This is the hardcover format of Accounting For Dummies, 5th Edition
Learn the basics of practical accounting
Featuring the latest information on accounting methods and standards, this guide shows you how to avoid accounting fraud, minimize confusion, maximize profits, and make sense of accounting basics. You'll quickly understand how to manage inventory, report income and expenses for public or private companies, evaluate profit margins, analyze business strengths and weaknesses, and manage budgets for a better bottom line.
With 25 percent new content including updated information on small and large business reporting standards, international accounting standards, and preventing financial reporting fraud, Accounting For Dummies continues to be an excellent resource for those studying accounting.
The separate accounting and financial reporting standards for private/small businesses versus public/large businesses (Little GAAP vs. Big GAAP)
The internationalization of accounting standards
The rise in restatements of previously issued financial reports by public corporations, and how revisions of previously reported earnings impact investors
The increasing focus on preventing financial reporting fraud and the expanded role and responsibility of the CPA auditor
Accounting problems with stock options
The "unaccounted for" cost of employee pensions and retirement health care costs, in both the private and public sectors
Expanded coverage of small business accounting
Updated resources and websites
The information in this hardcover format of Accounting For Dummies is valuable for anyone studying or working in the fields of accounting or finance.
Author description
John A. Tracy, CPA, a former staff accountant at Ernst Young, taught accounting at the University of Colorado for many years. Tracy authored the first five editions of Accounting For Dummies. His other books include How to Read a Financial Report and Accounting Workbook For Dummies.
