Accounting For Canadians For Dummies [NOOK Book]

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The only guide to accounting tailor-made for Canadians, now revised and updated

Job prospects are good for those looking to enter the Canadian accounting industry, and Accounting For Canadians, Second Edition is the essential resource for anyone interested in doing so. Packed with the information accountants and auditors who work in public and private industries and in government need to know in order to stay on the right side of Canadian accounting law, the book is also a ...

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Accounting For Canadians For Dummies

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Overview

The only guide to accounting tailor-made for Canadians, now revised and updated

Job prospects are good for those looking to enter the Canadian accounting industry, and Accounting For Canadians, Second Edition is the essential resource for anyone interested in doing so. Packed with the information accountants and auditors who work in public and private industries and in government need to know in order to stay on the right side of Canadian accounting law, the book is also a must-have for salary accountants working for accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services firms.

  • Essential reading since the new GAAP became mandatory for publicly accountable enterprises and government business enterprises at the beginning of 2011
  • Covers the new International Financial Reporting Standards
  • Addresses new standards for private enterprises that business leaders need to know
  • Still the only trade book that covers Canadian accounting practices

The ideal book for both accounting professionals as well as students who are currently working towards a degree in accounting or auditing services, Accounting For Canadians For Dummies provides the applicable and helpful advice that you need to succeed.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9781118223819
  • Publisher: Wiley, John & Sons, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 12/12/2011
  • Sold by: Barnes & Noble
  • Format: eBook
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 232
  • File size: 10 MB

Meet the Author

John A. Tracy, (Boulder, CO) is a former staff accountant at Ernst & Young, taught accounting at the University of Colorado for many years. Tracy authored both the first and second editions of Accounting For Dummies. His other books include the bestseller, How to Read a Financial Report

Cécile Laurin, (Ottawa, ON) is a Chartered Accountant and teacher. In addition to teaching in Algonquin College's Professional Accounting Program and coordinating the college's distance education accounting program, she has adapted a number of U.S. higher education accounting titles for Wiley Canada.

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Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part I: A First Look at Accounting.

Chapter 1: Strolling Through the Field of Accounting.

Chapter 2: Getting to the Bottom of the Bottom Line.

Chapter 3: Bookkeeping 101: From Shoeboxes to Computers.

Chapter 4: Accounting and Your Personal Finances.

Part II: Figuring Out Financial Statements.

Chapter 5: Making and Reporting Profit.

Chapter 6: The Genesis and Reporting of Financial Condition.

Chapter 7: Cash Sources and Uses and Reporting Cash Flows.

Chapter 8: Getting a Financial Report Ready.

Part III: Accounting in Managing a Business.

Chapter 9: First Things First: Deciding the Legal Structure.

Chapter 10: Using Accounting for Managing Profit.

Chapter 11: Budgeting Profit and Cash Flow.

Chapter 12: Cost Concepts and Conundrums.

Part IV: Financial Reports in the Public Domain.

Chapter 13: Keeping Score: Choosing and Implementing Accounting Methods.

Chapter 14: How Investors Read a Financial Report.

Chapter 15: Audits, Accounting Fraud, and Audit Failures.

Part V: The Part of Tens.

Chapter 16: Ten Profit and Loss Questions.

Chapter 17: Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting.

Chapter 18: Ten Questions Savvy Investors Ask When Reading a Financial Report.

Glossary: Slashing Through the Accounting Jargon Jungle.

Index.

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