Accounting for Dummies

By John A. Tracy

Book Overview

Open the books on accounting with this friendly guide Want to make sense of accounting basics but don't know where to begin? This new edition of Accounting For Dummies helps you speak your accountant's language with ease--minimizing confusion as you maximize profits. Written in plain English, it quickly gets you up to speed on how to manage inventory, report income and expenses for private or public companies, evaluate profit margins, analyze business strengths and weaknesses, manage budgets for a better bottom line, and so much more. Whether you're a small business owner, a manager with budget responsibilities, or just want to understand your 401(k) statements, this friendly guide helps you get a handle on all those columns of numbers--without losing your cool. From tips for getting the most out of reading a financial report to ways to analyze and manage profit--and everything in between--it gives you the jargon-free introduction to accounting you need to make sense of those numbers. Get the scoop on accounting basics and standards Read and understand financial statements with ease Report income and expenses for public or private sectors Create great financials and boost your bottom line If the thought of accounting gives you anxiety, you're in luck Accounting For Dummies is your no-nonsense ticket to success

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1119245486
• ISBN13: 9781119245483
• Release Date: June 2016
• Publisher: For Dummies
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.3" x 9.1"

Customer Reviews

Great book

this is a great book I have learned lots from this book thank you.

No good

I ordered this book on accounting to help me with my accounting class. It was absolutely no use. Everything that I looked up that I was doing an accounting class was not available in this book. I’ve come to the conclusion that the dummies series or not worth your time

Helpful Book!

Great book. It helped me understand accounting and it was easy to pick up the tricks and the trades of this course.

Very Good book for Financial and Mangerial Accounting

This is a great book for a person to use to suplment what is learned and practiced in Both entry level college accounting classes. It really will help you get a better grade in the class by reinforcing and explainations that are different then your typical college textbook. I highly reccomend this book for any college student that will be taking accounting, it is well worth it's price and I believe if read during the semester along with the practice in your class you will get a better grade. I did.

Not for you if your looking for a bookkeeping treatise.

This book is great (I mean great) if you need to understand what is profit, whats in a balance sheet, how to understand it, whats in an income statement. What are assets, etc, etc. This book will open your eyes. Like others have said its not about double entry bookkeeping, or how to prepare your balance sheet. Find that elsewhere. This book addresses what the numbers mean and how to follow them to come to conclusions and how to use that information.Let me put it this way. If you have a small business, or are put into a position where you need to manage money for a business, or need to buy a business. This book will help you if your not accountant savy.Its a great book, and is very well written. Another five star success for the dummies series.