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Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition by Anthony Rice
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Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition [Paperback]

How to understand financial accounting and analysis

by Anthony Rice

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Description of Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition

This is the new edition of the bestselling guide to understanding and using business accounts and accounting principles, written in a way that even the financially nervous novice can easily absorb.

Accounting is generally viewed as a highly technical and complex subject. However, accounts are actually based on simple principles. It's not company accounts that are complex, it's all too often the way that they are explained.

In this simple, easy read book, the author guides you through all the major accounting concepts. Discover how to master company accounts, understand balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and cash flow systems. Learn to analyse and monitor your company's financial performance.

Accounts Demystified is the definitive, user-friendly guide to the fundamental principles of accounting that no manager will want to be without.

Title Information

ISBN:
9780273663348
Pages:
256 pages
Format:
Paperback
Product Code:
16028
Publisher:
Pearson Higher Education
Published:
09/12/2002
Edition:
4th Edition

Financial Guru Reviews

Analysis of company accounts is the bedrock of investment, but how many of us actually do it? Understanding the books that 'demystify' accounts is tricky enough. Some get bogged down in detail, others are glib to the point of uselessness. I found the only way to treat this strain of financial illiteracy was with a cocktail of books of which 'Accounts Demystified' was the most potent. Anthony Rice takes the reader through the creation and analysis of a fictional set of accounts. It is clear and efficient, but beyond that Rice understands the misconceptions those not steeped in accountancy can jump to, and corrects them.
Richard Beddard

Press and Industry Reviews

"An excellent primer on accounting, this book explains in simple language how to understand balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and cash flow statements. It also has useful chapters covering important subjects like return on capital employed, gearing and book values as well as providing insight into the tricks of the accounting trade."
Jim Slater, investment guru and best selling author of The Zulu Principle

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Contents of Accounts Demystified, 4th Edition

Part I: The Basics of Accounting
1. The balance sheet and the fundamental principle
2. Creating a balance sheet
3. The profit and loss account and cash flow statement
4. Creating the profit and loss account and cash flow statement
5. Book-keeping jargon

Part II: Interpretation of Accounts
6. Wyngate's annual report
7. Further features of company accounts

Partv III: Analysing Company Accounts
8. Financial analysis: introduction
9. Analysis of the underlying operation
10. Analysis of the funding structure
11. Valuation of companies
12. Tricks of the trade

Glossary
Appendix: (directors report, p&l, balance sheet, cash flow statement, and notes to the accounts of Wyngate Foods plc)
Index


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