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Accounting and finance for your small business / E. James Burton, Steven M. Bragg.

By: Burton, E. James.
Contributor(s): Bragg, Steven M.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Wiley, c2001Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiii, 269 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0471323608 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9780471323600.Contained works: Burton, E. James. Total business manual.Subject(s): Industrial management -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Business planning | Business enterprises -- Finance -- Handbooks, manuals, etc | Small business -- Management | New business enterprises -- Management | Business and Management | Finance & accounting | Management & management techniques | Business strategyDDC classification: 658 BUR Summary: This guide offers techniques and tips for all business owners, managers and advisors. There are discussions of relevant concepts with practical examples of solutions.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Based on the authors' extensive experience as successful business owners, consultants, and teachers, these books guide small business owners, managers, accountants, and consultants through the complex maze of critical business issues. E. James Burton and Steven M. Bragg use numerous real-world examples and detailed, step-by-step guidance to coach readers in proven strategies and techniques for refining key aspects of a new entrepreneurial venture.
In Accounting and Finance for Your Small Business readers learn everything they need to know about tracking cash flows; conducting analyses; analyzing key financial information; determining insurance requirements; compiling tax liabilities; and more.
Must reading for new and established small business owners, operators, managers, accountants, and consultants, these guides feature:
o Ready-to-use forms, checklists, and spreadsheets
o Step-by-step procedures for incorporating theories discussed into day-to-day business practices
o Chapter-end case studies featuring entrepreneurial problems and solutions

Includes index.

Rev. ed. of: The total business manual. c1991.

This guide offers techniques and tips for all business owners, managers and advisors. There are discussions of relevant concepts with practical examples of solutions.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • Preface (p. xi)
  • Section I Preparing to Operate the Business (p. 1)
  • Chapter 1 Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships (p. 3)
  • Some Basic Uses for Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships (p. 7)
  • Applying C-V-P to Other Areas (p. 8)
  • Alternative Application of the C-V-P Analysis (p. 14)
  • Curved-Line C-V-P Analysis (p. 15)
  • What Does It All Mean? (p. 25)
  • Using C-V-P Relationships for Strategic Planning (p. 26)
  • Sensitivity Analysis (p. 28)
  • Other Problems (p. 29)
  • Summary (p. 30)
  • Appendix Regression Analysis (p. 31)
  • Chapter 2 Budgeting for Operations (p. 35)
  • Definition or Purpose of an Operating Budget (p. 35)
  • Signs of Budget Ineffectiveness (p. 36)
  • Improvements to the Budgeting System (p. 38)
  • Responsibility Accounting (p. 41)
  • Budget Tracking and Maintenance (p. 53)
  • Parts of an Operating Budget (p. 57)
  • Need for Budget Updating (p. 60)
  • Summary (p. 62)
  • Chapter 3 Investing in Long-Term Assets and Capital Budgeting (p. 65)
  • Definitions (p. 66)
  • Overview and Use of Capital Budgeting (p. 67)
  • Life Cycles (p. 68)
  • Capital Budgeting Sequence (p. 69)
  • Producing Numbers to Get Dollars, the Use of Forms, and Capital Budgeting Model (p. 74)
  • Miscellaneous Considerations (p. 86)
  • Product Discontinuance (p. 88)
  • Bailout (p. 90)
  • Summary (p. 90)
  • Appendix Examples and Comparison of Calculations (p. 92)
  • Section II Operating the Business (p. 103)
  • Chapter 4 Cash Flow Concerns (p. 105)
  • Cash (p. 105)
  • What to Do with Excess Cash (p. 107)
  • Cash Flows (p. 110)
  • Introduction to Cash Flow Budgets (p. 114)
  • Indications of Cash Flow Problems (p. 114)
  • Managing Cash (p. 115)
  • Preparation of the Cash Budget (p. 128)
  • Disbursements (p. 128)
  • Net Cash Flow and Cash Balances (p. 132)
  • Exceptions to Expected Cash Flows (p. 132)
  • Summary (p. 134)
  • Appendix Cash Flow Example (p. 135)
  • Chapter 5 Financing (p. 145)
  • New Businesses (p. 145)
  • Zero Working Capital and Zero Fixed Assets (p. 146)
  • Types of Financing (p. 150)
  • How to Obtain a Bank Loan (p. 159)
  • Sources of Debt Financing (p. 166)
  • Types of Loan Arrangements (p. 167)
  • Restrictions on Loans (p. 171)
  • Conditions That a Borrower Should Seek (p. 173)
  • Summary (p. 174)
  • Section III Evaluating the Operations of the Business (p. 177)
  • Chapter 6 Ratios (p. 179)
  • Financial Ratios (p. 180)
  • Types of Financial Ratios (p. 182)
  • Using Ratios for Predictions (p. 193)
  • Operating Ratios (p. 196)
  • Other Ratios (p. 202)
  • The Balanced Scorecard (p. 204)
  • Summary (p. 206)
  • Chapter 7 Taxes and Insurance (p. 209)
  • Controlling Tax Liabilities (p. 210)
  • Risk Management (p. 215)
  • Insurance (p. 223)
  • Summary (p. 226)
  • Chapter 8 Reporting (p. 229)
  • Federal Government Requirements (p. 229)
  • State Government Requirements (p. 236)
  • Local Government Requirements (p. 241)
  • Creditors (p. 242)
  • Equity Holders (p. 243)
  • Management Reports (p. 243)
  • Summary (p. 260)
  • Index (p. 263)

Author notes provided by Syndetics

E. James Burton is Dean of the Jennings A. Jones College of Business at Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee.