Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting I, Fifth Edition

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McGraw Hill Professional, Oct 16, 2009 - Study Aids - 408 pages

Confused by accounting? Problem solved.

Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting I helps you understand basic accounting concepts and offer extra practice on topics such as debits, credits, the chart of accounts, the ledger, inventory measurement, net realizable value, recovery of bad debts, and methods for computing interest. Coverage also includes fixed assets, depreciation and scrap value, methods of depreciation, payroll, and payroll taxes.

 

Contents

Chapter 1 Accounting Concepts
1
Chapter 2 Financial Statements
17
Chapter 3 Analyzing and Classifying Transactions
46
Chapters 13
64
Chapter 4 Recording Transactions
73
Chapter 5 Adjusting and Closing Procedures
98
Chapters 45
119
Chapter 6 Summarizing and Reporting Via the Service Business Work Sheet
125
Chapter 11 Capital and Equity
259
Chapters 611
270
Chapter 12 Receivables and Payables
277
Chapter 13 Cash and Its Control
296
Chapter 14 Payroll
315
Depredation
331
Disposal and Taxation
350
Chapters 1216
368

Chapter 7 Summarizing and Reporting Via the Merchandising Business Work Sheet
150
Chapter 8 Costing Merchandise Inventory
187
Chapter 9 Alternative Inventory Valuation Methods
207
Chapter 10 Repetitive Transactions
222
Final Examination
373
Index
383
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About the author (2009)

Joel J. Lerner was a professor and the chairman of the business division at Sullivan County Community College. He presently is a member of the Board of Trustees of that institution. He received his B.S. from New York University and his M.S. and P.D. from Columbia University. He has coauthored the Schaum's Outlines of Principles of Accounting II, Intermediate Accounting, Bookkeeping and Accounting, Business Mathematics, and Introduction to Business and is the sole author of McGraw-Hill's Financial Planning for the Utterly Confused, now in its fifth edition.

James A. Cashin was Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Hofstra University, where he was formerly Chairman of the Accounting Department. He was a coauthor of several accounting books, including Schaum's Outline of Principles of Accounting II, Schaum's Outline of Cost Accounting, and he was editor in chief of the Handbook for Auditors. Professor Cashin was a Certified Public Accountant and a Certified Internal Auditor. He held a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of Georgia and an M.B.A. from New York University. He taught in the Graduate School of the City University of New York and New York University.

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