Synopses & Reviews
With the fifteenth edition of Financial and Managerial Accounting: The Basis for Business Decisions, the Williams author team continues to be a solid foundation for students who are learning basic accounting concepts. In this revision, the authors have added to and refined the coverage of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), particularly in Chapter 15 (“Global Business and Accounting”). Hallmarks of the textincluding the solid Accounting Cycle Presentation, relevant pedagogy, and high quality, end-of-chapter materialhave been updated throughout the book.
About the Author
Mark Bettner is the Chair of Accounting at Bucknell University. He received his Ph.D. at Texas Tech University.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Accounting: Information for Decision Making Chapter 2: Basic Financial Statements Chapter 3: The Accounting Cycle: Capturing Economic Events Chapter 4: The Accounting Cycle: Accruals and Deferrals Chapter 5: The Accounting Cycle: Reporting Financial Results Comprehensive Problem 1: Susquehanna Equipment Rentals Chapter 6: Merchandising Activities Chapter 7: Financial Assets Chapter 8: Inventories and the Cost of Goods Sold Comprehensive Problem 2: Guitar Universe, Inc. Chapter 9: Plant and Intangible Assets Chapter 10: Liabilities Chapter 11: Stockholders' Equity: Paid-in Capital Comprehensive Problem 3: McMinn Retail, Inc. Chapter 12: Income and Changes in Retained Earnings Chapter 13: Statement of Cash Flows Chapter 14: Financial Statement Analysis Comprehensive Problem 4: Home Depot, Inc. Chapter 15: Global Business and Accounting Chapter 16: Management Accounting: A Business Partner Chapter 17: Job Order Cost Systems and Overhead Allocations Chapter 18: Process Costing Chapter 19: Costing and the Value Chain Chapter 20: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Chapter 21: Incremental Analysis Comprehensive Problem 5: The Gilster Company Chapter 22: Responsibility Accounting and Transfer Pricing Chapter 23: Operational Budgeting Chapter 24: Standard Cost Systems Chapter 25: Rewarding Business Performance Comprehensive Problem 6: Utease Corporation Chapter 26: Capital Budgeting Appendix A: 2007 Home Depot Financial Statements Appendix B: The Time Value of Money: Future Amounts and Present Values Appendix C: Forms of Business Organization