Brief Contents
         Part l Flnanclal Reportlng and the Accountlng Cycle
         1 Accounting Information: Users and Uses
         2 Financial Statements: An Overview
         3 Transactions and the Accounting Cycle
         4 Completing the Accounting Cycle
         Appendix A: Using a Work Shee
         Appendix B: Special Journals
         5 The Integrity of Financial Information
         Part 2 Operatlng Actlvltles
         6 Selling a Product or Service
         7 Purchasing Inventory for Resale
         8 Completing the Operating Cycle
         Part 3 Investlng and Flnanclng Actlvltles
         9 Investments in Property, Plant, and Equipment; Intangible
         Assets; and Natural Resources
         lO Long-Term Debt Financing
         l l Equity Financing
         l 2 Investments in Deb and Equity Securities
         Part 4 Other Dlmenslons of Flnanclal Reportlng
         l 3 The Statement ofCash Flows
         14 Financial Reporting and Analysis
         Appendlx: PepslCo, Inc. 3.993 Annual Report
         Glossary
         Index
         Check Figures
         PARTl
         FINANCIAL REPORTING AND
         THE ACCOUNTING CYCLE
         1 Accountlng Information: Users and Uses
         The Purpose of Accounting
         The Relationship of Accounting to Busines
         Users ofAccounting Information
         The Environment of Accounting
         The Signiflcance and Dwelopment ofGAAP
         Intemational Business
         Ethics in Accounting
         Career Opportunities in Accounting
         Public Accounting
         Industry
         Government and Uther Nonprofit Organization
         Educational Preparation
         2 Flnanclal Statements: An Overvlew
         Fundamental Concepts and Assumptions Underlying
         Financial Accounting
         The Separate Entity Concept
         The Assumption of Arm's-Length Transactians
         The Cost Principle
         The Monetaiy Measurent Concept
         The Going Concern Assumption
         Double-Entry Accounting
         Primary Financial Statements
         The Balance Sheet
         The Income Statement
         The Sfatement ofCash Flows
         Relaoonships Among Financial Statement Items
         How the Financial Statements Tie Together
         Notes to Financial Statements
         The A.udit Report
         3 Transactlons and the Accountlng Cycle
         The Process ofTransforming Transaction Data into
         Useful Accounting Information
         The Basic Accounting Equation
         Using Accounts to Categorize Transactiow
         Expanding the Accounting Equation to Include Revenues
         Expenses, and Dividends
         The First Four Steps in the Accounting Cycle
         Step 1. Analyze Transactions andBusiness Documents
         Slep 2. Joumalize Transactions
         Step 3. PostJoumal Entries to Accoums
         Step 4. Determine Account Balances and Prepare a Trial
         Balance
         Where Do Computers Fit in All This?
         Illustration ofthe First Pour Steps in the Accounting
         Cycle
         4 Completing the Accountlng Cycle
         Additional Characteristics ofthe Accounting
         Model
         Periodic Reporting
         Accrual Accounting
         Accrual- Versus Cash-Basis Accounting
         Adjusting Entries (Step 5 ofthe Accounting Cycle)
         Vnrecorded Revenues
         Vnrecorded Expenses
         Prepaid Expenses
         Uneamed Revenues
         Preparing Financial Statements
         The Closing Process
         Real and Nominal Accounts
         Closing Entries
         Closing the Dividends Account
         Preparing a Post-Closing Trial Balance
         A Summary of the Accounting Cycle
         Expi
         KlMa
         Alternative Approaches for Adjusting Entries
         An Altemative Approach to Adjustments for Prepaid
         Expmses
         An Altemative Approach to Adjustments fm Vneamed
         Revenues
         Concluding Comment,
         Appendix A: Using a Work Sheet
         Appendix B: Special Joumals
         5 The Integrtty of Flnanclal Informatlon
         Types ofErrors in the Financial Reporting Process
         Errors in Transactions andJournal Entries
         Errors in Accouats and Ledgers
         Errors in Trial Balances and Financial Statemwts
         Safeguards in the Financial Reporting Process
         Intemal Control Structure
         Intemal Auditors
         Extemal Auditdrs
         Securities and Exchange Commission
         PART2
         OPERATlNG ACTlVlTlES
         6 Selllng a Product or Servlce
         Major Functions ofa Business
         Revenues
         Recognizing Revenue w Credit Sale
         Some Real- World Examples
         Accounting for Receivables .
