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Accounting principles

Jerry J. Weygandt, Donald E. Kieso, Paul D. Kimmel

J. Wiley, c2008

8th ed

  • v. 1
  • v. 2

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Includes indexes

v. 1. chapters 1-12. -- v. 2. chapters 13-26

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

v. 1 ISBN 9780470081969

Description

Success in accounting is just a click away. With WileyPLUS, students and instructors will experience success in the classroom. When students succeed, when they stay on-task and make the breakthrough that turns confusion into confidence, they are empowered to realize the possibilities for greatness that lie within each of them. Our goal is to create an environment where students reach their full potential and experience the exhilaration of academic success that will last them a lifetime. WileyPLUS helps to reach that goal. WileyPLUS is an online suite of resources including the complete text that will help students: come to class better prepared for lectures; get immediate feedback and context-sensitive help on assignments and quizzes; track progress throughout the course. 85 per cent of students surveyed said it improved their understanding of the material. 82 per cent of students surveyed said it made them better prepared for tests.

Table of Contents

1 Accounting in Action.What Is Accounting?The Building Blocks of Accounting. The Basic Accounting Equation.Using the Basic Accounting Equation.Financial Statements.All About You: ETHICS: MANAGING PERSONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.APPENDIX: Accounting Career Opportunities.2 The Recording Process.The Account.Steps in the Recording Process.The Recording Process Illustrated. The Trial Balance.All About You: YOUR PERSONAL ANNUAL REPORT.3 Adjusting the Accounts.Timing Issues.The Basics of Adjusting Entries. The Adjusted Trial Balance and Financial Statements. APPENDIX: Alternative Treatment of Prepaid Expenses and Unearned Revenues.4 Completing the Accounting Cycle.Using a Worksheet.Closing the Books.Summary of the Accounting Cycle. Classified Balance Sheet.Long-Term Investments.All About You: YOUR PERSONAL BALANCE SHEET.APPENDIX: Reversing Entries.5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations.Merchandising Operations.Recording Purchases of Merchandise.Recording Sales of Merchandise. Completing the Accounting Cycle.All About You: WHEN IS A SALE A SALE?Determining Cost of Goods Sold Under a Periodic System.APPENDIX 5A: Periodic Inventory System.APPENDIX 5B: Worksheet for a Merchandising Company.6 Inventories.Classifying Inventory.Determining Inventory Quantities.Inventory Costing.Inventory Errors.Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: EMPLOYEE THEFT-AN INSIDE JOB.APPENDIX 6A: Inventory Cost Flow Methods in Perpetual Inventory Systems.APPENDIX 6B: Estimating Inventories.7 Accounting Information Systems.Basic Concepts of Accounting Information Systems.Computerized Accounting Systems.Manual Accounting Systems. Special Journals.All About You: KEEPING TRACK OF THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR LIFE.8 Internal Control and Cash.Internal Control.Cash Controls.Use of a Bank. Reporting Cash.9 Accounting for Receivables.Types of Receivables. Accounts Receivable.Notes Receivable.Statement Presentation and Analysis. All About You: SHOULD YOU BE CARRYING PLASTIC?10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets.SECTION 1 Plant Assets.Determining the Cost of Plant Assets.Depreciation.Expenditures During Useful Life. Plant Asset Disposals.SECTION 2 Natural Resources.SECTION 3 Intangible Assets.Accounting for Intangible Assets.Research and Development Costs.Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: BUYING A WRECK OF YOUR OWN.APPENDIX: Exchange of Plant Assets.11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting.Accounting for Current Liabilities.Contingent Liabilities.Payroll Accounting.All About You: YOUR BOSS WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU JOGGED TODAY. APPENDIX: Additional Fringe Benefits.12 Accounting for Partnerships.Partnership Form of Organization.Basic Partnership Accounting.Liquidation of a Partnership. All About You: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR PARTNER?APPENDIX: Admission and Withdrawal of Partners.13 Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions.The Corporate Form of Organization.Accounting for Common Stock Issues.Accounting for Treasury Stock.Preferred Stock. Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: HOME-EQUITY LOANS.14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Reporting.Dividends.Retained Earnings.All About You: CORPORATIONS HAVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES-DO YOU?15 Long-Term Liabilities.Bond Basics.Accounting for Bond Issues. Accounting for Bond Retirements. Accounting for Other Long-Term Liabilities. Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: THE RISKS OF ADJUSTABLE RATES.APPENDIX 15A: Present Value Concepts Related to Bond Pricing.APPENDIX 15B: Effective-Interest Method of Bond Amortization.APPENDIX 15C: Straight-Line Amortization.16 Investments.Why Corporations Invest.Accounting for Debt Investments.Accounting for Stock Investments.Valuing and Reporting Investments.All About You: A GOOD DAY TO START SAVING.17 The Statement of Cash Flows.The Statement of Cash Flows: Usefulness and Format.SECTION 1 Preparing the Statement of Cash.Flows-Indirect Method.Step 1: Operating Activities.Summary of Conversion to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities-Indirect Method.Step 2: Investing and Financing Activities.Step 3: Net Change in Cash.Using Cash Flows to Evaluate a Company.All About You: WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?APPENDIX 17A: Using a Work Sheet to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows-Indirect Method.APPENDIX 17B: Statement of Cash Flows-Direct Method.18 Financial Statement Analysis.Basics of Financial Statement Analysis.Horizontal Analysis.Vertical Analysis. Ratio Analysis. Earning Power and Irregular Items. Quality of Earnings.All About You: SHOULD I PLAY THE MARKET YET?19 Managerial Accounting.Managerial Accounting Basics.Managerial Cost Concepts.Manufacturing Costs in Financial Statements.Managerial Accounting Today. All About You: OUTSOURCING AND JOBS.20 Job Order Cost Accounting.Cost Accounting Systems.Job Order Cost Flow.Reporting Job Cost Data.Under- or Overapplied Manufacturing Overhead.All About You: MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS.21 Process Cost Accounting.The Nature of Process Cost Systems.Equivalent Units.Comprehensive Example of Process Costing.Contemporary Developments. All About You: WAL-MART IS ON THE PHONE.APPENDIX: Example of Traditional Costing versus Activity-Based Costing.22 Cost-Volume-Profit. Cost Behavior Analysis.Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.All About You: A HYBRID DILEMMA.APPENDIX: Variable Costing.23 Budgetary Planning.Budgeting Basics.Preparing the Operating Budgets.Direct Labor Budget.Preparing the Financial Budgets.Budgeting in Non-Manufacturing Companies. All About You: AVOIDING PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISASTER.24 Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting.The Concept of Budgetary Control.Static Budget Reports.Flexible Budgets. The Concept of Responsibility Accounting.Types of Responsibility Centers. All About You: BUDGETING FOR HOUSING COSTS. 25 Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard.The Need for Standards.Setting Standard Costs-A Difficult Task. Analyzing and Reporting Variances from Standards.Balanced Scorecard.All About You: BALANCING COSTS AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE.APPENDIX: Standard Cost Accounting System.26 Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting. SECTION 1 Incremental Analysis.Management's Decision-Making Process.Types of Incremental Analysis.SECTION 2 Capital Budgeting.Evaluation Process.Annual Rate of Return.Cash Payback.Discounted Cash Flow.All About You: WHAT IS A DEGREE WORTH?APPENDIX A: Specimen Financial Statements: PepsiCo, Inc.APPENDIX B: Specimen Financial Statements: The Coca-Cola Company.APPENDIX C: Present Value Concepts.APPENDIX D: Using Financial Calculators.APPENDIX E: Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management Accountants. IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice.Principles.Standards.Resolution of Ethical Conflict.Photo Credits.Company Index.Subject Index.
Volume

v. 2 ISBN 9780470081976

Description

Success in Accounting is just a click away...With WileyPLUS, students and instructors will experience success in the classroom. When students succeed when they stay on-task and make the breakthrough that turns confusion into confidence they are empowered to realize the possibilities for greatness that lie within each of them. Our goal is to create an environment where students reach their full potential and experience the exhilaration of academic success that will last them a lifetime. WileyPLUS helps to reach that goal. WileyPLUS is an online suite of resources including the complete text that will help students: come to class better prepared for lectures; get immediate feedback and context-sensitive help on assignments and quizzes; and, track progress throughout the course. 85 per cent of students surveyed said it improved their understanding of the material. 82 per cent of students surveyed said it made them better prepared for tests.

