Maire Loughran Adjunct Full Professor of Financial & Managerial Accounting Certified Public Accountant Learn to: • Determine what each line of a financial statement tells you • Identify the various accounting concepts and methods that companies can employ • Recognize how investors and creditors use financial reports to make decisions Financial Accounting Making Everything Easier!™ Open the book and find: • The purpose of financial accounting • Ethical responsibilities of financial accountants • What financial statements tell you about a company • Regulatory issues and agencies you need to know • Accounting methods and concepts • How to investigate income and cash flow • Different ways to analyze financial statements • The job (and income) outlook for financial accountants Maire Loughran, CPA, is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. An adjunct professor of auditing, accounting, and taxation courses, she is also the author of Auditing For Dummies. $24.99 US / $29.99 CN / £16.99 UK ISBN 978-0-470-93065-6 Business/Accounting/Finance Go to Dummies.com® for videos, step-by-step examples, how-to articles, or to shop! Your plain-English guide to navigating a financial accounting course With easy-to-understand explanations and real-life examples, Financial Accounting For Dummies provides you with the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to interpret, analyze, and evaluate business financial statements. Whether you’re a student taking an introductory course or a business owner who needs a financial accounting initiation, this hands-on, friendly guide can help. • Financial Accounting 101 — get acquainted with the world of financial accounting, from the responsibilities of financial accountants to the coursework, certifications, and career options available • Book it — discover the process behind financial accounting, which starts with booking a company’s accounting transactions using journal entries and ledgers • It’s a balancing act — get the lowdown on the different parts of a balance sheet (assets, liabilities, and equity) and how together they illustrate a company’s financial position • Search for profit (or loss) — navigate an income statement to study a company’s revenue, expenses, gains, and losses • Follow the cash — find out what the statement of cash flows tells you about how a business uses its money Financial Accounting Loughran Start with FREE Cheat Sheets Cheat Sheets include • Checklists • Charts • Common Instructions • And Other Good Stuff! Get Smart at Dummies.com Dummies.com makes your life easier with 1,000s of answers on everything from removing wallpaper to using the latest version of Windows. Check out our • Videos • Illustrated Articles • Step-by-Step Instructions Plus, each month you can win valuable prizes by entering our Dummies.com sweepstakes. * Want a weekly dose of Dummies? Sign up for Newsletters on • Digital Photography • Microsoft Windows & Office • Personal Finance & Investing • Health & Wellness • Computing, iPods & Cell Phones • eBay • Internet • Food, Home & Garden Find out “HOW” at Dummies.com *Sweepstakes not currently available in all countries; visit Dummies.com for official rules. Get More and Do More at Dummies.com® To access the Cheat Sheet created specifically for this book, go to www.dummies.com/cheatsheet/financialaccounting Mobile Apps There’s a Dummies App for This and That With more than 200 million books in print and over 1,600 unique titles, Dummies is a global leader in how-to information. Now you can get the same great Dummies information in an App. With topics such as Wine, Spanish, Digital Photography, Certification, and more, you’ll have instant access to the topics you need to know in a format you can trust. To get information on all our Dummies apps, visit the following: www.Dummies.com/go/mobile from your computer. www.Dummies.com/go/iphone/apps from your phone.