         Accounts Receivable
         Assessing How Well Organization Manage Their
         Receivables
         Expanded Materlal
         Credit Card Sales
         Notes Receivable
         Discounting Nofes Receivable
         Estimating Uncollectible Accounts Receivable as a
         Percentage ofCredit Sales
         Selling or "Factoring" Receivables
         7 Purchaslng Inventory for Resale
         Inventory and Cost of Goods Sold
         The Proper Measurement oflnventory and Cost ofGood
         Sold
         The Effects oflnventory andCost ofGood Sold
         Errors
         Other Factors Affecting the Proper Measureimnt oflnven-
         tory and Cost ofGoods Sold
         Real-World Examples oflnvenlory
         The Perpetual Method ofAccounting for Invencory and
         Cost of Goods Sold
         Purcbose Discounts
         Transpwtation Costs
         Inventory Cost Flows
         Specific Idmttfication Inventory Costing
         Assumed Inventory Cost Flows
         A Comparison of All Imventory Costing Methods
         Taking a Physical Count oflnventory
         Closing Entry for Cost ofGwds Sold
         Assessing How Well Organizations Manage Their
         inventories
         Expanded Materfal
         The Periodic Inventory Method
         Purchase Discounts
         Purchase Retums and Allowances
         Transportation Costs
         Calwlating Cost ofGoods Sold With the Periodi
         Method
         Periodic Imentory Cost Flow Assumptions
         Closing Entriesfor Inventory-Related Accounts Under the
         Periodic Inventory Method
         A Comparison ofthe Inventory Costing Alternative
         Reporting Inventory at Amounts Below Cost
         Inventory Valued at Net Realizable Value
         Inventory Valued at Lower ofCost or Market
         Methods of Estimating Inventories
         The Gross Margin Method
         The Retail Inventory M.ethod
         8 Completing the Operatlng Cycle
         Salary Expenses and Liabilities
         Taxes on Operations
         Sales Taxes
         Property Taxes
         Income Taxes
         Miscellaneous Operating Expenses
         Prepaid Expenses
         Accrued Expenses
         Obligations to Perform Services
         Summarizing Operations on an Income Statement
         Other Revenues and Expenses
         Extraordinary Items
         Earnings per Share
         Accounting for Cash
         Control ofCash
         Reconciling the Bank Account
         Operating Cycle Ratios
         Current Ratio
         Acid-Test Ratio
         Other Measures ofLiquidity
         Some Reat-World Examples
         Expanded Material
         Accounting for Petty Cash
         PART3
         iNVESTlNG AND FINANClNG ACTlVlTlES
         9 Investments In Property, Plant, and Equlp-
         ment; Intanglble Assets; and Natural Re-
         sources
         Nature ofOperating Assets
         Accounting for Property, Plant, and Equipment
         Acquisitions ofProperty, Plant, and Eqmpment
         Some Real-World Examples
         Allocating the Cost of Plant and Equipment to
         Expense
         Repairing and Improving Plant and Equipment
         Disposal ofProperty, Plant, and Equipment
         Discarding Prtiperty, Plant, and Equipmmt
         Selling Property, Plant, and Equipment
         Accounting for Intangible Assets
         Patents
         Pranchises and License
         Goodwill
         Accounting for Natural Resources
         Expanded Materlal
         Accelerated Depreciation Methods
         Declining-Balance Method of Depreciation
         Sum-of-the-Years'-Digits Method of Depreciation
         A Comparison of Depredation Methods
         Changes in Depreciation Estimates
         Exchanging Property, Plant, and Equipment
         Gain On the Exchange ofSimilar Operating Assets
         Loss on the Exchange ofSimilar Operating Assets
         Exchanges ofDissimilar Assets
         lO Long-Term Debt Financlng
         Measuring Long-Term Liabilities
         Present Value and Puture Value Concept
         The Present Value ofan Annuity
         Accounting for Long-Term Liabilities
         Interest-Bearing Notes
         Mortgage Payable
         Lease Obligations
         The Nature of Bonds
         Types ofBonds
         Characteristics ofBonds
         Determining a Bond's Issuance Price
         Accountingfor Bonds Payable Issued at Face Value
         Bond Retirements at Maturity
         Bond Retirements Before Maturity
         Other Long-Term Liabilities
         Deferred Income Taxes
         Pension Liabilities
         Expanded Materlal
         -Bonds Issued at a Discount or at a Premium
         Accounting for Bonds Issued at a Discount
         Accounttng for Bonds Issued at a Premium
         Effective-lnterut Amwttzation
         Bonds Issued Between Interest Dates
         11 Equlty Flnanclng
