Table of Contents

Introduction.
Part I: Getting a Financial Accounting Initiation.


Chapter 1: Seeing the Big Picture of Financial Accounting.


Chapter 2: Making Mom Proud: Financial Accounting Career
Options.


Chapter 3: Introducing the Big Three Financial Statements.


Chapter 4: Acronym Alert! Setting the Standards for Financial
Accounting.


Part II: Reviewing Some Accounting Basics.


Chapter 5: Booking It: The Process behind Financial
Accounting.


Chapter 6: Focusing on Accounting Methods and Concepts.


Part III: Spending Quality Time with the Balance
Sheet.


Chapter 7: Assessing the Balance Sheet?s Asset
Section.


Chapter 8: Digging for Debt in the Liabilities Section.


Chapter 9: Letting Owners Know Where They Stand: The Equity
Section.


Part IV: Investigating Income and Cash Flow.


Chapter 10: Searching for Profi t or Loss on the Income
Statement.


Chapter 11: Following the Money by Studying Cash Flow.


Chapter 12: Examining Depreciation Cost Flow Assumptions.


Chapter 13: Learning about Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions.


Part V: Analyzing the Financial Statements.


Chapter 14: Using Ratios and Other Tools.


Chapter 15: Got Your Dictionary Ready? Reading Explanatory Notes
and Disclosures.


Chapter 16: Studying the Report to the Shareholders.


Part VI: Feeling Brave? Tackling More Advanced Financial
Accounting Topics.


Chapter 17: Accounting for Business Combinations.


Chapter 18: Accounting for Income Taxes.


Chapter 19: Accounting for Leases.


Chapter 20: Reporting Changes in Methods and the Correction of
Errors.


Part VII: The Part of Tens.


Chapter 21: Ten Financial Accounting Shenanigans.


Chapter 22: Ten Industries with Special Accounting
Standards.


Index.

About the Author

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.