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Introduction to Accounting (ePub eBook) 2nd Revised edition


Introduction to Accounting (ePub eBook) 2nd Revised edition

eBook by Scott, Peter

Introduction to Accounting (ePub eBook)

£46.65

ISBN:
9780192589910
Publication Date:
11 May 2021
Edition:
2nd Revised edition
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Imprint:
OUP Oxford
Pages:
720 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Introduction to Accounting (ePub eBook)

Description

Practical and crystal clear, the second edition of Peter Scott's Introduction to Accounting and its accompanying online resources provide a supportive introduction to the subject, guiding students towards self-led practice.Reflecting current International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS), and with coverage on both financial and cost and management accounting, the author walks the student carefully through the essential material to ensure they develop a solid foundation for more advanced modules. Scott's lively writing style sets the numerical content within an easy-to-follow narrative, and the relevance of each tool or technique is explained at every turn. Amultitude of worked and real-life examples help students to connect with the concepts, while each chapter ends with questions that are tiered according to difficulty to help students verify that they have mastered the essentials before progressing. Readers are directed towards additional support andexercises throughout to further encourage active participation and to prompt them to assess and consolidate their knowledge.Digital formats and resources:The second edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooksOnline student resources supporting the book include:- Interactive multiple-choice-questions for revising key topics;- Numerical exercises for practicing the calculation of accounting information from given sets of data;- 'Go back over this again' feature containing a mix of further examples, written exercises, true or false questions, and annotated accounting information to help consolidate learning and revise or revisit concepts;- 'Show me how to do it' videos that provide practical demonstrations of dealing with more complex accounting tasks; and- Web links for primary source material and articles through which readers can learn more about the companies and organizations discussed in the book.Online lecturer resources supporting the book include:- Quizzes. A test bank of over 500 ready-to-use questions, written specifically to match the book's content, giving lecturers the flexibility they need to manage, set and develop quizzes tailored to their course, and automatically graded to save time marking;- Gradebook. Automatically grades student responses to quizzes, while its visual heat maps provide at-a-glance information about student achievement and engagement; and- Course content. Additional material to support teaching, including a large double-entry case study, PowerPoint slides, and more examples and solutions.

Contents

1: Introduction Part One: Financial Accounting 2: The statement of financial position 3: The income statement 4: Double-entry bookkeeping 1: Debits, credits, T accounts, the trial balance and the financial statements 5: Double-entry bookkeeping 2: Books of prime entry, accounting systems and other double entry applications 6: The statement of cash flows 7: Business organizations and the financing of business 8: Ratio analysis 1: Profitability, efficiency and performance 9: Ratio analysis 2: Liquidity, working capital and long term financial stability Part Two: Management Accounting 10: Cost and management accounting in context 11: Product costing: Absorption costing 12: Relevant costs, marginal costing and short-term decision making 13: Standard costing and variance analysis 14: Budgeting 15: Process costing 16: Capital investment appraisal 17: Corporate governance and sustainability

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