Intermediate Accounting For Dummies - Softcover

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Maire Loughran is a certified public accountant who has prepared compilation, review, and audit reports for fifteen years. A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, she is a full adjunct professor who teaches graduate and undergraduate auditing and accounting classes.

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The painless way to master an Intermediate Accounting course

With easy-to-understand explanations and real-world examples, Intermediate Accounting For Dummies takes the confusion out of the topics you'll encounter in this challenging course: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), financial ratio analysis, equity accounting, investment strategies, financial statement preparation, and more.

• Financial Accounting 101 ? get acquainted with the role and responsibilities of financial accountants

• Make a statement ? walk through the proper preparation of the income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flow

• Control your cash ? discover everything you need to know about accounting for current and noncurrent assets

• I.O.U. ? find the 4-1-1 on debt and equity, short-term claims payable by the company, and accounting for long-term obligations under various debt scenarios

• Mistakes happen ? find out how to fix mistakes in financial statements, how to account for a change from one accounting method to another, and what to do when an accounting estimate is incorrect

Open the book and find:

• The conceptual framework of financial accounting

• The elements of financial statements

• All about the accounting system

• Lots of examples of worksheets and reports

• How a business prepares an income statement

• The ins and outs of cashflow

• The time value of money

• Ways to analyze debt and equity

• Ten common disclosure notes to the financial statements

Learn to:

• Master the concepts of this challenging course

• Make sense of topics with real-life examples

• Score your highest in Intermediate Accounting