The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting


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Introduces the basics of accounting, discussing such topics as creating accounting statements, tracking sales, keeping tax records, producing a balance sheet, and maintaining receipts.







Introductory Accounting


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Accurate accounting is the key to a successful business. But when you’re dealing with assets and liabilities, profit and loss, and debits and credits, juggling all the numbers can quickly get confusing. Introductory Accounting gives you everything you need to know about basic financial accounting to manage your dollars and cents and keep your accounts in order. Ideal for small businesses, as well as any large company bookkeeper, this book covers: • Structuring your business and choosing an accounting method. • Setting up an accounting system and basic operating procedures (tracking sales, determining costs, managing cash, etc.). • Creating employee records, maintaining a payroll system, and accounting for benefits. • Keeping tax and benefit records. • Reporting costs. • Closing out cash journals and employee accounts at month-end and balancing ledgers. • Preparing month-end and year-end statements and reports. • Producing a balance sheet and monthly profit-and-loss (P&L) statements. • Using accounting software.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting


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The Complete Idiot's Guide to Accounting, Second Edition, is for small business owners, novice bookkeepers, and accounting clerks who need a comprehensive overview of the monthly accounting process. It guides readers through the ins and outs of creating accounts, conducting transactions, handling employees and payroll, managing month-end procedures, and issuing financial reports. It also covers the various types of accounting software programs available and how to use them to manage a manual set of books. In addition, this new edition includes- Updates to current corporate tax rates Changes to inventory management procedures An all-new appendix featuring the latest government forms Changes to depreciation and sales taxes New and updated computer software programs




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Money for Teens


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Teens are targeted as consumers more and more. This gives them tremendous influence, but it also sets them up to be taken advantage of. "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Money for Teens" teaches them how to get money, save and invest it, budget it, spend it wisely, and keep track of it. Whether they're saving for their first car, trying to make sense of a checking account statement, or trying to establish a good credit history, this guide has solid information and teen-tested tips.




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Value Investing


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Value investing concentrates on business tangibles and common sense. This guide explains these strategies in clear, jargon-free terms, and gives advice on- the importance of knowing the four major parts of a company's annual report and how to read them, how to listen for insights into the company plans and performance during the CEO's discussion with analysts, and major strategic investment policies that drive value investing and how to select the one right for your goals. From an expert financial writer Red-hot investment strategy in this troubled financial climate Billionaire gurus like Warren Buffet advocate value investing




The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Living on a Budget


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Offers advice on saving money, paying off credit cards, and planning, executing, and sticking to a budget




The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance For Small Business


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Thinking big in small business. With this essential volume, small business financial expert Ken Little guides small business owners through the strategies that can enhance long-term financial success. Features crucial information on working with investors, giving banks numbers that are meaningful to them, exploring new ideas for financing growth, and much more.




The Pocket Idiot's Guide to Health Savings Accounts


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Simplifying and understanding health care in America. In 2004, Congress created Health Savings Accounts (HSAs) with the intention of putting the brakes on runaway health care costs. The concept was simple: Get people to start thinking about health care expenses the same way they think about other goods and services they buy. But what started as simple idea has proven to be difficult for many to understand and implement. This book simplifies HSAs and their corresponding HDHPs for business owners and managers alike. • Covers how HSAs and HDHPs work, the pros and cons of them, how to install them, strategies for getting the most out of them, and how paychecks and taxes are affected • U.S. health care costs were nearly $1.7 trillion in 2003. • According to a national survey, 81% of large and 78% of small companies are considering implementing HSAs by 2006




Reading Financial Reports For Dummies


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Discover how to decipher financial reports Especially relevant in today's world of corporate scandals and new accounting laws, the numbers in a financial report contain vitally important information about where a company has been and where it is going. Packed with new and updated information, Reading Financial Reports For Dummies, 3rd Edition gives you a quick but clear introduction to financial reports–and how to decipher the information in them. New information on the separate accounting and financial reporting standards for private/small businesses versus public/large businesses New content to match SEC and other governmental regulatory changes New information about how the analyst-corporate connection has actually changed the playing field The impact of corporate communications and new technologies New examples that reflect current trends Updated websites and resources Reading Financial Reports For Dummies is for investors, traders, brokers, managers, and anyone else who is looking for a reliable, up-to-date guide to reading financial reports effectively.