Efnisyfirlit

• Cover
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Conventions Used in Financial Reports
  • Foolish Assumptions
  • Icons Used in This Book
  • Beyond the Book
  • Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Accounting Basics
  • Chapter 1: Introducing Accounting to Non-Accountants
    • Accounting Everywhere You Look
    • The Basic Elements of Accounting
    • Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards
    • Enforcing Accounting Rules
    • The Accounting Department: What Goes On in the Back Office
    • Focusing on Business Transactions and Other Financial Events
    • Taking a Closer Look at Financial Statements
    • Accounting as a Career
  • Chapter 2: Bookkeeping 101: From Shoe Boxes to the Cloud
    • Bookkeeping versus Accounting
    • Pedalling through the Bookkeeping Cycle
    • Managing the Bookkeeping and Accounting System
    • Double-Entry Accounting for Non-Accountants
    • Accounting Software and Other Ways to Keep the Books in Order
  • Chapter 3: Taxes, Taxes and More Taxes
    • Taxing Wages and Property
    • Getting to Grips with VAT
    • Taxing Your Bottom Line: Company Taxes
  • Chapter 4: Accounting and Your Personal Finances
    • The Accounting Vice You Can’t Escape
    • The Ins and Outs of Figuring Interest and Return on Investment (ROI)
    • An Accounting Template for Retirement Planning
• Part 2: Getting a Grip on Financial Statements
  • Chapter 5: Profit Mechanics
    • Swooping Profit into One Basic Equation
    • Measuring the Financial Effects of Profit-Making Activities
    • Exploring the Profit-Making Process One Step at a Time
    • So Where’s Your Hard-Earned Profit?
    • Reporting Profit to Managers and Investors: The Profit and Loss Account
  • Chapter 6: The Balance Sheet from the Profit and Loss Account Viewpoint
    • Coupling the Profit and Loss Account with the Balance Sheet
    • Sizing Up Assets and Liabilities
    • Financing a Business: Owners’ Equity and Debt
    • Reporting Financial Condition: The Classified Balance Sheet
    • Costs and Other Balance Sheet Values
    • Growing Up
  • Chapter 7: Cash Flows and the Cash Flow Statement
    • The Three Types of Cash Flow
    • Setting the Stage: Changes in Balance Sheet Accounts
    • Getting at the Cash Increase from Profit
    • Presenting the Cash Flow Statement
    • Free Cash Flow: What on Earth Does That Mean?
    • Scrutinising the Cash Flow Statement
  • Chapter 8: Funding the Business
    • Weighing Your Financing Options
    • Going for Debt
    • Sharing Out the Spoils
    • Researching Grants and Awards
    • Raising Money from the Crowd
    • Comparing Accelerators and Incubators
    • Considering a Public Listing
• Part 3: Accounting in Managing a Business
  • Chapter 9: Managing Profit Performance
    • Redesigning the External Profit and Loss Account
    • Basic Model for Management Profit and Loss Account
    • Traversing Two Trails to Profit
    • Doing What-If Analysis
    • A Final Word or Two
  • Chapter 10: Business Budgeting
    • The Reasons for Budgeting
    • Budgeting and Management Accounting
    • Budgeting in Action
    • Capital Budgeting
    • Reporting On Variances
    • Staying Flexible with Budgets
  • Chapter 11: Choosing the Right Ownership Structure
    • From the Top Line to the Bottom Line
    • What Owners Expect for Their Money
  • Chapter 12: Cost Conundrums
    • Previewing What’s Coming Down the Road
    • What Makes Cost So Important?
    • Sharpening Your Sensitivity to Costs
    • Putting Together the Pieces of Product Cost for Manufacturers
    • A View from the Top Regarding Costs
  • Chapter 13: Choosing Accounting Methods
    • Decision-Making Behind the Scenes in Profit and Loss Accounts
    • Calculating Cost of Goods Sold and Cost of Stock
    • Identifying Stock Losses: Net Realisable Value (NRV)
    • Managing Your Stock Position
    • Appreciating Depreciation Methods
    • Collecting or Writing Off Bad Debts
    • Reconciling Corporation Tax
    • Dealing with Foreign Exchange
    • Two Final Issues to Consider
• Part 4: Financial Reports in the Outside World
  • Chapter 14: How Investors Read a Financial Report
    • Financial Reporting by Private versus Public Businesses
    • Analysing Financial Reports with Ratios
    • Making Sure That Disclosure Is Adequate
    • Checking for Ominous Skies on the Audit Report
    • Finding Financial Facts
  • Chapter 15: Professional Auditors and Advisors
    • Why Audits?
    • Who’s Who in the World of Audits
    • What an Auditor Does before Giving an Opinion
    • What’s in an Auditor’s Report
    • Do Audits Always Catch Fraud?
    • Auditors and the Rules
    • From Audits to Advising
• Part 5: The Part of Tens
  • Chapter 16: Ten Ways Savvy Business Managers Use Accounting
    • Make Better Profit Decisions
    • Understand That a Small Sales Volume Change Has a Big Effect on Profit
    • Fathom Profit and Cash Flow from Profit
    • Govern Cash Flow Better
    • Call the Shots on Your Management Accounting Methods
    • Build Better Budgets
    • Optimise Capital Structure and Financial Leverage
    • Develop Better Financial Controls
    • Minimise Tax
    • Explain Your Financial Statements to Others
  • Chapter 17: Ten (plus One) Questions Investors Should Ask When Reading a Financial Report
    • Did Sales Grow?
    • Did the Profit Ratios Hold?
    • Were There Any Unusual or Extraordinary Gains or Losses?
    • Did Earnings Per Share Keep Up with Profit?
    • Did the Profit Increase Generate a Cash Flow Increase?
    • Are Increases in Assets and Liabilities Consistent with the Business’s Growth?
    • Can the Business Pay Its Liabilities?
    • Are There Any Unusual Assets and Liabilities?
    • How Well Are Assets Being Utilised?
    • What Is the Return on Capital Investment?
    • Have the Numbers Been Nudged?
  • Chapter 18: Ten Ways to Get a Better Handle on the Financial Future
    • Sales Forecasts versus Sales Objectives
    • Dealing with Demand Curves
    • Maths Matters
    • Averaging Out Averages
    • Looking for Causes
    • Straddling Cycles
    • Surveying Future Trends
    • Talking to the Troops
    • Setting Out Assumptions
    • Making Regular Revisions
• Appendix: Glossary: Slashing through the Accounting Jargon Jungle
• About the Authors
• Advertisement Page
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement

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