What You Really Need to Know about Accounting (in Less Than 100 Pages)

Download or read book What You Really Need to Know about Accounting (in Less Than 100 Pages) written by Geoff Hill and published by Not For Accountants. This book was released on 2011-03-26 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "What You REALLY Need to Know About Accounting" is not designed for accountants - it's designed for you! It fills the gap between accounting textbooks, which focus heavily on bookkeeping, and books on investing, which focus heavily on analyzing a company from the outside. Written as an easy-to-understand guide, "What You Really Need to Know About Accounting" will teach you about: - financial statements and how to read them - everyday transactions - infrequent transactions that still affect most businesses - asset valuation; how accountants determine how much your stuff is worth - ratio analysis; using the information on financial statements to draw conclusions and make decisions There is also a companion website that includes knowledge-testing questions, and additional information on complex topics. After reading "What You REALLY Need to Know About Accounting", you will be able to understand how your company's basic functions are expressed in financial statements, and how to use that information to start making better business decisions.