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ACCOUNTING: THE LANGUAGE OF BUSINESS has been used in colleges and universities across the country and in many businesses and financial institutions as part of their training and continuing education programs. BUSINESS WEEK described the book as “… the most useful we have seen.” THE WALL STREET JOURNAL called it, “A splendid little book.” and noted that it is …"the first accounting book that will actually make you smile.” THE CHICAGO DAILY NEWS suggested, “Executives bewildered by accountants’ inability to put their rules in order (and are wondering what it takes to write a good annual report) should get a copy of this book.”
Table of Contents
Glossary – Accounting’s vocabulary comprises many words that have other meanings in ordinary usage. Understanding the concepts and using accounting reports require that the reader know how to interpret the words used and their special meanings. The glossary defines over 1,400 terms as they are used in accounting.
General Electric Company’s Annual Report – The 2003 GE Report is reproduced along with the author’s comments and analysis which should help in understanding the GE Report, and it is hoped, other financial statements as well.
Corporate Scandals: The Accounting Underpinnings (New Chapter!) – Accounting scandals have captured everyone's attention. The accounting issues discussed in the financial press can confuse the accounting novice. The details can overwhelm even accounting professionals. This chapter explains the earnings management fundamentals behind the recent scandals to help both the novice and professional understand the current financial reporting environment.
Accounting Magic – The example shows how generally accepted accounting principles allow such a range of accounting treatments that two firms, exactly alike in all respects expect for their accounting methods, report drastically different incomes. Pronouncements Governing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and their dates of issuance. This is a book students find useful all through school and in their careers following graduation.
Tension in Reporting Income – Why do managers care about where an item appears on the Income Statement? The authors show why the managers care and how readers of the Income Statement use the information to estimate the firm's market value.
Accounting for the Cost of Employee Stock Options: A Tale from Silicon
Valley — No topic in recent years has caused as much controversy as the accounting for employee stock options. The FASB’s proposals here threatened to end standard setting in the private sector. Here’s a cautionary tale describing some of the FASB’s opponents' lack of understanding of the issues.
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