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Principles of financial accounting / Ian Gillespie, Richard Leiws, Kay Hamilton.

By: Gillespie, Ian.
Contributor(s): Hamilton, Kay | Lewis, Richard, 1941 September 30-.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Hemel Hempstead : Prentice Hall, 1997Description: 470p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 013239278X(pbk.) :; 9780132392785.Subject(s): Accounting | Financial statements | Finance and Accounting | Finance & accounting | Financial accountingDDC classification: 657.48 GIL Summary: Principles of Financial Accounting is a new, complete two-colour text which explains and illustrates the principal techniques and underlying concepts involved in the preparation and analysis of financial accounting statements.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The principal techniques and underlying concepts involved in the preparation and analysis of financial accounting statements are explained in this book. Each chapter features review questions and exercises with selected solutions.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Principles of Financial Accounting is a new, complete two-colour text which explains and illustrates the principal techniques and underlying concepts involved in the preparation and analysis of financial accounting statements.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 1 The nature of accounting
  • Part 1 Preparing financial statements
  • 2 The accounting equation: balance sheets and profit
  • 3 The extended accounting equation: debits and credits
  • 4 Accounting systems and financial statements: the basics
  • 5 Accrual accounting
  • 6 Depreciation
  • 7 Bad and doubtful debts
  • 8 Cost of goods sold
  • 9 Partnership accounts
  • 10 Limited company accounts
  • Part 2 Specialised aspects of accounting
  • 11 Control systems
  • 12 Branch accounts
  • 13 Incomplete records
  • 14 Accounts of clubs, societies and associations
  • 15 Principles of auditing
  • Part 3 Analysing and understanding financial statements
  • 16 Cash flow statements
  • 17 Analysis of financial statements 1
  • 18 Analysis of financial satatements 2
  • 19 Consolidated accounts: an introduction
  • 20 Financial reporting in coutries other than the United Kingdom
  • 21 Limitations of the conventional accounting model
  • Appendices
  • Further Reading
  • Glossary
  • Solutions to checkpoint questions
  • Solutions to selected exercises
  • Index