Table of Contents

1 Accounting in Action.What Is Accounting?The Building Blocks of Accounting. The Basic Accounting Equation.Using the Basic Accounting Equation.Financial Statements.All About You: ETHICS: MANAGING PERSONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING.APPENDIX: Accounting Career Opportunities.2 The Recording Process.The Account.Steps in the Recording Process.The Recording Process Illustrated. The Trial Balance.All About You: YOUR PERSONAL ANNUAL REPORT.3 Adjusting the Accounts.Timing Issues.The Basics of Adjusting Entries. The Adjusted Trial Balance and Financial Statements. APPENDIX: Alternative Treatment of Prepaid Expenses and Unearned Revenues.4 Completing the Accounting Cycle.Using a Worksheet.Closing the Books.Summary of the Accounting Cycle. Classified Balance Sheet.Long-Term Investments.All About You: YOUR PERSONAL BALANCE SHEET.APPENDIX: Reversing Entries.5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations.Merchandising Operations.Recording Purchases of Merchandise.Recording Sales of Merchandise. Completing the Accounting Cycle.All About You: WHEN IS A SALE A SALE?Determining Cost of Goods Sold Under a Periodic System.APPENDIX 5A: Periodic Inventory System.APPENDIX 5B: Worksheet for a Merchandising Company.6 Inventories.Classifying Inventory.Determining Inventory Quantities.Inventory Costing.Inventory Errors.Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: EMPLOYEE THEFT-AN INSIDE JOB.APPENDIX 6A: Inventory Cost Flow Methods in Perpetual Inventory Systems.APPENDIX 6B: Estimating Inventories.7 Accounting Information Systems.Basic Concepts of Accounting Information Systems.Computerized Accounting Systems.Manual Accounting Systems. Special Journals.All About You: KEEPING TRACK OF THE DOCUMENTS IN YOUR LIFE.8 Internal Control and Cash.Internal Control.Cash Controls.Use of a Bank. Reporting Cash.9 Accounting for Receivables.Types of Receivables. Accounts Receivable.Notes Receivable.Statement Presentation and Analysis. All About You: SHOULD YOU BE CARRYING PLASTIC?10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets.SECTION 1 Plant Assets.Determining the Cost of Plant Assets.Depreciation.Expenditures During Useful Life. Plant Asset Disposals.SECTION 2 Natural Resources.SECTION 3 Intangible Assets.Accounting for Intangible Assets.Research and Development Costs.Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: BUYING A WRECK OF YOUR OWN.APPENDIX: Exchange of Plant Assets.11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting.Accounting for Current Liabilities.Contingent Liabilities.Payroll Accounting.All About You: YOUR BOSS WANTS TO KNOW IF YOU JOGGED TODAY. APPENDIX: Additional Fringe Benefits.12 Accounting for Partnerships.Partnership Form of Organization.Basic Partnership Accounting.Liquidation of a Partnership. All About You: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR PARTNER?APPENDIX: Admission and Withdrawal of Partners.13 Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions.The Corporate Form of Organization.Accounting for Common Stock Issues.Accounting for Treasury Stock.Preferred Stock. Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: HOME-EQUITY LOANS.14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Reporting.Dividends.Retained Earnings.All About You: CORPORATIONS HAVE GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES-DO YOU?15 Long-Term Liabilities.Bond Basics.Accounting for Bond Issues. Accounting for Bond Retirements. Accounting for Other Long-Term Liabilities. Statement Presentation and Analysis.All About You: THE RISKS OF ADJUSTABLE RATES.APPENDIX 15A: Present Value Concepts Related to Bond Pricing.APPENDIX 15B: Effective-Interest Method of Bond Amortization.APPENDIX 15C: Straight-Line Amortization.16 Investments.Why Corporations Invest.Accounting for Debt Investments.Accounting for Stock Investments.Valuing and Reporting Investments.All About You: A GOOD DAY TO START SAVING.17 The Statement of Cash Flows.The Statement of Cash Flows: Usefulness and Format.SECTION 1 Preparing the Statement of Cash.Flows-Indirect Method.Step 1: Operating Activities.Summary of Conversion to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities-Indirect Method.Step 2: Investing and Financing Activities.Step 3: Net Change in Cash.Using Cash Flows to Evaluate a Company.All About You: WHERE DOES THE MONEY GO?APPENDIX 17A: Using a Work Sheet to Prepare the Statement of Cash Flows-Indirect Method.APPENDIX 17B: Statement of Cash Flows-Direct Method.18 Financial Statement Analysis.Basics of Financial Statement Analysis.Horizontal Analysis.Vertical Analysis. Ratio Analysis. Earning Power and Irregular Items. Quality of Earnings.All About You: SHOULD I PLAY THE MARKET YET?19 Managerial Accounting.Managerial Accounting Basics.Managerial Cost Concepts.Manufacturing Costs in Financial Statements.Managerial Accounting Today. All About You: OUTSOURCING AND JOBS.20 Job Order Cost Accounting.Cost Accounting Systems.Job Order Cost Flow.Reporting Job Cost Data.Under- or Overapplied Manufacturing Overhead.All About You: MINDING YOUR OWN BUSINESS.21 Process Cost Accounting.The Nature of Process Cost Systems.Equivalent Units.Comprehensive Example of Process Costing.Contemporary Developments. All About You: WAL-MART IS ON THE PHONE.APPENDIX: Example of Traditional Costing versus Activity-Based Costing.22 Cost-Volume-Profit. Cost Behavior Analysis.Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.All About You: A HYBRID DILEMMA.APPENDIX: Variable Costing.23 Budgetary Planning.Budgeting Basics.Preparing the Operating Budgets.Direct Labor Budget.Preparing the Financial Budgets.Budgeting in Non-Manufacturing Companies. All About You: AVOIDING PERSONAL FINANCIAL DISASTER.24 Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting.The Concept of Budgetary Control.Static Budget Reports.Flexible Budgets. The Concept of Responsibility Accounting.Types of Responsibility Centers. All About You: BUDGETING FOR HOUSING COSTS. 25 Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard.The Need for Standards.Setting Standard Costs-A Difficult Task. Analyzing and Reporting Variances from Standards.Balanced Scorecard.All About You: BALANCING COSTS AND QUALITY IN HEALTH CARE.APPENDIX: Standard Cost Accounting System.26 Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting. SECTION 1 Incremental Analysis.Management's Decision-Making Process.Types of Incremental Analysis.SECTION 2 Capital Budgeting.Evaluation Process.Annual Rate of Return.Cash Payback.Discounted Cash Flow.All About You: WHAT IS A DEGREE WORTH?APPENDIX A: Specimen Financial Statements: PepsiCo, Inc.APPENDIX B: Specimen Financial Statements: The Coca-Cola Company.APPENDIX C: Present Value Concepts.APPENDIX D: Using Financial Calculators.APPENDIX E: Standards of Ethical Conduct for Management Accountants. IMA Statement of Ethical Professional Practice.Principles.Standards.Resolution of Ethical Conflict.Photo Credits.Company Index.Subject Index.

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  • NCID
    BA84894754
  • ISBN
    • 9780470081969
    • 9780470081976
  • LCCN
    2007274562
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Hoboken, N.J.
  • Pages/Volumes
    2 v. (various pagings)
  • Size
    28 cm
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