Book description
Learn the basics of practical accounting easily and painlessly with
Accounting For Dummies, 4th Edition
, which features new information on accounting methods and standards to
keep you up to date. With this guide, you can avoid accounting fraud,
minimize confusion, maximize profits, and make sense of accounting
basics with this plain-English guide to your accountant's language.
Understand how to manage inventory, report income and expenses for
public or private companies, evaluate profit margins, analyze business
strengths and weaknesses, and manage budgets for a better bottom line.
John A. Tracy
(Boulder, Colorado) is Professor of Accounting, Emeritus, at the
University of Colorado in Boulder. Before his 35-year tenure at Boulder,
he was on the business faculty for four years at the University of
California in Berkeley. Early in his career he was a staff accountant
with Ernst & Young. John is the author of several books on
accounting and finance, including The Fast Forward MBA in Finance,
How To Read a Financial Report,
and Small Business Financial Management Kit For Dummies
with his son Tage Tracy. John received his BSC degree from Creighton
University. He earned his MBA and PhD degrees at the University of
Wisconsin in Madison. He is a CPA (inactive) in Colorado.
