Become a better manager by speaking your accountant's language
Use smart accounting to maximize profits and minimize confusion
Whether you're a small business owner or a manager responsible for keeping your company profitable, this new edition
of Accounting For Dummies helps you get a handle on all those numbers your accountant gives you. Accounting basics
for business and personal finances help you balance your books and stay in the black.
Discover how to
Make sense of bookkeeping basics
Read a financial statement
Manage budgets for a better bottom line
Analyze business strengths and weaknesses
Evaluate accounting methods and business structures
Table of Contents
Introduction.
Part I: A First Look at Accounting.
Chapter 1: Strolling Through the Field of Accounting.
Chapter 2: Getting to the Bottom of the Bottom Line.
Chapter 3: Bookkeeping 101: From Shoeboxes to Computers.
Chapter 4: Accounting and Your Personal Finances.
Part II: Figuring Out Financial Statements.
Chapter 5: Making and Reporting Profit.
Chapter 6: The Genesis and Reporting of Financial Condition.
Chapter 7: Cash Sources and Uses and Reporting Cash Flows.
Chapter 8: Getting a Financial Report Ready.
Part III: Accounting in Managing a Business.
Chapter 9: First Things First: Deciding the Legal Structure.
Chapter 10: Using Accounting for Managing Profit.
Chapter 11: Budgeting Profit and Cash Flow.
Chapter 12: Cost Concepts and Conundrums.
Part IV: Financial Reports in the Public Domain.
Chapter 13: Keeping Score: Choosing and Implementing Accounting Methods.
Chapter 14: How Investors Read a Financial Report.
Chapter 15: Audits, Accounting Fraud, and Audit Failures.
Part V: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 16: Ten Profit and Loss Questions.
Chapter 17: Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting.
Chapter 18: Ten Questions Savvy Investors Ask When Reading a Financial Report.
Glossary: Slashing Through the Accounting Jargon Jungle.
