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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting By Fred Phillips

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting by Fred Phillips


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Fundamentals of Financial Accounting by Fred Phillips

Fundamentals of Financial Accounting, presents an engaging, balanced, and appropriately paced analysis of the fundamentals of financial accounting. Its writing style makes it easy to read and understand, while the selection of real focus companies reinforces the relevance of accounting by introducing students to accounting and business activities in the context of their favorite companies. Balance between preparer and user orientations is achieved throughout the book, by studying both the accounting activities that take place inside the company, as well as evaluating their impact on decisions, and users outside the company. Topic coverage is paced appropriately for students new to accounting, and is thoroughly reinforced every step of the way with an ample variety of innovative pedagogical tools. Clearly understandable, relevant, and accessible, FFA is simply the most student-friendly financial book on the market and provides the tools for students to grasp financial accounting from the ground up.

About Fred Phillips

Fred Phillips is a Master Teacher and professor of introductory accounting at the University of Saskatchewan. He previously taught at the University of Texas at Austin and the University of Manitoba and has an undergraduate accounting degree, a CPA, a CA (Canada), and a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin. Fred was a 2011 3M National Teaching Fellow and has received the L. S. Rosen Outstanding Educator Award, the American Accounting Associations Innovation in Auditing and Assurance Education Award, and the American Accounting Associations Award for Outstanding Research in Accounting Education. He is also a recipient of the Edwards M.P.A.cc Teaching Effectiveness Award and, for the third time, the University of Saskatchewan Student Unions Teaching Excellence Award. He has published research and instructional cases in Issues in Accounting Education and professional judgment studies in Journal of Accounting Research and Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Robert Libby is the David A. Thomas Professor of Accounting and Accounting Area Coordinator at Cornell University, where he teaches the introductory financial accounting course. He previously taught at the University of Illinois, Pennsylvania State University, the University of Texas at Austin, the University of Chicago, and the University of Michigan. He received his BS from Pennsylvania State University and his MAS and PhD from the University of Illinois; he also successfully completed the CPA exam (Illinois). Bob was selected as the AAA Outstanding Educator in 2000 and received the AAA Outstanding Service Award in 2006 and the AAA Notable Contributions to the Literature Award in 1985 and 1996. He has received the Core Faculty Teaching Award multiple times at Cornell. Bob is a widely published author and researcher specializing in behavioral accounting. He has published numerous articles in The Accounting Review; Journal of Accounting Research; Accounting, Organizations, and Society; and other accounting journals. He has held a variety of offices including vice president, in the American Accounting Association, and he is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the editorial boards of The Accounting Review and Accounting, Organizations, and Society. Patricia Libby is chair of the department of accounting and an associate professor of accounting at Ithaca College, where she teaches the undergraduate financial accounting course. She previously taught graduate and undergraduate financial accounting at Eastern Michigan University and the University of Texas. Before entering academia, she was an auditor with Price Waterhouse (now PricewaterhouseCoopers) and a financial administrator at the University of Chicago. She received her B.S. from Pennsylvania State University, her M.B.A from DePaul University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan; she also successfully completed the CPA exam (Illinois). Pat has published articles in The Accounting Review, Issues in Accounting Education, and The Michigan CPA and is also faculty advisor to Beta Alpha Psi and the Ithaca College Accounting Association.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1Business Decisions and Financial AccountingChapter 2The Balance SheetChapter 3The Income StatementChapter 4Adjustments, Financial Statements, and Financial ResultsChapter 5Financial Reporting and AnalysisChapter 6Internal Control, Cash and Merchandise SalesChapter 7Inventories and Cost of Goods SoldChapter 8Receivables, Bad Debt Expense, and Interest RevenueChapter 9Long-Lived Tangible and Intangible AssetsChapter 10LiabilitiesChapter 11Stockholders' EquityChapter 12The Statement of Cash FlowsChapter 13Measuring and Evaluating Financial PerformanceAppendix AExcerpts from the Fiscal 2010 Annual Report of The Home Depot, Inc Appendix BExcerpts from the Fiscal 2010 Annual Report of Lowe's Companies, IncAppendix CPresent and Future Value ConceptsAppendix DInvestments in Other Corporations

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CIN0078025370G
9780078025372
0078025370
Fundamentals of Financial Accounting by Fred Phillips
Used - Good
Hardback
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
2012-11-16
768
N/A
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