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1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations. |
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text file |
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Idiot's guides: as easy as it gets! |
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Idiot's guides.
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| Contents |
Laying the groundwork. How accounting works ; Selecting your business structure -- Doing the books. Choosing accounting software ; Managing your accounts ; Accounting for inventory ; Doing business day to day ; Tackling the general ledger ; Reconciling bank and credit card statements -- Employee-related accounting. Setting up new team members ; Understanding insurance ; Other benefits and reimbursements ; Payroll taxes -- Financial reporting. Tracking receivables and payables ; The big three financial statements ; Internal control and minimizing fraud risk ; Financial reports and stakeholders -- Monthly, quarterly, and annual activities. Closing your books and other accounts ; Remitting and reporting taxes ; Filing business and personal tax returns ; Recordkeeping rule book -- Data analysis and forecasting. Working with spreadsheets ; More spreadsheet tools and techniques. |
| Summary |
Accurate accounting is the key to a successful business. But when you're dealing with assets and liabilities, profit and loss, and debits and credits, juggling all the numbers can quickly get confusing. Idiot's Guides: Introductory Accounting gives you everything you need to know about basic financial accounting to manage your dollars and cents and keep your accounts in order. Ideal for small businesses, as well as any large company bookkeeper, this book covers: *Structuring your business and choosing an accounting method *Setting up an accounting system and basic operating procedures (tracking sales, determining costs, managing cash, etc.) *Creating employee records, maintaining a payroll system, and accounting for benefits * Keeping tax and benefit records * Reporting costs * Closing out cash journals and employee accounts at month end and balancing ledgers *Preparing month-end and year-end statements and reports *Producing a balance sheet and monthly profit-and-loss (P&L) statements *Using accounting software. |
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Accounting.
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Accounting -- Self-instruction.
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Accounting |
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Self-instruction
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| Added Author |
Perry, Gail A., author.
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Bucki, Lisa, contributor.
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| Other Form: |
1-4654-5042-4 |
| ISBN |
9781465450425 |
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1465450424 |
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9781465450432 |
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1465450432 |
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9780241888018 EPUB |
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0241888018 EPUB |
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