Accounting : Concepts and Applications

by Albrecht, W. Steve; Stice, James D.; Stice, Earl K.; Swain, Monte R.

• ISBN13: 9780324376159
• ISBN10: 0324376154
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-02-26
• Publisher: Cengage Learning

Summary

No matter what your career plans or future goals, ACCOUNTING: CONCEPTS AND APPLICATIONS, 10e helps you develop a solid understanding of accounting and its importance in business today that will put you well ahead of the competition. Organized around business activities, the text balances an introduction to accounting procedures with an emphasis on decision making. You not only learn the mechanics of preparing accounting information, but also how to use what you're learning to make stronger business decisions. This edition's lively, intriguing writing style is packed with actual examples showing how real, leading companies throughout the country use accounting information to make better business decisions. New Experience Accounting videos bring accounting principles to life within organizations such as Hard Rock Café. Proven learning features emphasize the relevance of what you're learning, help you refine your accounting skills, and assist you in learning how to effectively analyze accounting information. Reorganized, streamlined chapters help build a strong, practical context around the procedures of accounting. To maximize each minute of study and help you efficiently complete homework, the new ThomsonNOW? online learning system provides interactive tools and a personalized learning path that focuses only on the accounting procedures and concepts you still need to master for business success.

Table of Contents

Financial Reporting And The Accounting Cycle

Accounting Information: Users and Uses

Financial Statements: An Overview

The Mechanics of Accounting

Completing the Accounting Cycle

Ensuring the Integrity of Financial Information

Comprehensive Problem 1-5

Operating Activities

Selling a Product or Service

Inventory

Completing the Operating Cycle

Comprehensive Problem 6-8

Investing And Financing Activities

Investments in Property, Plant, and Equipment and in Intangible Assets

Long-Term Debt Financing

Equity Financing

Investments in Debt and Equity Securities

Comprehensive Problem 9-12

Other Dimensions Of Financial Reporting

The Statement of Cash Flows

Introduction to Financial Statement Analysis

Foundations Of Management Accounting

Management Accounting and Cost Concepts

Cost Flows and Business Organizations

Activity-Based Costing

Comprehensive Problem 15-17

Control In A Management Accounting System

Budgeting and Control

Controlling Cost and Profit

Making Decisions Using Management Accounting

Cost Behavior and Decisions using C-V-P Analysis

Comprehensive Problem 18-20

Relevant Information and Decisions

Capital Investment Decisions

Comprehensive Problem 21-22

Continuous Improvement In Management Accounting

New Measures of Performance

2006 Wal-Mart Annual Report

Time Value of Money

Glossary

Subject

Index Real World Company

Index

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