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1 online resource |
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For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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Includes index. |
| Contents |
Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Beyond the Book; Where to Go from Here; Book I Basic Bookkeeping; Chapter 1 So You Want to Do the Books; Delving into Bookkeeping Basics; Looking at basic accounting methods; Understanding assets, capital and liabilities; Introducing debits and credits; Charting your bookkeeping course; Discovering different business types; Planning and controlling your activities; Instituting internal controls; Defining and Maintaining a Ledger. |
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Using Bookkeeping Tools to Manage Daily FinancesTracking sales; Keeping stock; Running Tests for Accuracy; Checking the cash and bank; Testing your balance; Understanding your VAT; Doing bookkeeping corrections; Preparing financial reports; Handling payroll; Working with your accountant; Chapter 2 Getting Down to Bookkeeping Basics; Bookkeeping: The Record-Keeping of the Business World; Wading through Basic Bookkeeping Lingo; Accounts for the Balance Sheet; Accounts for the Profit and Loss statement; Other common terms; Pedalling through the Accounting Cycle; Understanding Accounting Methods. |
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Realising the limitations of cash-based accountingRecording right away with accrual accounting; Seeing Double with Double-Entry Bookkeeping; Golden rules of bookkeeping; Practising with an example; Have a Go; Answering the Have a Go Questions; Chapter 3 Outlining Your Financial Roadmap with a Chart of Accounts; Getting to Know the Chart of Accounts; Starting with the Balance Sheet Accounts; Tackling assets; Laying out your liabilities; Controlling the capital; Keeping an Eye on the Profit and Loss Statement Accounts; Recording the profit you make; Recording the cost of sales. |
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Acknowledging the other costsSetting Up Your Chart of Accounts; Have a Go; Answering the Have a Go Questions; Chapter 4 Looking at Ledgers; Developing Entries for the Ledger; Posting Sales Invoices; Posting Purchase Invoices; Entering Items into the Nominal Ledger; Cashbook Transactions; Bank payments; Supplier payments; Bank receipts; Customer receipts; Introducing Control Accounts; Debtors Control account; Creditors Control account; Understanding How the Ledgers Impact the Accounts; Adjusting for Nominal Ledger Errors; Have a Go; Answering the Have a Go Questions. |
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Book II Bookkeeping Day to DayChapter 1 Planning and Controlling Your Workload; Introducing Checklists; Sorting Out Your Sales Invoices; Entering Your Purchases Invoices; Sequential numbering and coding; Paying your suppliers; Checking Cash Payments and Receipts; Cash payments; Cash receipts; Reconciling Your Bank Account; Entering Your Journals; Controlling Your Books, Records and Money; Dividing staff responsibilities; Balancing control costs; Have a Go; Answering the Have a Go Questions; Chapter 2 Counting Your Sales; Collecting on Cash Sales; Discovering the value of sales receipts. |
| Summary |
Bookkeeping and accounting basics for the rest of us Unless you're one of those rare ""numbers people, "" the thought of accounting and bookkeeping probably make your head spin. While these pragmatic and confusing practices may not be fun for the rest of us, mastering them is absolutely essential in order to run and maintain a successful business. Thankfully, Bookkeeping & Accounting All-in-One For Dummies, UK Edition, is here to take the intimidation out of crunching numbers and offers easy-to-follow, step-by-step instruction on keeping your business' finances in order with information specif |
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Bookkeeping -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Tenue des livres -- Guides, manuels, etc. |
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Accounting |
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Bookkeeping |
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manuals (instructional materials)
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handbooks.
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Handbooks and manuals
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Handbooks and manuals.
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Guides et manuels.
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| Added Author |
Barrow, Paul, author.
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Epstein, Lita, author.
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Kelly, Jane, author, editor.
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Tracy, John A., author.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: 9781119026600 |
| ISBN |
9781119026600 (electronic bk.) |
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1119026601 (electronic bk.) |
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9781119026617 (electronic bk.) |
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111902661X (electronic bk.) |
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