Brilliant Accounting

Martin Quinn is a qualified accountant and Lecturer in Accounting at Dublin City University. He has just completed a PhD thesis at the University of Dundee. His teaching focus is management accounting, while his research interests include management accounting change, information systems in management accounting, and management accounting in small business. He is the author of the Pearson books, Book-keeping and Accounts for Entrepreneurs and Brilliant Book-keeping.

About the author

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 The basics of accounting

1  Some basic concepts

2  Book-keeping

Part 2 Preparing financial statements

3  The double entry accounting system

4  The income statement

5  The balance sheet

6  Financial statements of limited companies

7  Cash flow statements

Part 3 Using accounting to help manage a business

8  Understanding costs

9  Budgeting basics

Part 4 Interpreting and using financial statements - what outsiders do

10  Analysing financial statements

11  Using financial statements to value a business

12  Getting ready for an audit

Glossary

Index