Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go From Here
• Book 1: Keeping the Books
  • Chapter 1: Basic Bookkeeping
    • Bookkeepers: The Record Keepers of the Business World
    • Delving into Bookkeeping Basics
    • Recognizing the Importance of an Accurate Paper Trail
    • Using Bookkeeping’s Tools to Manage Daily Finances
    • Running Tests for Accuracy
    • Finally Showing Off Your Financial Success
    • Wading through Bookkeeping Lingo
    • Pedaling through the Accounting Cycle
    • Tackling the Big Decision: Cash-Basis or Accrual Accounting
    • Seeing Double with Double-Entry Bookkeeping
    • Differentiating Debits and Credits
  • Chapter 2: Charting the Accounts
    • Getting to Know the Chart of Accounts
    • Starting with the Balance-Sheet Accounts
    • Tracking the Income-Statement Accounts
    • Setting Up Your Chart of Accounts
  • Chapter 3: The General Ledger
    • Understanding the Eyes and Ears of a Business
    • Developing Entries for the Ledger
    • Posting Entries to the Ledger
    • Adjusting for Ledger Errors
    • Using Computerized Transactions
  • Chapter 4: Keeping Journals
    • Establishing a Transaction’s Point of Entry
    • When Cash Changes Hands
    • Managing Sales Like a Pro
    • Keeping Track of Purchases
    • Dealing with Transactions That Don’t Fit
    • Posting Journal Information to Accounts
    • Simplifying Your Journaling with Computerized Accounting
  • Chapter 5: Controlling Your Records
    • Putting Controls on Your Business’s Cash
    • Keeping the Right Paperwork
    • Protecting Your Business Against Internal Fraud
    • Insuring Your Cash through Employee Bonding
  • Chapter 6: Computer Options for Bookkeeping
    • Surveying Your Software Options
    • Setting Up Your Computerized Books
  • Chapter 7: Financial Statements and Accounting Standards
    • Reviewing the Basic Content of Financial Statements
    • Contrasting Profit and Cash Flow from Profit
    • Gleaning Key Information from Financial Statements
    • Keeping in Step with Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
• Book 2: Accounting and Financial Reports
  • Chapter 1: Financial Report Basics
    • Figuring Out Financial Reporting
    • Checking Out Types of Reporting
    • Introducing the Annual Report
    • Digging Deeper into the Annual Report
    • Summarizing the Financial Data
  • Chapter 2: Reporting Profit
    • Introducing Income Statements
    • Finding Profit
    • Getting Particular about Assets and Operating Liabilities
    • Summing Up the Diverse Financial Effects of Making Profit
    • Reporting Extraordinary Gains and Losses
    • Correcting Common Misconceptions about Profit
    • Importance of Reviewing All Parts of Financial Statements
  • Chapter 3: Exploring Business Structures
    • Flying Solo: Sole Proprietorships
    • Joining Forces: Partnerships
    • Seeking Protection with Limited Liability Companies
    • Shielding Your Assets: S and C Corporations
    • Investigating Private Companies
    • Understanding Public Companies
    • Entering a Whole New World: How a Company Goes from Private to Public
  • Chapter 4: The Balance Sheet: Assets, Liabilities, and Equity
    • Understanding the Balance Equation
    • Introducing the Balance Sheet
    • Ogling Assets
    • Looking at Liabilities
    • Navigating the Equity Maze
  • Chapter 5: The Income Statement
    • Introducing the Income Statement
    • Delving into the Tricky Business of Revenue
    • Acknowledging Expenses
    • Sorting Out the Profit and Loss Types
    • Calculating Earnings per Share
  • Chapter 6: The Statement of Cash Flows
    • Digging into the Statement of Cash Flows
    • Checking Out Operating Activities
    • Investigating Investing Activities
    • Understanding Financing Activities
    • Recognizing the Special Line Items
    • Adding It All Up
  • Chapter 7: Getting a Financial Report Ready
    • Recognizing Top Management’s Role
    • Reviewing the Purposes of Financial Reporting
    • Keeping Current with Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
    • Making Sure That Disclosure Is Adequate
    • Putting a Spin on the Numbers (Short of Cooking the Books)
    • Going Public or Keeping Things Private
    • Dealing with Information Overload
    • Statement of Changes in Owners’ Equity
  • Chapter 8: Accounting Alternatives
    • Setting the Stage
    • Taking Financial Statements with a Grain of Salt
    • Explaining the Differences
    • Calculating Cost of Goods Sold Expense and Inventory Cost
    • Recording Depreciation Expense
