Financial Accounting
An Introduction
3rd Edition
Published on 31. January 2010
Book
Paperback/Softback
736 pages
978-0-19-598835-2 (ISBN)
Description
Financial Accounting: An Introduction offers CA stream students a strong conceptual framework in preparation for further studies in Accounting, while teaching non-CA stream students financial literacy, a skill that will benefit them in both their personal and professional lives. The book does not simply teach the accounting standards; it demonstrates that accounting is about how to as well as why to record and report information in a way that engages directly with Generation Y students.
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Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Goodwood
South Africa
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 241 mm
Width: 168 mm
Thickness: 40 mm
Weight
1138 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-598835-2 (9780195988352)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
10/2012
4th Edition
Oxford University Press Southern Africa
€80.50
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Persons
Jacqui Kew and Alex Watson are well-respected OUP authors.
Content
1. Accounting in context; 2. The purpose of accounting; 3. The practice of accounting; 4. The conceptual framework; 5. Value added tax; 6. Adjustments; 7. Inventory; 8. Bank reconciliation statements; 9. Introducing credit: Trade payables; 10. The other side of credit: Trade receivables and working capital management; 11. Property, plant and equipment (PPE); 12. Companies; 13. Partnerships, and a brief note on close corporations (CCs); 14. Statement of cash flows; 15. Financial analysis; 16. Non-profit organisations and club accounting; 17. Incomplete records and other accounting issues; 18. Integrating accounting into the business