Fundamental Accounting Principles: Chapters 1-25

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Table of Contents:
1. Accounting in Business 2. Analyzing and Recording Transactions 3. Adjusting Accounts and Preparing Financial Statements 4. Completing the Accounting Cycle 5. Accounting for Merchandising Operations 6. Inventories and Cost of Sales 7. Accounting Information Systems 8. Cash and Internal Controls 9. Accounting for Receivables 10. Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangibles 11. Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting 12. Accounting for Partnerships 13. Accounting for Corporations 14. Long-Term Liabilities 15. Investments and International Operations 16. Reporting the Statement of Cash Flows 17. Analysis of Financial Statements 18. Managerial Accounting Concepts and Principles 19. Job Order Cost Accounting 20. Process Cost Accounting 21. Cost Allocation and Performance Measurement 22. Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis 23. Master Budgets and Planning 24. Flexible Budgets and Standard Costs 25. Capital Budgeting and Managerial Decisions

About the Author :
John J. Wild is Professor of Business and Vilas Research Scholar at The University of Wisconsin at Madison, where he also received his Ph.D. He has received numerous teaching awards at Wisconsin as well as from Michigan State University. He is a frequent speaker at universities and national and international conferences. Kermit D. Larson is the Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professor of Accounting Emeritus at the University of Texas at Austin. He served as chairman of the U.T. Department of Accounting and was Visiting Associate Professor at Tulane University. His scholarly articles have been published in a variety of journals, including The Accounting Review, Journal of Accountancy, and Abacus. He is the author of several books, including FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING, and FUNDAMENTALS OF FINANCIAL AND MANAGERIAL ACCOUNTING, both published by Richard D. Irwin, Inc. Professor Larson is a member of The American Accounting Association, the Texas Society of CPAs and the American Institute of CPAs. His activities with the AAA involved service as Vice President, as Southwest Regional Vice President, and as chairperson of several committees, including the Committee of Concepts and Standards. He was a member of the committee that planned the first AAA Doctoral Consortium and served as its Director. Professor Larson served as President of the Richard D. Irwin Foundation. His other activities have included serving on the Accounting Accreditation Committee and on the Accounting Standards Committee of the AACSB. He has been an expert witness on cases involving mergers, antitrust litigation, consolidation criteria, franchise taxes and expropriation of assets by foreign governments.