From the Book - 6th edition.
Opening the Books on Accounting: Accounting Spoken Here
Introducing financial statements
Keeping the books and guarding the family jewels
Knowing the accounting entity
Exploring Financial Statements: Reporting profit or loss
Reporting financial condition in the balance sheet
Reporting cash sources and uses in the statement of cash flows
Financial accounting issues
Getting a financial report ready for release
Reading a financial report
Inside information for managers only
Ten tips for reading a financial report Checking Your Preconceptions about Accounting; Thinking about where assets come from; Asking about profit; Sorting out stereotypes of accountants; Providing Vital Financial Information; Recognizing users of accounting information; Using accounting in your personal financial life; Seeing accounting at work; Taking a Peek behind the Scenes.
Introducing accounting to non-accountants
Bookkeeping 101: from shoeboxes to computers
Taxes, taxes, and more taxes
Accounting and your personal finances
pt. 2. Getting a grip on financial statements
The balance sheet from the income statement viewpoint
Cash flows and the cash flow statement
Getting a financial report ready for prime time
pt. 3. Accounting in managing a business
Managing profit performance
Choosing the right ownership structure
Choosing accounting methods
pt. 4. Financial reports in the outside world
How investors read a financial report
CPAs: auditors and advisors
Ten ways savvy business business managers use accounting
Ten questions investors should ask when reading a financial report.
From the Online Content - 3rd ed.
pt. 1: A first look at accounting. Strolling through the field of accounting
Getting to the bottom of the bottom line
Bookkeeping 101 : from shoeboxes to computers
Accounting and your personal finances.
pt. 2: Figuring out financial statements. Making and reporting profit
The genesis and reporting of financial condition
Cash sources and uses and reporting cash flows
Getting a financial report ready .
pt. 3" Accounting in managing a business. First things first : deciding the legal structure
Using accounting for managing profit
Budgeting profit and cash flow
Cost concepts and conundrums
pt. 4: Financial reports in the public domain. Keeping score : choosing and implementing accounting methods
How investors read a financial report
Audits, accounting fraud, and audit failures.
pt. 5: The part of tens. Ten profit and loss questions
Ten ways savvy business managers use accounting
Ten questions savvy investors ask when reading a financial report.