Accounting
- 4 Courses | 1h 25m 53s
- 13 Books | 117h 4m
- 10 Audiobooks | 60h 44m 20s
Accounting forms the basis for all financial reporting. Expand to your understanding of accounting principles and practices. Accounting principles are the rules and guidelines that companies must follow when reporting financial data. These include accrual principles, cost principles, reliability principles, and more.
COURSES INCLUDED
Key Accounting Concepts and Principles
How do organizations communicate vital business and finance information? Achieving the utmost clarity in communication requires knowledge of financial management and a strong understanding of accounting basics. Accounting an internal function that involves identifying, recording, summarizing, and reporting business transactions and financial events in an organization. In this course, you'll learn the core concepts and financial essentials of accounting, such as the accounting equation and its components, as well as the rule of debits and credits. You'll also develop your financial acumen by exploring the accounting cycle, and the effect of cash and accrual-based accounting systems.
7 videos |
21m
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Recording, Posting, and Balancing the Books
If your organizational role is related to accounting or finance, you'll most likely need solid financial acumen and a strong grasp of the accounting basics of recording, posting, and balancing your organization's books. In this course, you'll learn financial essentials related to bookkeeping, such as the steps in the accounting cycle that happen after transactions have been identified and analyzed. You'll learn how to carry out vital financial management activities, including how to make general and special journal entries, and how to post those transactions to accounts in the general and subsidiary ledgers. You'll also learn how to prepare trial balances and make adjusting entries.
9 videos |
21m
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Preparing Financial Statements and Closing Accounts
Developing your financial acumen is a must in today's economy, and improving your knowledge of accounting basics and financial management is a good first step. In this course, you'll explore the financial essentials that will enable you to understand key steps in the management of finance within the accounting cycle. You'll learn how, once you've worked your way through recording transactions and posting to ledgers, you're ready to start preparing financial statements. You'll learn about Income Statements, Balance Sheets, Cash Flow Statements, and how they're interrelated. You'll also learn about the steps involved in closing accounts.
9 videos |
23m
Assessment
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Accounting for Stock Transactions
One of the great advantages of a corporate form of organization is it allows otherwise unaffiliated people to join in mutual ownership of a business. Therefore, everyone involved needs an understanding of the financial essentials and how they influence the company's overall financial management. Strengthening your own financial acumen with a knowledge of accounting basics is the first step. In this course, you'll learn about the key characteristics of finance within incorporated organizations. You'll explore how common financial transactions affect the corporations' financial position. You'll also learn concepts and accounting processes for corporate transactions, including those involving common and preferred stocks, treasury stocks, and dividends.
7 videos |
19m
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BOOK SUMMARY
Using Accounting & Financial Information: Analyzing, Forecasting & Decision-MakingIn Using Accounting & Financial Information, author Mark S. Bettner approaches the concepts of accounting and financial reporting from the user's perspective. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m
By Mark S. Bettner
BOOK SUMMARY
Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Third EditionIn Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Third Edition, author Eliot Sherman gives you a careful explanation of the concepts at the heart of finance and accounting. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m
By Eliot H. Sherman
BOOK SUMMARY
Accounting for Non-Accountants, Ninth EditionAccounting for Non-Accountants provides simplified explanations on various accounting topics that will have you deciphering financial data in no time. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
10m
By David Horner
Book
A Guide to the New Language of Accounting and FinanceThis book is full reference to all the articles that have been cited in the text is given including a list of the many acronyms used in the new world of accounting and finance.
2h 29m
By Roger Hussey
Book
Value Pricing for Accounting Professionals: A Complete Guide for Accountants and Bookkeepers to Find the Right Clients and Increase Profitability, 1st editionAccountants and bookkeepers are working long hours but not making the profits they should. A value pricing strategy can lead to better prices for accounting professionals and better results for their clients.
4h 28m
By Mark Wickersham
Book
The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, Third EditionPacked with fresh insights and information on accounting regulations, international accounting practices, and global business trends, this book will help you grasp not only what the numbers mean-but how you can use that intelligence to drive your business forward.
4h 42m
By Edward Fields
Book
Accountants' Handbook: Financial Accounting and General Topics, Twelfth Edition, Volume OneWidely recognized and relied on as a single reference source, this book provides answers to questions on accounting and financial reporting asked by accountants, auditors, bankers, lawyers, financial analysts, and other preparers and users of accounting information.
27h
By D.R. Carmichael, Lynford Graham
Book
Wiley Revenue Recognition: Understanding and Implementing the New StandardProviding in-depth coverage of how companies should plan for implementation, this book is a trusted, authoritative guide to the new FASB-IASB revenue recognition standard for CPAs and financial professionals worldwide.
