Think Like an Accountant

Download or read book Think Like an Accountant written by Shubhasish Das and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to understand accounting and don't know why? Then you are in the right place. The sole purpose of this book is to lead you from confusion to clarity. Accounting is simple to understand if you master the thinking process required for accounting. I have seen students struggling in advance statges of accounting, i have seen working professionals facing difficulty to understand advance concepts and i have been a victim myself. This is because we lack clarity in the fundamentals. It is rare to find an accounting book which is focoused on building basic thinking skills required to do accounting.This book doesn't dive deep into the advance accounting but it takes you back to the very foundations of accouinting. After reading this book: you will be able to understand the thinking process required to record a transaction. You will grasp the thinking process behind critical accounting principles such as accrual principle, matching principle etc. You will be able to visualize Journal entries through journal painting(a concept introduced by me). You will be able to write any journal entry that is possible. you will have a firm grasp on adjusting entries like accruals, deferrals, unearned incomes, stock related adjustments, adjustments related to accounts receivables. you will learn to prepare trial balance and adjusting trial balance. you will learn to prepare financial statements- income statement and Balance sheet. And the most important, you will learn how to think like an accountant.