Accounting principles /
Jerry J. Weygandt, PhD, CPA, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Paul D. Kimmel, PhD, CPA, University of Wisconsin--Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, Jill E. Mitchell, MS, MEd, CIA, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria, Virginia.
- Fifteenth edition.
- 1 volume : illustrations ; 29 cm.
Includes index.
1: Accounting in Action -- 2: The Recording Process -- 3: Adjusting the Accounts -- 4: Completing the Accounting Cycle -- 5: Accounting for Merchandising Operations (Perpetual Approach) -- 5A: Accounting for Merchandising Operations (Periodic Approach) -- 6: Inventories (Periodic Approach) -- 6A: Inventories (Perpetual Approach) -- 7: Accounting Information Systems -- 8: Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash -- 9: Accounting for Receivables -- 10: Plant Assets, Neutral Resources, and Intangible Assets -- 11: Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting -- 12: Accounting for Partnerships -- 13: Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions -- 14: Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Reporting -- 15: Long-Term Liabilities -- 16: Investments -- 17: Statement of Cash Flows -- 18: Financial Statement Analysis -- 19: Managerial Accounting -- 20: Job Order Costing -- 20A: Job Order Costing (Non-Debit and Credit Approach) -- 21: Process Costing -- 22: Cost-Volume-Profit -- 23: Incremental Analysis -- 24: Budgetary Planning -- 25: Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting -- 26: Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard -- 27: Planning for Capital Investments -- Appendices A-F: Financial Statements for Apple, Pepsi, Coca-Cola, Amazon.com, Wal-Mart, Louis Vuitton -- Appendix G: Time Value of Money -- Appendix H: Activity-Based Costing -- Cases for Management Decision-Making.
"The following Feature Story about Columbia Sportswear Company highlights the importance of having good financial information and knowing how to use it to make effective business decisions. Whatever your pursuits or occupation, the need for financial information is inescapable. You cannot earn a living, spend money, buy on credit, make an investment, or pay taxes without receiving, using, or dispensing financial information. Good decision-making depends on good information. The purpose of this chapter is to show you that accounting is the system used to provide useful financial information"--