Understanding Business Accounting for Dummies

- Introduction

Part I: Accounting Basics
- Chapter 1: Introducing Accounting to Non-Accountants
- Chapter 2: Bookkeeping 101: From Shoe Boxes to Computers
- Chapter 3: Taxes, Taxes, and More Taxes
- Chapter 4: Accounting and Your Personal Finances

Part II: Getting a Grip on Financial Statements
- Chapter 5: Profit Mechanics
- Chapter 6: The Balance Sheet from the Profit and Loss Account Viewpoint
- Chapter 7: Cash Flows and the Cash Flow Statement
- Chapter 8: Getting a Financial Report Ready for Prime Time

Part III: Accounting in Managing a Business
- Chapter 9: Managing Profit Performance
- Chapter 10: Business Budgeting
- Chapter 11: Choosing the Right Ownership Structure
- Chapter 12: Cost Conundrums
- Chapter 13: Choosing Accounting Methods

Part IV: Financial Reports in the Outside World
- Chapter 14: How Investors Read a Financial Report
- Chapter 15: Professional Auditors and Advisers

Part V: The Part of Tens
- Chapter 16: Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting
- Chapter 17: Ten Places a Business Gets Money From
- Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Questions Investors Should Ask When Reading a Financial Report

Part VI: Appendixes
- Appendix A: Glossary: Slashing through the Accounting Jargon Jungle
- Appendix B: Accounting Software

- Index

John A. Tracy is Professor of Accounting, Emeritus at the Leeds School of Business of the University of Colorado, Boulder. He has served as a staff accountant at Ernst & Young.