Bookkeeping For Dummies
UK Edition
2nd Edition
Published on 29. March 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
376 pages
978-0-470-97626-5 (ISBN)
Description
The easiest way to master the art of bookkeeping.
Accurate bookkeeping is crucial to every business - but few people relish the task. This straight-talking guide simplifies every aspect of financial record keeping, walking you through all the basic skills you need. From tracking transactions and keeping ledgers to producing balance sheets and year-end reports, this book makes bookkeeping your best friend in business.
Accurate bookkeeping is crucial to every business - but few people relish the task. This straight-talking guide simplifies every aspect of financial record keeping, walking you through all the basic skills you need. From tracking transactions and keeping ledgers to producing balance sheets and year-end reports, this book makes bookkeeping your best friend in business.
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Edition
2., Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 18.7 cm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
696 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-470-97626-5 (9780470976265)
Schweitzer Classification
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Jane Kelly | Paul Barrow | Lita Epstein
Bookkeeping For Dummies
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08/2012
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Wiley
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Paul Barrow | Lisa Epstein
Bookkeeping For Dummies
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02/2007
1st Edition
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Person
Jane Kelly is a chartered management accountant and author of Sage 50 Accounts For Dummies, Bookkeeping Workbook For Dummies and Accounting Workbook For Dummies. She runs a training company and has taught a wide variety of small business owners and employees the benefits of bookkeeping and using Sage accounting software. Paul Barrow is a Chartered Accountant with over 20 years' consulting, training, writing, and commercial experience within a wide range of business sectors and companies. Lita Epstein designs and teaches online courses in investing, finance, and tax.
Content
Introduction.
Part I: Basic Bookkeeping: Why You Need It.
Chapter 1: So You Want to Do the Books.
Chapter 2: Getting Down to Bookkeeping Basics.
Chapter 3: Outlining Your Financial Roadmap with a Chart of Accounts.
Chapter 4: Looking at Ledgers.
Part II: Keeping a Paper Trail.
Chapter 5: Keeping Journals.
Chapter 6: Surveying Computer Options.
Chapter 7: Controlling Your Books, Your Records and Your Money.
Part III: Recording Day-to-Day Business Operations.
Chapter 8: Planning your Workload.
Chapter 9: Buying and Tracking Your Purchases.
Chapter 10: Counting Your Sales.
Chapter 11: Employee Payroll and Benefits.
Part IV: Preparing the Books for Year- (Or Month-) End.
Chapter 12: Depreciating Your Assets.
Chapter 13: Paying and Collecting Interest.
Chapter 14: Checking the Books.
Chapter 15: Closing the Journals.
Chapter 16: Checking Your Accuracy - By Trial and Hopefully Not Error.
Chapter 17: Adjusting the Books.
Part V: Reporting Results and Starting Over.
Chapter 18: Producing a Profi t and Loss Statement.
Chapter 19: Developing a Balance Sheet.
Chapter 20: Reporting for Not-For-Profi t Organisations.
Chapter 21: Completing Year-End Payroll and Reports.
Chapter 22: Satisfying the Tax Inspector.
Chapter 23: Adding the Cost of Value Added Tax (VAT).
Chapter 24: Preparing the Books for a New Accounting Cycle.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 25: Top Ten Ways to Manage Your Business Cash with Your Books.
Chapter 26: Top Ten Most Important Accounts for Any Bookkeeper.
Glossary.
Index.
Part I: Basic Bookkeeping: Why You Need It.
Chapter 1: So You Want to Do the Books.
Chapter 2: Getting Down to Bookkeeping Basics.
Chapter 3: Outlining Your Financial Roadmap with a Chart of Accounts.
Chapter 4: Looking at Ledgers.
Part II: Keeping a Paper Trail.
Chapter 5: Keeping Journals.
Chapter 6: Surveying Computer Options.
Chapter 7: Controlling Your Books, Your Records and Your Money.
Part III: Recording Day-to-Day Business Operations.
Chapter 8: Planning your Workload.
Chapter 9: Buying and Tracking Your Purchases.
Chapter 10: Counting Your Sales.
Chapter 11: Employee Payroll and Benefits.
Part IV: Preparing the Books for Year- (Or Month-) End.
Chapter 12: Depreciating Your Assets.
Chapter 13: Paying and Collecting Interest.
Chapter 14: Checking the Books.
Chapter 15: Closing the Journals.
Chapter 16: Checking Your Accuracy - By Trial and Hopefully Not Error.
Chapter 17: Adjusting the Books.
Part V: Reporting Results and Starting Over.
Chapter 18: Producing a Profi t and Loss Statement.
Chapter 19: Developing a Balance Sheet.
Chapter 20: Reporting for Not-For-Profi t Organisations.
Chapter 21: Completing Year-End Payroll and Reports.
Chapter 22: Satisfying the Tax Inspector.
Chapter 23: Adding the Cost of Value Added Tax (VAT).
Chapter 24: Preparing the Books for a New Accounting Cycle.
Part VI: The Part of Tens.
Chapter 25: Top Ten Ways to Manage Your Business Cash with Your Books.
Chapter 26: Top Ten Most Important Accounts for Any Bookkeeper.
Glossary.
Index.