Business Accounting and Finance, is a clear, comprehensive and engaging text that is essential reading for anyone studying accounting and finance. Carefully structured to reflect the topics covered in most one or two semester modules, the book comprises two parts: Financial Accounting and Financial Management.
Business Accounting and Finance, is a clear, comprehensive and engaging text that is essential reading for anyone studying accounting and finance. Carefully structured to reflect the topics covered in most one or two semester modules, the book comprises three parts: Financial Accounting, Management Accounting and Business Finance.
Tony Davies FCMA MBA MCMI heads up Lucis Consulting, an international business and financial consultancy and training provider, and formerly lectured on finance and accounting at Bangor Business School, University of Wales.
Ian Crawford CPFA is a lecturer in accounting and finance at the University of Bath.
Features
Preface
Guided Tour of the book
Acknowledgements
Part I Financial Accounting
Chapter 1 The importance of accounting and finance
Chapter 2 Classifying and recording financial transactions
Chapter 3 Balance sheet
Chapter 4 Income statement
Chapter 5 Statement of cash flows
Chapter 6 Corporate governance
Chapter 7 Financial statements analysis
Chapter 8 Annual report and accounts
Case Study I
Case Study II
Part II Financial Management
Chapter 9 The nature of costs
Chapter 10 Managing costs
Case Study III
Chapter 11 Relevant costs, marginal costs, and decision-making
Chapter 12 Short-term planning - the operating budget
Chapter 13 The control budget and variance analysis
Case Study IV
Chapter 14 Financing the business, and the cost of capital
Chapter 15 Investment appraisal and the capital budget
Case Study V
Chapter 16 Working capital management
Case Study VI
Appendices
Appendix 1 Present value tables
Appendix 2 IFRSs and IASs
Appendix 3 Solutions to selected exercises
Glossary of key terms
Index