Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts with Annual Report

Focusing on fundamental concepts in a sequence, this work helps students comprehend the material. It enables students to understand how a given business event affects the financial statements. It features the "financial statements model" that allows students to visualize the simultaneous impact of business events on the key financial statements.

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Students are often overwhelmed by the amount of information presented in the introductory financial accounting course. By focusing on fundamental concepts in a logical sequence, students are able to fully comprehend the material rather than memorize seemingly unrelated terms and topics. The goal of "Fundamental Financial Accounting Concepts" is to enable students to understand how any given business event affects the financial statements. The "financial statements model" is a highly praised feature because it allows students to visualize the simultaneous impact of business events on all of the key financial statements (the income statement, the balance sheet, and the statement of cash flows). The mechanics of accounting coverage (debits and credits) is delayed until chapter 4. Instructors have flexibility as to the amount of emphasis they want to place on this topic.