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Accounting for Dummies
John A. Tracy
Rating: 3.0/5 Stars
Rank: 2085
Not everyone is cut out to be a professional accountant. But thanks to
Accounting For Dummies, 2nd Edition you can get a handle on the
financial aspects of your business, investments, or taxes.
Accounting
professor and author John A. Tracy sheds light on the mysteries of
- Generating income statements and balance sheets
- Establishing budgets, controlling profit and cash flow, stemming
losses, and managing inventory
- Evaluating profit
margins – and identifying ways to increase them
- Making financial decisions that keep investors, creditors, and
managers satisfied
- Reading financial reports
- Surviving an
audit and using the results to improve your accounting system
- Putting the latest computer technology to work to help you manage the
bottom line
If you've steered clear of accounting because
you thought it incomprehensible by mere mortals, prepare to be enlightened.
Accounting For Dummies, 2nd Edition empowers you with knowledge you
can't afford to be without.
About the AuthorJohn A. Tracy, CPA, a former staff accountant at Ernst & Young, taught
accounting at the University of Colorado for many years.
His other books
include the 250,000 copy bestseller, How to Read a Financial Report.
Editorials
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Accounting for Dummies
John A. Tracy
![]() | | | Review | | “…insightful and well-reasoned…” (Money
Matters, October 2004) |
![]() | | | Review | | “…insightful and well-reasoned…” (Money
Matters, October 2004) |
![]() | | | From the Back Cover | | Praise for 1st Edition of Accounting For Dummies®
"Essential reading for all of us who want to manage our business
finances effectively." —Mary Metcalfe, Partner, Envirocomm
Communications... read full editorial |
Customer Reviews
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Accounting for Dummies
John A. Tracy
![]() | | | Don't know math? Need to know accounting? | | (houston, tx USA) October 17, 2000 - 4.0/5 stars | | This is the book. This book got me, a non-quantitative anti-numbers person,
through MBA financial accounting. Particularly good are chapters 5-9, that
help interpret and explain financial statements. By no means does... read full review |
![]() | | | not so exciting | | (San Jose, CA) January 13, 2002 - 2.0/5 stars | | This book is quite disappointing, and I (someone with no accounting
background) find it boring and too easy--the manual for an accounting
software seems more exciting than this. I feel there is little about
accounting... read full review |
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