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Contents Part 1 Introduction to financial accounting 1 The background and the main features of financial accounting 2 Recording transactions 3 Inventory 4 The effect of profit or loss on capital and the double entry system for expenses and revenues 5 Balancing-off accounts 6 The trial balance Multiple-choice questions: Set 1 Part 2 The financial statements of sole proprietors 7 Income statements 8 Balance sheets 9 Income statements and balance sheets: further considerations 10 Accounting concepts and the conceptual framework Part 3 Books and transactions 11 Books of original entry and ledgers 12 Cash books 13 The analytical petty cash book and the imprest system 14 Accounting for sales, purchases and returns 15 The journal 16 Value added tax (VAT) Multiple-choice questions: Set 2 Part 4 Adjustments to financial statements 17 Maths for accounting 18 Inventory valuation 19 Bad debts, allowances for doubtful debts, and allowances for prompt payment discounts 20 Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure 21 Depreciation 22 Accruals and prepayments Multiple-choice questions: Set 3 Part 5 Controls, checks and errors 23 Control accounts 24 Bank reconciliations 25 Errors not affecting the balancing of the trial balance 26 Suspense accounts and errors 27 Single entry and incomplete records Scenario questions Part 6 Further accounting procedures 28 Introduction to the statement of cash flows 29 Receipts and payments accounts and income and expenditure accounts 30 Joint ventures Multiple-choice questions: Set 4 Part 7 Accounting for partnerships 31 Partnerships 32 Goodwill for sole proprietors and partnerships 33 Revaluation of partnership assets 34 Partnership dissolution Part 8 Accounting for companies 35 Introduction to accounting for companies 36 The published financial statements of companies 37 The statement of cash flows for companies Part 9 An introduction to financial analysis 38 Accounting ratios 39 Analysis and interpretation of financial statements Part 10 Accounting today 40 Accounting today Multiple-choice questions: Set 5 Appendices 1 Answers to review questions 2 Answers to multiple-choice questions 3 Glossary Index Credits
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