Includes index.

Contents: Accounting For service business: Introduction to accounting -- Analyzing transcations: The Accounting equation -- The Double- entry framework -- Finanical statements and the closing process -- Accounting for cash and payroll: Accounting for cash -- Payroll accouning: employees earnings and deductions -- Payroll accounting: employer taxes and reports -- Accounting for a merchandising business: Accounting for sales and cash receipts -- Special journals -- Specialized accounting procedues for merchandising businesses and partnerships: Accounting for accounts receivables -- Accounting for notes and interest -- Accounting for long- term assets -- Accounting for corporations and manufacturing businesses: Corporations: organization and capital stock -- Corporations: Taxes, earnings, distributions and the retained earnings statement -- Corporations: bonds -- Statement of cash flows -- Analysis of financial statements -- Departmental accounting -- manufacturing accounting: the Job order cost system -- Manufacturing accounting: the Work sheet and financial statements -- Module 1: accounting for a professional service business: the combination journal -- Answers to self-study test questions.