Accounting Workbook For Dummies

Want to become an accountant? Own a small business but need help balancing your books? Worried about managing your finances under the cloud of the recession?br/br/This hands-on workbook gets you up to speed with the basics of business accounting, including reading financial reports, establishing budgets, controlling cash flow, and making wise financial decisions. The question and answer sections encourage you to find your own solutions to challenging accounting problems - and there's plenty of space to scribble your workings out! Accounting Workbook For Dummies is the only book that makes truly light work of the financial fundamentals that many businesspeople try to bluff their way through every day.br/br/Accounting Workbook For Dummies, UK Edition covers:br/br/boldPart I: Business Accounting Basics/bold br/Chapter 1: Elements of Business Accounting br/Chapter 2: Financial Effects of Transactions br/Chapter 3: Getting Started in the Bookkeeping Cycle br/Chapter 4: The Bookkeeping Cycle: Adjusting and Closing Entries br/br/boldPart II: Preparing Financial Statements/bold br/Chapter 5: The Effects and Reporting of Profit br/Chapter 6: Reporting Financial Condition in the Balance Sheet br/Chapter 7: Coupling the Profit & Loss Statement and Balance Sheet br/Chapter 8: Reporting Cash Flows and Changes in Owners' Equity br/Chapter 9: Choosing Accounting Methods br/br/boldPart III: Managerial, Manufacturing, and Capital Accounting br//bold Chapter 10: Analysing Profit Behavior br/Chapter 11: Manufacturing Cost Accounting br/Chapter 12: Figuring Out Interest and Return on Investment br/br/boldPart IV: The Part of Tens br//bold Chapter 13: Ten Things You Should Know About Business Financial Statements br/Chapter 14: A Ten-Point Checklist for Management Accountants br/br/br/br/boldMain changes in the UK edition include:/boldbulletlistbulletUK Accounting practicebulletCurrencybulletUK institutions - Inland Revenue and Customs and Excise etcbulletNational Insurance, PAYEbulletUK taxation and VATbulletPartnerships and Limited company informationbulletUK legal practicebulletUK specific formsbulletUK specific case studiesbr//bulletlist