From the Book - 7th edition.
Part 1: Opening the Books on Accounting. Accounting in today's new economy
Introducing financial statements
Safeguarding company assets
Accounting in the digital age
Recognizing the legal and accounting entity
Part.2: Exploring Financial Statements.: Reporting profit or loss in the income statement
Reporting financial condition in the balance sheet
Reporting cash sources and uses in the statement of cash flows
Financial accounting issues
Part 3: Understanidng financial reports, financial statements, and financial information. Producing Financial reports
Deciphering a financial report
Analyzing financial infformation with ratios
Generating internal financial information for management use
Applying Wall Street's tricks and treats to engineer financial results
Part 4. Leveraging accounting in managing a business. Analyzing profit
Preparing best-in-class forecasts, projections, and budgets
Capitalizing a business : how, when, why, and what
Part 5: The part of Tens. Ten tips for managers
Ten tips for reading a financial report.
From the Book - 5th edition.
pt. I. Opening the books on accounting
1. Accounting : the language of business, investing, finance, and taxes
2. Financial statements and accounting standards
pt. II. Exploring financial statements
5. Reporting financial condition
6. Reporting cash flows and changes in stockholders' equity
7. Accounting alternatives
pt. III. Accounting in managing a business
8. Deciding the legal structure for a business
9. Accounting in managing profit
pt. IV. Preparing and using financial reports
12. Getting a financial report ready
13. How lenders and investors read a financial report
14. Filling out the financial statement for business managers
15. Ten accounting tips for managers
16. Ten tips for reading a financial report.
From the Book - Third edition
pt. 1: A first look at accounting. Strolling through the field of accounting
Getting to the bottom of the bottom line
Bookkeeping 101 : from shoeboxes to computers
Accounting and your personal finances.
pt. 2: Figuring out financial statements. Making and reporting profit
The genesis and reporting of financial condition
Cash sources and uses and reporting cash flows
Getting a financial report ready .
pt. 3" Accounting in managing a business. First things first : deciding the legal structure
Using accounting for managing profit
Budgeting profit and cash flow
Cost concepts and conundrums
pt. 4: Financial reports in the public domain. Keeping score : choosing and implementing accounting methods
How investors read a financial report
Audits, accounting fraud, and audit failures.
pt. 5: The part of tens. Ten profit and loss questions
Ten ways savvy business managers use accounting
Ten questions savvy investors ask when reading a financial report.