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Schaum's Outline of Bookkeeping and Accounting

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ISBN-10: 0071464581

ISBN-13: 9780071464581

Edition: 4th 2007 (Revised)

Authors: Joel J. Lerner, Rajul Gokarn

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New chapter on the two accounting software programs every practitioner must know In-depth review of the latest practices and applications in bookkeeping and accounting More than 500 practice problems and answers to reinforce learning
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List price: $18.95
Edition: 4th
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 480
Size: 8.00" wide x 11.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.782
Language: English

Joel J. Lerner (Monticello, NY) was a professor and the chairman of the business division at Sullivan County Community College. He presently is a member of the Board of Trustees of that institution. He received his B.S. from New York University and his M.S. and P.D. from Columbia University. He has coauthored the Schaum's Outlines of Principles of Accounting I, Principles of Accounting II, Intermediate Accounting, Business Mathematics, and Introduction to Business and is the sole author of McGraw-Hill's Financial Planning for the Utterly Confused, now in its fifh edition.Rajul Y. Gokarn (Atlanta, GA) is an associate professor at Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia. She previously…    

Prefacep. xi
The Bookkeeping Cyclep. 1
Assets, Liabilities, and Capitalp. 3
Nature of Bookkeeping and Accountingp. 3
Basic Elements of Financial Position: The Accounting Equationp. 3
Debits and Credits: The Double-Entry Systemp. 15
Introductionp. 15
The Accountp. 15
Debits and Creditsp. 16
The Ledgerp. 18
The Chart of Accountsp. 19
The Trial Balancep. 19
Journalizing and Posting Transactionsp. 32
Introductionp. 32
The Journalp. 32
Journalizingp. 33
Postingp. 34
Financial Statementsp. 52
Introductionp. 52
Income Statementp. 52
Accrual Basis and Cash Basis of Accountingp. 53
Balance Sheetp. 53
Statement of Owner's Equityp. 55
The Statement of Cash Flowsp. 55
Financial Statement Summaryp. 56
Classified Financial Statementsp. 56
Adjusting and Closing Proceduresp. 85
Introduction: The Accrual Basis of Accountingp. 85
Adjusting Entries Covering Recorded Datap. 85
Adjusting Entries Covering Unrecorded Datap. 87
Closing Entriesp. 88
Ruling Accountsp. 90
Post-Closing Trial Balancep. 92
Bookkeeping and Accounting Cyclep. 92
Comprehensive Review Problemp. 107
p. 117
Computer Application: Peachtree Complete Software Introductionp. 126
Introductionp. 126
Illustrationp. 126
Conclusionp. 139
Special Journals, Ledgers, and the Worksheetp. 141
Repetitive Transactions: The Sales and the Purchases Journalsp. 143
Introductionp. 143
Sales Journalp. 143
Special Ledgers (Subsidiary Ledgers)p. 144
Sales Returns and Discountsp. 146
Types of Ledger Account Formsp. 147
Purchases as a Costp. 148
Trade Discountsp. 148
Purchase Controlp. 148
Purchase Invoicesp. 149
Purchases Journalp. 149
Subsidiary Accounts Payable Ledgerp. 150
Return of Merchandisep. 151
Purchase Discountsp. 152
The Cash Journalp. 173
Introductionp. 173
Cash Receipts Journalp. 173
Cash Disbursements Journalp. 175
Combination Cash Journalp. 176
Comprehensive Review Problemp. 184
Summarizing and Reporting via the Worksheetp. 193
Introductionp. 193
Worksheet Procedures for a Service Businessp. 193
p. 206
Merchandisingp. 219
The Merchandising Companyp. 221
Introductionp. 221
Purchasesp. 221
Adjusting Entry Proceduresp. 222
Worksheet Proceduresp. 222
Closing Entriesp. 225
Financial Statement Treatmentp. 226
Summaryp. 227
Comprehensive Review Problemp. 246
Costing Merchandise Inventoryp. 252
Introductionp. 252
Determining Inventory: Physical Countp. 252
Determining Inventory: Estimationp. 258
Pricing Merchandisep. 274
Trade Discountsp. 274
Chain Discountsp. 275
Cash Discountsp. 276
Markupp. 278
Selling Price as a Basis: Computing Percent Markupp. 278
Cost as a Basisp. 279
Markdownsp. 280
Turnover-Ratios for Inventoryp. 280
Number of Days' Sales in Inventoryp. 282
p. 287
Specific Bookkeeping and Accounting Topicsp. 295
Negotiable Instrumentsp. 297
Introductionp. 297
Methods of Computing Interestp. 298
Accounting for Notes Payable and Notes Receivablep. 300
Discountingp. 302
Dishonored Notes Receivablep. 302
Recording Uncollectible Accountsp. 303
Computing Uncollectible Accountsp. 304
Recovery of Uncollectible Accountsp. 306
Controlling Cashp. 319
Introductionp. 319
Controlling Cash Receiptsp. 319
Controlling Cash Disbursementsp. 319
Controlling Cash Balancesp. 320
Bank Statementsp. 320
Petty Cashp. 322
Payrollp. 337
Gross Payp. 337
Deductions from Gross Payp. 338
The Payroll Systemp. 341
Recording the Payrollp. 342
Property, Plant, and Equipment: Depreciationp. 353
Fixed Assetsp. 353
Depreciation and Scrap Valuep. 353
Depreciation Methodsp. 354
p. 367
Other Business Organizationsp. 371
The Partnershipp. 373
Characteristics of the Partnershipp. 373
Formation of the Partnershipp. 373
Division of Net Income and Lossp. 374
Admission of a New Partnerp. 377
Liquidation of a Partnershipp. 379
The Corporationp. 403
Characteristics of the Corporationp. 403
Corporate Terminologyp. 403
Advantages of the Corporate Formp. 404
Disadvantages of the Corporate Formp. 404
Equity Accounting for the Corporationp. 404
Common Stockp. 406
Preferred Stockp. 406
Issue of Stockp. 407
Book Valuep. 409
Earnings per Sharep. 409
Bond Characteristicsp. 410
Funding by Stock versus Funding by Bondsp. 410
p. 428
Mathematicsp. 433
Operations with Decimalsp. 433
Percentagesp. 434
Statistical Methodsp. 437
Glossary of Bookkeeping and Accounting Termsp. 445
Indexp. 453
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