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Principles of financial accounting / Ian Gillespie ... [et al.]

By: Gillespie, Ian.
Contributor(s): Lewis, Richard, 1941 September 30- | Hamilton, Kay.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Harlow : Prentice Hall, 2004Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xviii, 493 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 027367630X; 9780273676300 .Subject(s): Accounting | Financial statements | Finance and Accounting | Financial accountingDDC classification: 657 | 657.48 GIL
Contents:
The nature of accounting -- Part I: Preparing financial statements: the basics -- The accounting equation: balance sheets and profit and loss accounts -- The extended accounting equation: debits and credits -- Accounting systems and financial statements: the basics -- Accrual accounting -- Fixed assets and depreciation -- Bad and doubtful debts and control accounts -- Cost of goods sold -- Preparation of financial statements -- Part II: Preparation of financial statements: partnerships and limited companies -- Partnership accounts -- Limited company accounts -- Consolidated accounts: an introduction -- Part III: Special topics in accounting -- Incomplete records -- Accounts of clubs, societies and charities -- Branch accounts -- Computerised accounting: an introduction -- Auditing: an introduction -- Part IV: Analysing and understanding financial statements -- Limitations of the conventional accounting model -- Financial reporting in countries other than the UK -- Cash flow statements -- Analysis of financial statements 1 -- Analysis of financial statements 2.
Summary: Written for students with the aim of helping them understand the principles of financial accounting, this book develops ideas progressively, step-by-step, in a clear style, and is extensively illustrated through comprehensive worked examples and self check questions.
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Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Barcode
General lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 657 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00096295
General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 657.48 GIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 38888000516017
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Written for students with the aim of helping them understand the principles of financial accounting, this book develops ideas progressively, step-by-step, in a clear style, and is extensively illustrated through comprehensive worked examples and self check questions.

Previous ed.: 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-387) and index.

The nature of accounting -- Part I: Preparing financial statements: the basics -- The accounting equation: balance sheets and profit and loss accounts -- The extended accounting equation: debits and credits -- Accounting systems and financial statements: the basics -- Accrual accounting -- Fixed assets and depreciation -- Bad and doubtful debts and control accounts -- Cost of goods sold -- Preparation of financial statements -- Part II: Preparation of financial statements: partnerships and limited companies -- Partnership accounts -- Limited company accounts -- Consolidated accounts: an introduction -- Part III: Special topics in accounting -- Incomplete records -- Accounts of clubs, societies and charities -- Branch accounts -- Computerised accounting: an introduction -- Auditing: an introduction -- Part IV: Analysing and understanding financial statements -- Limitations of the conventional accounting model -- Financial reporting in countries other than the UK -- Cash flow statements -- Analysis of financial statements 1 -- Analysis of financial statements 2.

Written for students with the aim of helping them understand the principles of financial accounting, this book develops ideas progressively, step-by-step, in a clear style, and is extensively illustrated through comprehensive worked examples and self check questions.

CIT Module ACCT 6016 - Supplementary reading

CIT Module ACCT 6018 - Supplementary reading

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