Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts

by Frances M. McNair, Philip R. Olds, Thomas P. Edmonds

Book Overview

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0073527122
• ISBN13: 9780073527123
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: Irwin/McGraw-Hill
• Length: 773 Pages
• Weight: 4.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.6" x 10.9"

Customer Reviews

Just in time!

Came just in time for my class to start. Book was new, just as described. Good transaction. Thank you!

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Best book on the market

I'm a professor at a large state university. On the rare occasions when I teach this course, I always order the Edmonds book. I believe the purpose of introductory or fundamental financial accounting is to teach students how to read and use finanacial statements. If used properly by the instructor, this is one of only two books on the market (the other is for MBA students) that can be used for this purpose. I whole-heartedly endorse the horizontal model used by Edmonds, et. al. Most text book writers use a form of it. I even use it in my writings. Some students want to learn debits and credits. In my opinion, this is best left to technical courses in accounting for those interested in the nuts and bolts. However, for anyone who want to get something long-lasting from the course, this text book combined with the right professor, will be about the only option. If this or any text book is used to teach technical aspects at the fundamental level, you won't have a good experience. Techinical aspects are best covered in Intermediate Accounting.

Great college companion!

This book is an excellent book to go with a Financial Accounting course. Everything is laid out in plain English, and shows you in diagrams and models exactly how each kind of transaction works. I recommend for professors everywhere to adopt this book for their clases. I'm glad mine did!

This textbook is a great intoduction to financial accounting

Edmonds, McNair, Milan, and Olds have created a very easy to understand textbook for learning the basics of financial accounting. It makes the learning of the endlessly complicated parts of accounting very simple and can help to cease new accounting student's fears of going on in the profession. Even though lightly marred by a few errors, it is a great introductory book.