting Workbook For Dummies provides hands-on learning and practice for vital accounting concepts. Though written to go hand-in-hand with Accounting For Dummies, this practical guide makes the perfect companion to any accounting text and can even be used as a stand-alone guide to accounting basics. Anyone taking a course in accounting can use the workbook without having previously read the For Dummies accounting books. This valuable study guide includes additional and complementary examples, demonstration problems, true/false and multiple-choice questions, exercises, chapter outlines, and blank working papers and spreadsheets. Like Accounting For Dummies, this workbook features up-to-date information on the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, reading financial reports, generating income statements and balance sheets, and establishing budgets. With a high level of competition among CPA students, Accounting Workbook For Dummies is a valuable resource.

John A. Tracy, CPA (Boulder, CO), is a former staff accountant at Ernst & Young who taught accounting at the University of Colorado for many years. He is also the author of Accounting For Dummies, Third Edition (0-7645-7836-7), from Wiley.

Balance the books — without all the headaches!

Trying to get certified and become an accountant? Own a small business but need a little help balancing your books? Don't worry! This hands-on guide provides the learning and vital practice you need to master important accounting concepts and basics. Perfect as a companion workbook for Accounting For Dummies — or any other accounting textbook — Accounting Workbook For Dummies gives you a wealth of real-world examples, demonstration problems, and handy exercises. With this helpful resource as your guide, you'll master balance sheets, income statements, and budgets in no time!

100s of Problems!

* Record transactions, track costs, and manage accounts

* Open and close bookkeeping cycles

* Analyze business performance and profit

* Choose the right accounting method

* Master investment accounting fundamentals

* Understand manufacturing cost accounting

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John A. Tracy is a former accountant and professor of accounting. He is also the author of Accounting For Dummies.

Introduction.

Part I: Business Accounting Basics.

Chapter 1: Elements of Business Accounting.

Chapter 2: Financial Effects of Transactions.

Chapter 3: Getting Started in the Bookkeeping Cycle.

Chapter 4: The Bookkeeping Cycle: Adjusting and Closing Entries.

Part II: Preparing Financial Statements.

Chapter 5: The Effects and Reporting of Profit.

Chapter 6: Reporting Financial Condition in the Balance Sheet.

Chapter 7: Coupling the Income Statement and Balance Sheet.

Chapter 8: Reporting Cash Flows and Changes in Owners’ Equity.

Chapter 9: Choosing Accounting Methods.

Part III: Managerial, Manufacturing, and Capital Accounting.

Chapter 10: Analyzing Profit Behavior.

Chapter 11: Manufacturing Cost Accounting.

Chapter 12: Figuring Out Interest and Return on Investment.

Part IV: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 13: Ten Things You Should Know About Business Financial Statements.

Chapter 14: A Ten-Point Checklist for Management Accountants.

Index.