Accounting Tools for Business Decision Making

Starting with the big picture of financial statements first, Paul Kimmel shows students why financial accounting is important to their everyday lives, business majors, and future careers. Kimmel, Accounting is designed for a two-semester financial and managerial accounting sequence that dedicates equal time financial and managerial accounting topics and teaches the accounting cycle from a corporate perspective.

  Introduction to Financial Statements A Further Look at Financial Statements The Accounting Information System Accrual Accounting Concepts Merchandising Operations and the Multiple-Step Income Statement Reporting and Analyzing Inventory Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash Reporting and Analyzing Receivables Reporting and Analyzing Long-Lived Assets Reporting and Analyzing Liabilities Reporting and Analyzing Stockholders’ Equity Statement of Cash Flows Financial Analysis: The Big Picture Managerial Accounting Job Order Costing Process Costing Activity-Based Costing Cost-Volume-Profit Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis: Additional Issues Incremental Analysis Budgetary Planning Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard Planning for Capital Investments