Accounting Principles

by Weygandt

• ISBN13: 9780470534793
• ISBN10: 0470534796
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-09-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Weygandt's Accounting Principles introduces challenging accounting concepts with examples that are familiar to accountants. The new edition has been updated with the latest IFRS/IASB standards. Additional coverage is included on foreign currency translation and LCM. More discussions focus on risk management as a result of the financial crisis. The examples also emphasize current examples in order to help accountants make the connection to their everyday lives.

Table of Contents

1 Accounting in Action
2 The Recording Process
3 Adjusting the Accounts
4 Completing the Accounting Cycle
5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations
6 Inventories
7 Accounting Information Systems
8 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash
9 Accounting for Receivables
10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible
Assets
11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting
12 Accounting for Partnerships
13 Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock
Transactions
14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and
Income Reporting
15 Long-Term Liabilities
16 Investments
17 Statement of Cash Flows
18 Financial Statement Analysis
19 Managerial Accounting
20 Job Order Costing
21 Process Costing
22 Cost-Volume-Profit
23 Budgetary Planning
24 Budgetary Control and Responsibility
Accounting
25 Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard
26 Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting
APPENDICES
A Specimen Financial Statements: PepsiCo, Inc. A1
B Specimen Financial Statements: The Coca-Cola
Company, Inc. B1
C Specimen Financial Statements: Zetar plc C1
D Time Value of Money D1
E Using Financial Calculators E1
F Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management
Accountants F1