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Barron's Business Review Books are typically used as college textbook supplements or as main texts in adult education and business brush-up courses. They also make excellent teach-yourself texts for readers who want to expand their business knowledge outside classroom settings. This expanded and updated title explains accounting as the main tool for organizing, maintaining, recording, and analyzing the financial activities of every business. Topics explained include the accounting equation, the different financial statements and their differing functions, the process of recording business transactions, special journals and controls, assets and liabilities, inventories, payroll and government regulations, different forms of business organization, and much more. The text is filled with examples and with review questions and answers. New in this edition is inclusion of the latest available payroll withholding tax tables for Federal, New York State, New York City, and Yonkers municipalities. All payroll topics, including social security taxes, utilize the actual current rates and requirements for each topic presented.
This updated edition offers a step-by-step overview for accounting students. It explains the accounting equation and financial statements and shows how to record business transactions, adjust and reverse entries, keep special journals, record receivables and payables, and more.
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September 06, 2003: Wonderful demonstration of accounting concepts. Makes sure every important information is connected with the rest and covered. Just the Right book to give you a wide precise view of how accounting works in a concise way. I recommend it.
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March 19, 2003: Im only 14 years old and i understood this book just fine, its very interesting and informative, id recommend it to anyone. Very good when compared to other accounting books ive read, i just purchased the book in this series on finance and im looking forward to reading it.