TY - BOOK AU - Porter,Gary A. AU - Norton,Curtis L. TI - Financial accounting : the impact on decision makers. SN - 0030204836 AV - HF5635.P853 U1 - 657 21 PY - 1998/// CY - Fort Worth, TX PB - Dryden Press KW - Accounting N1 - Includes bibliographical references and indexes; Contents: The Accounting model: Accounting as a form of communication -- Financial statements and the annual report -- Processing accounting information -- Income measurement and accrual accounting -- Appendix 4 A: Accounting tools: work sheets and reversing entries -- Accounting for assets: Merchandise accounting and internal control -- Appendix 5 A: Accounting tools: Internal control for a merchanising company -- Inventories and cost of goods sold -- Appendix 6 A: Accounting tools: inventory costing methods with the use of a perpetual inventory system -- Cash and receivables -- Operating assets: property, plant and equipment, natural resources and intangibles -- Accounting for liabilities and owners equity: Current liabilities, contingent liabilities and the time value of money -- Appendix 9 A: Accounting tools: payroll accounting -- Long-term liabilities -- Stockholders' equity -- Appendix 11 A: Unincorporated businesses -- Analysis of retained earnings and stockholders' equity -- Additional topics in financial reporting: Additional reporting issues: Intercompany investments and foreign curency -- The Statement of cash flows -- Appendix 14 A: A Work-sheet approach to the statement of cash flows -- Financial statement analysis UR - http://lcweb.loc.gov/catdir/toc/97-65089.html ER -