    • Scanning Revenue and Expense Horizons
• Book 3: Day-to-Day Bookkeeping
  • Chapter 1: Buying and Tracking Your Purchases
    • Keeping Track of Inventory
    • Practice: Working with Inventory and Calculating Cost of Goods Sold
    • Buying and Monitoring Supplies
    • Staying on Top of Your Bills
    • Practice: Calculating Discounts
    • Answers to Practice Questions
  • Chapter 2: Counting Your Sales
    • Collecting on Cash Sales
    • Practice: Recording Sales
    • Selling on Credit
    • Practice: Sales on Store (Direct) Credit
    • Proving Out the Cash Register
    • Practice: Proving Out
    • Tracking Sales Discounts
    • Practice: Recording Discounts
    • Recording Sales Returns and Allowances
    • Practice: Tracking Sales Returns and Allowances
    • Monitoring Accounts Receivable
    • Practice: Aging Summary
    • Accepting Your Losses
    • Answers to Practice Questions
  • Chapter 3: Employee Payroll and Benefits
    • Setting the Stage for Staffing: Making Payroll Decisions
    • Collecting Employee Taxes
    • Determining Net Pay
    • Practice: Payroll Tax Calculations
    • Surveying Your Benefits Options
    • Preparing Payroll and Posting It in the Books
    • Practice: Payroll Preparation
    • Finishing the Job
    • Depositing Employee Taxes
    • Outsourcing Payroll and Benefits Work
    • Answers to Practice Questions
  • Chapter 4: Employer-Paid Taxes and Government Payroll Reporting
    • Paying Employer Taxes on Social Security and Medicare
    • Completing Unemployment Reports and Paying Unemployment Taxes
    • Practice: Calculating FUTA Tax
    • Carrying Workers’ Compensation Insurance
    • Maintaining Employee Records
    • Answers to Practice Questions
• Book 4: Preparing for Year’s End
  • Chapter 1: Depreciating Your Assets
    • Defining Depreciation
    • Reducing the Value of Assets
    • Tackling Taxes and Depreciation
    • Setting Up Depreciation Schedules
    • Recording Depreciation Expenses
  • Chapter 2: Paying and Collecting Interest
    • Deciphering Types of Interest
    • Handling Interest Income
    • Delving into Loans and Interest Expenses
  • Chapter 3: Proving Out the Cash
    • Why Prove Out the Books?
    • Making Sure Ending Cash Is Right
    • Closing the Cash Journals
    • Using a Temporary Posting Journal
    • Reconciling Bank Accounts
    • Posting Adjustments and Corrections
  • Chapter 4: Closing the Journals
    • Prepping to Close: Checking for Accuracy and Tallying Things Up
    • Posting to the General Ledger
    • Checking Out Computerized Journal Records
  • Chapter 5: Checking Your Accuracy
    • Working with a Trial Balance
    • Testing Your Balance with Computerized Accounting Systems
    • Developing a Financial Statement Worksheet
    • Replacing Worksheets with Computerized Reports
  • Chapter 6: Adjusting the Books
    • Adjusting All the Right Areas
    • Testing an Adjusted Trial Balance
    • Changing Your Chart of Accounts
• Book 5: Accounting and Managing Your Business
  • Chapter 1: Managing Profit
    • Helping Managers: The Fourth Vital Task of Accounting
    • Internal Profit Reporting
    • Presenting a Profit Analysis Template
    • Answering Critical Profit Questions
    • Taking a Closer Look at the Lines in the Profit Template
    • Using the Profit Template for Decision-Making Analysis
    • Tucking Away Some Valuable Lessons
    • Closing with a Boozy Example
  • Chapter 2: Budgeting
    • Exploring the Reasons for Budgeting
    • Recognizing Additional Benefits of Budgeting
    • Deciding Whether Budgeting Is Worth Its Costs
    • Realizing That Not Everyone Budgets
    • Watching Budgeting in Action
    • Considering Capital Expenditures and Other Cash Needs
    • Using Computer Accounting to Make Budgeting More Effective
  • Chapter 3: Cost Accounting
    • Looking Down the Road to the Destination of Costs
    • Are Costs Really That Important?
    • Becoming More Familiar with Costs
    • Assembling the Product Cost of Manufacturers
    • Puffing Profit by Excessive Production
  • Chapter 4: Filing and Paying Business Taxes
    • Finding the Right Business Type
    • Tackling Tax Reporting for Sole Proprietors
    • Filing Tax Forms for Partnerships
    • Paying Corporate Taxes
    • Taking Care of Sales Tax Obligations
  • Chapter 5: Prepping the Books for a New Accounting Cycle
    • Finalizing the General Ledger
    • Conducting Special Year-End Bookkeeping Tasks
    • Starting the Cycle Anew
• Index
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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