McGraw-Hill Thirty-Six Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers

Name: McGraw-Hill Thirty-Six Hour Course in Finance for Non-Financial Managers
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ISBN: 9780070125391

ISBN-10: 0070125392

ISBN-13: 9780070125391

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Authors: Robert A. Cooke

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Now the busy professional can gain a working knowledge of finance and understand how the numbers relate to decisions they must make every day. This complete guide offers all the essentials of financial reporting and budgeting and features self-tests at the end of each chapter to assure that each basic concept is mastered before the student moves on to the next. 36 illustrations.

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List price: $40.00
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Hardcover
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.386
Language: English

Susan Shellyhas written, co-written, or contributed to more than 30 books, includingThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Personal Finance in Your 20s and 30sandThe Complete Idiot's Guide to Being a Successful Entrepreneur. She also has written for various newspapers, agencies, and online publications.Robert A. Cooke, C.P.A.(Deceased) had nearly two decades of experience as a business consultant, speaker, and author of a number of books on finance. He also owned and managed several successful businesses.

Preface
Numbers, Numbers, Numbers: The Why and the How	p. 1
Statistics and Numbers That Confound Us	p. 1
Scores: Numbers We Enjoy	p. 2
Simplicity Makes It Easier	p. 2
Going into Business (Our Novel)	p. 3
Basic Concept (Cash Accounting and Accrual Accounting)	p. 4
When to Use and Not Use Cash Accounting	p. 7
A Few Basic Terms	p. 7
Financial Statements and Reports	p. 8
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)	p. 9
Who Makes the Rules? Who Defines GAAP?	p. 9
Summary	p. 10
Keeping Score: Sales	p. 13
What Is a Sale?	p. 13
Types of Sale	p. 14
Reduction of Sales	p. 18
Reports	p. 28
Summary	p. 28
Keeping Score: Cost of Sales	p. 31
Cost of Goods Sold	p. 31
Inventory	p. 31
Freight on Purchases	p. 38
Discounts on Goods Purchased	p. 40
Cost of Services	p. 42
Summary	p. 43
Keeping Score: Expenses	p. 45
Expenses, What Are They? How Are They Reported?	p. 45
Expense Classification, In General	p. 46
Alphabetical or Size Order	p. 46
Detailed, by Department or Division	p. 47
Controllable and Uncontrollable Expenses	p. 51
Summary Reports (Just the Essentials)	p. 53
Variable and Fixed Expenses, Breakeven Point	p. 54
Direct and Indirect Expenses	p. 61
Summary	p. 62
Equipment and Other Things That Will Be Around for Years	p. 65
Depreciation: How Much Does It Cost to Have the Stuff Around?	p. 65
Which Way to Compute Depreciation?	p. 68
Tax Depreciation vs. Financial Depreciation	p. 73
Small Bits and Pieces of Equipment	p. 74
Reserve for Depreciation	p. 75
When the Equipment Is Sold, Lost, Junked, or Stolen	p. 76
Trade-Ins	p. 77
Repair or Refurbishment of Equipment	p. 78
Intangibles (Profit-Making Things That Aren't There)	p. 79
Summary	p. 80
Buying, Leasing, or Doing Without	p. 83
Justifying the Purchase of Equipment	p. 83
Repair or Replace	p. 92
Leasing: Painless(?) Purchasing	p. 94
A Word on Income Tax Lease Rules	p. 96
A Budgeting Communication Problem	p. 96
Summary	p. 97
The Balance Sheet	p. 100
What's a Balance Sheet? What Does It Mean?	p. 100
Assets	p. 102
Liabilities	p. 106
Working Capital	p. 112
Notes to the Financial Statements	p. 112
Equity - The "Balance" Part	p. 113
Summary	p. 115
Ownership and Equity	p. 117
Make a Killing in Equity?	p. 117
Building Equity	p. 117
Statement of Change in Owner's Equity	p. 122
Equity in a Partnership	p. 123
Corporate Equity	p. 124
Valuation of Common Stock	p. 131
Types of Corporations	p. 132
Summary	p. 133
Budgeting/Planning	p. 136
What Is Budgeting?	p. 136
Keeping Score	p. 137
The Starting Point	p. 137
The Spouse House Company Plan	p. 138
Resulting Sales Budget	p. 140
Cost of Goods Sold Budget	p. 144
Expense Budget	p. 145
Budget Summary	p. 150
Zero-Based Budgeting	p. 152
Summary	p. 152
Budget Reporting and More Budgets	p. 155
Warning	p. 155
Budget Reports	p. 155
Reports, Reports, and More Reports	p. 158
Flexible Budgets	p. 159
Cash Budget	p. 166
Other Budgets	p. 170
Let the Accountants Worry with the Budget?	p. 170
Obligation of Budgeted Amounts	p. 171
Summary	p. 172
Manufacturing and Construction	p. 175
Cost of a Manufactured Spouse House	p. 176
Costs/Expenses - Which Went Where?	p. 179
Inventories and Fluctuating Costs	p. 181
Unit Costs	p. 182
Standard Costs	p. 184
Variations in Standard Costs and Budgets	p. 186
Process Costs/Job Costs	p. 188
Work-in-Process Inventory	p. 188
The Contracting Business	p. 189
Summary	p. 194
Analysis of an Enterprise	p. 197
The Income Statement	p. 198
The Balance Sheet	p. 203
Retained Earnings Statement	p. 205
Ratios	p. 205
Cash Flow Statement	p. 217
Notes to the Financial Statements	p. 220
Can You Trust the Financial Statements?	p. 220
Summary	p. 222
Appendix A: Flexible Budget Computations	p. 227
Appendix B: Sources of Industry Averages	p. 229
Appendix C: Sources of Information on Publicly Held Corporations	p. 230
Appendix D: Dates Pertinent to Dividends on Publicly Held Stock	p. 232
Appendix E: Classes of Common Stock and Preferred Stock	p. 233
Appendix F: Goodwill	p. 235
Appendix G: Nonprofit Organizations	p. 237
Answer Key to Review Questions and Case Studies	p. 239
Glossary	p. 251
Index	p. 261
Final Examination (follows Index)	p. 1
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