Bookkeeping Essentials - Steven M. Bragg

Bookkeeping Essentials

How to Succeed as a Bookkeeper

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
352 Seiten
2011
John Wiley & Sons Inc (Verlag)
978-0-470-88255-9 (ISBN)
32,10 inkl. MwSt
The Vest Pocket Bookkeeper includes dozens of best practices that give bookkeepers insights into how to be more efficient and effective in their jobs. The book reveals the key controls needed to reduce the risk of fraud. ? A handy pocket problem-solver for today's busy bookkeepers, accountants, and other financial professionals.
The handy problem-solver with helpful information for today's busy bookkeepers Bookkeeping Essentials: How to Succeed as a Bookkeeper is the handy problem-solver that gives today's busy bookkeepers and accountants the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format. Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips.



Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for analyzing, evaluating, and solving the day-to-day problems every accountant faces
Helps bookkeepers and accountants quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it
Offers hundreds of explanations supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and ratios

Filled with dozens of accounting best practices, Bookkeeping Essentials is a powerful companion for the ever-changing world of today's accountant and bookkeeper.

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and an auditor at Deloitte. He is the author of over forty books primarily targeted toward controllers and their needs. Bragg received a master's degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine.

Preface ix

Part One The Basics of Bookkeeping 1

Chapter 1 Bookkeeping Basics 3

Chapter 2 Chart of Accounts 15

Chapter 3 General Ledger and Subledgers 29

Part Two Daily Activities 37

Chapter 4 Payroll 39

Chapter 5 Purchasing and Payments 79

Chapter 6 Billing and Collections 99

Chapter 7 Cash Management 121

Chapter 8 Inventory 135

Chapter 9 Fixed Assets 155

Chapter 10 Debt Accounting 169

Part Three Creating Financial statements 173

Chapter 11 The Trial Balance 175

Chapter 12 Closing the Books 185

Chapter 13 Balance Sheet 193

Chapter 14 Income Statement 205

Part Four Controls 219

Chapter 15 Budgeting 221

Chapter 16 Control Systems 247

Part Five Other Topics 265

Chapter 17 Record Keeping 267

Chapter 18 Cost Reduction Opportunities 277

Appendices 297

Appendix A Journal Entries 299

Appendix B Beginning Bookkeeper Checklist 317

Glossary 321

About the Author 327

Index 329

Erscheint lt. Verlag 6.5.2011
Zusatzinfo Exhibits: 132 B&W, 0 Color
Verlagsort New York
Sprache englisch
Maße 154 x 229 mm
Gewicht 431 g
Themenwelt Wirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft / Management Rechnungswesen / Bilanzen
ISBN-10 0-470-88255-7 / 0470882557
ISBN-13 978-0-470-88255-9 / 9780470882559
Zustand Neuware
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