Financial accounting : an introduction to concepts, methods, and uses

P.Stickney, Clyde

Financial accounting : an introduction to concepts, methods, and uses - Mason, OH : South-Western/Cengage Learning, ©2010. - xvii, 936 pages : illustrations (some color) ;

Includes index

Introduction to business activities and overview of financial statements and the reporting process --
The basics of record keeping and financial statement preparation --
Balance sheet: presenting and analyzing resources and financing --
Income statement: reporting the results of operating activities --
Statement of cash flows: reporting the effects of operating, investing, and financing activities on cash flows --
Introduction to financial statement analysis --
Revenue recognition, receivables, and advances from customers --
Working capital --
Long-lived tangible and intangible assets --
Notes, bonds, and leases --
Liabilities: off-balance-sheet financing, retirement benefits, and income taxes --
Marketable securities and derivatives --
Intercorporate investments in common stock --
Shareholders' equity: capital contributions, distributions, and earnings --
Statement of cash flows: another look --
Synthesis of financial reporting.


"[This book] presents both the basic concepts underlying financial statements and the methods that allow students to prepare, interpret, analyze, and evaluate corporate financial statements and their underlying business transactions."--

9780324651140 0324651147


Accounting.

657.48 / FIN

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