         Corporations and Corporate Stock
         Characteristics of a Corporation
         The Stock of a Corpwation
         Accounting for Stock
         Issuance ofPar-Value Stock and No-Par Stock with
         Stated Value
         Issuance ofNo-Par Stock Without a Stated Vaiue
         Accounting for Treasury Stock
         Reporting Stock on the Balance Sheet
         Some Real-World Examples
         Using Equity and Debt Financing Ratios to Assess the
         Liquidity ofa Company
         Distributions to Stockholders
         Types ofDividends
         Accounting for Cash Dividends
         Accounting for Retained Earnings
         Statement ofStockholders' Equity
         Expanded Materlal
         Accounting for Stock Dividends
         Stock Splits
         Prior-Period Adjustments
         The Statement ofRetained Earnings
         Characteristics Shared by Proprietorships and
         Partnerships
         Ease of Formation
         Limited Life
         Unlimited Liabilily
         Characteristics Unique to Partnerships
         Mutual Agency
         Co-Ownership of Partnershtp Properly
         Sharing of Partnership Profits
         Proprietorship and Partnership Accounting
         Accounting for Equity Financing in a Proprietorship
         Accounting for Equity Pinancing in a Partnership
         Porming a Partnershtp
         Partners' Drawing Accounts
         The Statement ofPartners' Capital
         12 Investments in Debt and Equlty
         Securltles 507
         Why Companies Invest in Other Companies
         Classifying a Security
         Held-to-Maturity Securities
         Equity Method Securities
         Trading and Availdble-for-Sale Securitie
         Why the Different Classifications?
         Accounting for Trading and Available-for-Sale
         Securities
         Accounting for the Purchase of Securities
         Accounting for the Retum Earned on an Inveslment
         Accounting for the Sale ofSecurties
         Accounting for Changes in the Value of Securities
         Changes in the Value ofTrading Securities
         Changes in the Value of Available-for-Sale Securitie
         Subsequent Changes in Value
         Expanded Material
         Accounting for Held-to-Maturity Securities
         Accounting for the Initial Purchase
         Accounting for Bonds Purchased Betwew Interest Dates
         Accountingfor the Amortization ofBond Discount and
         Premiums
         Accountingfm the Sale or Maturity ofBond Investment
         Accounting for Equity Investments Using the Equity
         Method
         Illustrating the Equity Method
         PART4
         OTHER DlMENSlONS OF FlNANClAL
         REPORTlNG
         13 The Statement of Cash Flows
         Purposes ofa Statement ofCash Flows
         Information Reported in the Statement
         ofCash Flows
         Major Classifications ofCash Flows
         Noncasb Investing and Financing Activities
         The Direct and Indirect Methods of Reporting
         Operating Cash Flows
         The Indirect Method
         The Direct Method .
         Comparing the Direct and Indirect Methods
         Recommendation ofFASB Statement No. 95
         Usefulness ofCash Flow Statements
         Historical Perspective
         Importance ofCash Plow Analysis
         Expanded Material
         Preparing a Statement ofCash Flows
         The Indinxt Method lllustrated
         The Direct Method lllustrated
         14 Flnanclal Reportlng and Analysls
         Reasons for Financial Statement Analysis
         Imestment and Credit Decisiow
         Managerial Decisions
         Regulatory Decisions
         Overview of Financial Statement Analysis
         Some Basic Techniques
         Key Relationships
         Operating Performance
         income Statement Vertical Analysis
         Income Statement Horizontal Analysis
         Asset Turnover
         Balance Sheet Vertical Analysis
         Balance Sheet Horizsntal Analysis
         Balance Sheet Ratto Analysis
         Debt-Equity Management
         Return on Stockholders' Equity
         Eamings per Share
         Price-Eamings Ratio
         Using the Statement ofCash Flows as an
         Analysis Tool
         Limitations of Financial Statement Analysis
         Use ofEstimates
         Changes in Values and Price Levels
         Ratios as a Basisfor Comparison
         Expanded Material
         Additional Ratios to Measure Asset Tumover
         Debt-Equity Management, and Return on
         Stockholders' Equity
         Working Capital Tumover
         Property, Plant, andEquipment Turnover
         Debf-Equity Management
         Dividead Payout Ratio
         BookValueperShan
         Retum on Total Assets
         Appendlx: PepslCo, Inc. 1993 Annual Report
         Glossary
         Index
         CheckFlgures
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