Financial Statements: A Step-By-Step Guide to Understanding and Creating Financial Reports

By Thomas R. Ittelson

Book Overview

Simply the clearest and most comprehensive introduction to financial reporting available. No accounting background is required. "Finally, a handbook that takes the mystery out of accounting... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1564143414
• ISBN13: 9781564143419
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Career Pr Inc
• Length: 223 Pages
• Weight: 0.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.3" x 0.5" x 7.3"

Customer Reviews

The Best Book on Financial Statements, Period!

Wow, what a great book! I am a technical professional enrolled in a graduate business degree program, and until now the plethora of financial and accounting terminology and rules has been bewildering for me. That is no longer true after buying this book. I have primarily used it as a reference book, and without fail any explanation I have needed has been easy to find, clear and concise. I am no longer in the financially confused majority, largely thanks to this book. The author's education is in biochemistry (as is my undergraduate education), and because he originally came from the hard sciences where clarity and accuracy are valued above all else he was better able to be clear and easy to understand in comparison to many business school authors who seem to thrive on jargon and platitudes. This is a great book to have on the reference shelf. If you are involved with business finance or investment analysis it is simply the best book available on the subject and should be considered indispensable!

Perfect book when first learning how to read a 10-Q

This is a wonderfully clear and concise introduction to the interpretation of financial statements such as 10-Qs. Read this if you are not a CPA or MBA, but must "get a handle" on Balance Sheets, Income Statements and Cash Flow Statements. This should be the first book you buy for this purpose-- print out your company's 10-Q and have it in hand.