Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, Ninth Edition, provides a simple and practical introduction to financial accounting. It explains the concepts students need to know, while also emphasizing the importance of decision making. In this new edition, all content has been carefully reviewed and revised to ensure maximum student understanding. At the same time, the time-tested features that have proven to be of most help to students such the student-friendly writing style, visual pedagogy, and the relevant and easy-to-understand examples have been retained.
1. Introduction to Financial Statements
2. A Further Look at Financial Statements
3. The Accounting Information System
4. Accrual Accounting Concepts
5. Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement
6. Reporting and Analyzing Inventory
7. Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash
8. Reporting and Analyzing Receivables
9. Reporting and Analyzing Long-Lived Assets
10. Reporting and Analyzing Liabilities
11. Reporting and Analyzing Stockholders' Equity
12. Statement of Cash Flows
13. Financial Analysis: The Big Picture
