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ContentsNotes for teachers and lecturersxiiiNotes for studentsxv Introduction to double entry bookkeeping 1The accounting equation and the balance sheet3 2The double entry system for assets, liabilities and capital18 3Inventory28 4The effect of profit or loss on capital and the double entry system for expenses and revenues39 5Balancing-off accounts50 6The trial balance59 The financial statements of sole traders 7Income statements: an introduction73 8Balance sheets85 9Income statements and balance sheets: further considerations9310Accounting concepts and assumptions106 Books of original entry11Books of original entry and ledgers12112The banking system in the UK12713Cash books13814Sales day book and sales ledger15515Purchases day book and purchases ledger16416Returns day books17017The journal18218The analytical petty cash book and the imprest system19319Value added tax20220Columnar day books22021Employees' pay22822Computers and accounting23623Computerised accounting systems246 Adjustments for financial statements24Capital expenditure and revenue expenditure26125Bad debts, allowance for doubtful debts, and provisions for discounts on accounts receivable27126Depreciation of non-current assets: nature and calculations28627Double entry records for depreciation29928Accruals and prepayments and other adjustments for financial statements32129The valuation of inventory34230Bank reconciliation statements35731Control accounts37032Errors not affecting the balancing of the trial balance38433Suspense accounts and errors392Scenario questions410 Special accounting procedures34Introduction to accounting ratios41735Single entry and incomplete records42936Receipts and payments accounts and income and expenditure accounts44937Manufacturing accounts46338Departmental accounts48239Statements of cash flows49040Joint venture accounts505 Partnership accounts and company accounts41Partnership accounts: an introduction51542Goodwill for sole traders and partnerships53343Revaluation of partnership assets54844Partnership dissolution55645An introduction to the financial statements of limited liability companies57646Purchase of existing partnership and sole traders' businesses608 An introduction to financial analysis47An introduction to the analysis and interpretation of accounting statements623 An introduction to management accounting48An introduction to management accounting657 Appendices1 Answers to review questions6672 Answers to multiple choice questions7393 Glossary740Index751
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