ABSTRACT

Financial accounting is the branch of accounting thought and practice concerned with preparing and providing information for external users of financial statements. This textbook helps students to understand the concepts that underpin the application of accounting theory to solve accounting problems.

This international edition includes extracts from financial statements, definitions of key terms and exam examples. Unlike other textbooks, the author provides analysis of why accountants do what they do, and not just how. With such a wealth of accounting models and diagrams intertwined with this analysis, this book guides the reader through all the practicalities and concepts of financial accounting. Additional online questions, exercises and problems provide an opportunity to put this new-found knowledge into practice along the way.

This book is an essential guide for students new to accountancy, and an equally useful tool for more experienced students and researchers.

part |2 pages

Part I A conceptual overview

chapter 1|20 pages

The accounting environment

chapter 2|44 pages

Fundamental accounting concepts

part |2 pages

Part II The accounting process

chapter 4|41 pages

Recording external transactions

chapter 5|22 pages

Recording internal transactions

chapter 7|22 pages

Closing entries

part |2 pages

Part III The accounting process expanded

chapter 8|42 pages

Purchase and sale transactions

chapter 9|26 pages

Analysis journals

part |2 pages

Part IV Recognition and measurement of the elements of financial statements

chapter 10|46 pages

Property, plant and equipment

chapter 11|35 pages

Inventory and cost of sales

chapter 12|17 pages

Accounts receivable

chapter 13|24 pages

Cash and bank

chapter 14|11 pages

Accounts payable

chapter 15|11 pages

Owner’s equity and non-current liabilities

part |2 pages

Part V Entity forms

chapter 16|44 pages

Partnerships

chapter 17|42 pages

Companies

part |2 pages

Part VI Sundry topics

chapter 18|31 pages

Statement of cash flows

chapter 19|31 pages

Analysis of financial statements

chapter 20|18 pages

Non-business entities

chapter 21|13 pages

Incomplete records