This book is aimed to applying understanding of accounting to a number of fundamental tasks related to business and personal finance. It includes: how to understand financial statements, create budgets & forecasts, craft profitable business plans, take control of your own finances, gain insight on how companies get money from investors and banks, and avoid common money mistakes.

This popular crash course for managers helps you make sense of financial data and assessing performance. Packed with information on federal regulations, pertinent GAAP rules, global trends that can impact the financial picture, case studies, and practice exercises that reinforce the lessons and strengthen skills.

This authoritative A-Z covers over 3900 clear and concise entries on all aspects of accounting, from financial accounting and direct taxation to auditing and corporate finance. It includes feature entries on key areas (e.g. bankruptcy law and the FTSE share indexes), as well as recommended web links for many entries.