4h 8m
By Joanne M. Flood
Book
QuickBooks 2017 All-In-One For DummiesCombining eight content-rich books into one complete package, this friendly guide will quickly and painlessly teach you how to use this fan-favorite software program to establish fundamental accounting practices that will keep your company successful and healthy.
9h 12m
By Stephen L. Nelson
Book
Sage 50 Accounts for Dummies, 4th EditionIntended for you to get the most from Sage, this practical, hands-on book uses lots of screenshots to help you navigate your way around the system and offers tips to help you customize the programs and reports contained in Sage.
6h 4m
By Jane E. Kelly
Book
Accounting All-in-One for Dummies, 2nd EditionIf you're a student studying the application of accounting theories or a professional looking for a valuable desktop reference you can trust, this book covers it all.
12h 42m
By Kenneth W. Boyd
Book
Financial Accounting for DummiesWith easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, this book provides students who are studying business, finance, and accounting with the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to interpret, analyze, and evaluate actual corporate financial statements.
5h 43m
By Maire Loughran
Book
Intermediate Accounting, Sixteenth EditionWith accuracy, accessibility, and quality problem material that best prepares students for success on the CPA exam, this book offers up-to-date coverage of IFRS and US GAAP in a presentational format suited to the complex challenges of teaching intermediate finance in these changing times.
40h 6m
By Donald E. Kieso, Jerry J. Weygandt, Terry D. Warfield
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Accounting for Non-Accountants, Ninth EditionAccounting for Non-Accountants provides simplified explanations on various accounting topics that will have you deciphering financial data in no time. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
21m 42s
By David Horner
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
The Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, Third EditionThe Essentials of Finance and Accounting for Nonfinancial Managers, Third Edition will help you understand more about your own company's documents and how to read other companies' publications to know where they're headed. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
22m 4s
By Edward Fields
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Small Business Taxes Made Easy, Third EditionSmall Business Taxes Made Easy, Third Edition is your guide to scoring tax deductions accurately, effortlessly and-most importantly-legally. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
20m 42s
By Eva Rosenberg
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Using Accounting & Financial Information: Analyzing, Forecasting & Decision-MakingIn Using Accounting & Financial Information, author Mark S. Bettner approaches the concepts of accounting and financial reporting from the user's perspective. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
22m 3s
By Mark S. Bettner
AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY
Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Third EditionIn Finance and Accounting for Non-Financial Managers, Third Edition, author Eliot Sherman gives you a careful explanation of the concepts at the heart of finance and accounting. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
21m 10s
By Eliot H. Sherman
Audiobook
Accounting For Dummies, 7th Edition AudioThis book discusses about accounting.
18h 50m 29s
By John A. Tracy, Michael Butler Murray, Tage C. Tracy
Audiobook
Reading Financial Reports for DummiesThis audio edition gives you a quick but clear introduction to financial reports - and how to decipher the information in them.
16h 32m 2s
By Lita Epstein
Audiobook
Financial Shenanigans: How to Detect Accounting Gimmicks & Fraud in Financial Reports, Fourth EditionThis audio edition reveals everything you need to know to unearth deceptive reporting and avoid costly mistakes.
10h 21m 30s
By Howard M. Schilit, Jeremy Perler, Yoni Engelhart
Audiobook
Dawn Fotopulos on How to Get Comfortable with AccountingIn this AMACOM Edgewise podcast, author Dawn Fotopulos attempts to reduce the number of small business failures by examining the struggles of owners attempting to turn their hobbies into jobs
23m 50s
By Dawn Fotopulos
Audiobook
Small Business Taxes Made Easy: How to Increase Your Deductions, Reduce What You Owe, and Build a Dynasty, Third EditionThis audio edition is packed with tips for dramatically lowering your taxes. Read by the author.
12h 48m 48s
By Eva Rosenberg
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SKILL BENCHMARKS INCLUDED
Finance and Budgeting Skills
Every business decision has financial impact. Expand your budgeting skills and financial acumen for improved decision making. Learn to skillfully analyze financial statements for better management of your organization's financial resources. Financial professionals must know how to effectively analyze the financial statements of their organization. Generally, this requires an understanding of the structure of budgeting and financial statements, the economic characteristics of the industry you're in, and the strategies your organization pursues to differentiate itself from its competitors. This benchmark evaluates your understanding of this topic. Being aware of potential knowledge gaps allows you to better understand your current competency and areas for improvement, so you can find suitable content and curate your own learning path. The courses recommended at the end of this benchmark can help you fill potential gaps in your knowledge.
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