Kenneth W. Boyd 
Accounting All-in-One For Dummies with Online Practice [EPUB ebook] 

Introduction 1
Book 1: Setting Up Your Accounting System 5
Chapter 1: Grasping Bookkeeping and Accounting Basics 7
Chapter 2: Outlining Your Financial Road Map with a Chart of Accounts 17
Chapter 3: Using Journal Entries and Ledgers 27
Chapter 4: Choosing an Accounting Method 43
Book 2: Recording Accounting Transactions 55
Chapter 1: Keeping the Books 57
Chapter 2: Tracking Purchases 69
Chapter 3: Counting Your Sales 81
Chapter 4: Processing Employee Payroll and Benefits 93
Chapter 5: Computing and Reporting Payroll Taxes 113
Book 3: Adjusting and Closing Entries 125
Chapter 1: Depreciating Your Assets 127
Chapter 2: Paying and Collecting Interest 139
Chapter 3: Proving Out the Cash 149
Chapter 4: Reconciling Accounts and Closing Journal Entries 159
Chapter 5: Checking Your Accuracy 175
Chapter 6: Adjusting the Books 185
Book 4: Preparing Income Statements and Balance Sheets 197
Chapter 1: Brushing Up on Accounting Standards 199
Chapter 2: Preparing an Income Statement and Considering Profit 209
Chapter 3: Assessing the Balance Sheet’s Asset Section 227
Chapter 4: Digging for Debt in the Balance Sheet’s Liabilities Section 243
Chapter 5: Explaining Ownership in the Equity Section of the Balance Sheet 257
Chapter 6: Coupling the Income Statement and Balance Sheet 269
Book 5: Reporting on Your Financial Statements 283
Chapter 1: Presenting Financial Condition and Business Valuation 285
Chapter 2: Laying Out Cash Flows and Changes in Equity 295
Chapter 3: Analyzing Financial Statements 311
Chapter 4: Reading Explanatory Notes and Disclosures 327
Chapter 5: Studying the Report to the Shareholders 341
Book 6: Planning and Budgeting for Your Business 353
Chapter 1: Incorporating Your Business 355
Chapter 2: Choosing a Legal Structure for a Business 367
Chapter 3: Drawing Up a Business Plan to Secure Cash 379
Chapter 4: Budgeting for a Better Bottom Line 393
Chapter 5: Mastering and Flexing Your Budgeting 405
Chapter 6: Planning for Long-Term Obligations 417
Book 7: Making Savvy Business Decisions 429
Chapter 1: Estimating Costs with Job Costing 431
Chapter 2: Performing Activity-Based Costing 447
Chapter 3: Examining Contribution Margin 463
Chapter 4: Accounting for Change with Variance Analysis 479
Chapter 5: Making Smart Pricing Decisions 495
Chapter 6: Using Financial Formulas 505
Book 8: Handling Cash and Making Purchase Decisions 515
Chapter 1: Identifying Costs and Matching Costs with Revenue 517
Chapter 2: Exploring Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions 525
Chapter 3: Answering the Question: Should I Buy That? 537
Chapter 4: Knowing When to Use Debt to Finance Your Business 551
Chapter 5: Interpreting Your Financial Results as a Manager 565
Chapter 6: Handling the Financial End of a Business Sale 573
Book 9: Auditing and Detecting Financial Fraud 591
Chapter 1: Mulling Over Sarbanes-Oxley Regulation 593
Chapter 2: Preventing Cash Losses from Embezzlement and Fraud 607
Chapter 3: Assessing Audit Risk 621
Chapter 4: Collecting and Documenting Audit Evidence 645
Chapter 5: Auditing a Client’s Internal Controls 663
Chapter 6: Getting to Know the Most Common Fraud Schemes 685
Chapter 7: Cooked Books: Finding Financial Statement Fraud 693
Index 703

Kenneth W. Boyd has 30 years of experience in accounting and financial services. He is a four-time Dummies book author, a blogger, and a video host on accounting and finance topics.