Principles fo Financial Accounting

Accounting Principles and the Financial Statements.Analyzing and Recording Business Transactions.Adjusting the Accounts.Completing the Accounting Cycle.Foundations of Financial Reporting and the Classified Balance Sheet.Accounting for Merchandising Operations.Supplement to Chap 6. Special Purpose Journals.Inventories.Cash and Internal Control.Receivables.Long-Term Assets.Current Liabilities and Fair Value Accounting.Accounting for Partnerships.Accounting for Corporations.Long-Term Liabilities.The Statement of Cash Flows.Financial Statement Analysis.Supplement to Chap 16. How to Read an Annual Report.Appendix A. Investments.Appendix B. Present Value Tables.

Needles, BelverdBelverd E. Needles, Jr., received his BBA and MBA degrees from Texas Tech University and his PhD degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He teaches financial accounting, managerial accounting, and auditing at DePaul University, where he is an internationally recognized expert in international accounting and education. He has published in leading journals and is the author or editor of more than 20 books and monographs. His current research relates to international financial reporting, performance measurement, and corporate governance of high-performance companies in the United States, Europe, India, and Australia. His textbooks are used throughout the world and have received many awards, including (in 2008) the McGuffey Award from the Text and Academic Authors Association. Active in many academic and professional organizations, he is immediate past vice president-education of the American Accounting Association. He received the Distinguished Alumni Award from Texas Tech University, the Illinois CPA Society Outstanding Educator Award and its Life-Time Achievement Award, the Joseph A. Silvoso Faculty Award of Merit from the Federation of Schools of Accountancy, the Ledger & Quill Award of Merit, and the Ledger & Quill Teaching Excellence Award. He was named Educator of the Year by the American Institute of CPAs, Accountant of the Year for Education by the national honorary society Beta Alpha Psi, and Outstanding International Accounting Educator by the American Accounting Association. He received the Excellence in Teaching Award from DePaul University.