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Financial Accounting For Dummies
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Essential concepts and terminology to clarify business accounting for today’s economy Financial Accounting For Dummies helps you decode the language of business, with clear explanations, practical examples, and updated guidance covering the latest GAAP standards. Learn the basics of decoding financial statements and keeping the books,...
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Essential concepts and terminology to clarify business accounting for today’s economy
Financial Accounting For Dummies helps you decode the language of business, with clear explanations, practical examples, and updated guidance covering the latest GAAP standards. Learn the basics of decoding financial statements and keeping the books, along with more advanced topics like business investing.
In this new edition, you’ll find new information on must-know topics like AI for accounting, keeping your data cybersecure, and accounting in specialty industries. Author and CPA Maire Loughran offers a friendly, accessible path to understanding how financial information is created, reported, and used. This timely and practical resource helps you stay ahead of the game in today’s fast-evolving financial landscape.
- Gain a solid background in financial accounting concepts, with clear explanations and examples
- Learn about major changes to GAAP accounting standards, and apply GAAP to emerging industries
- Understand profit and loss, financial statements, and other accounting must-knows
- Manage a startup, launch a career in accounting, or brush up your knowledge
Financial Accounting For Dummies is a valuable resource for business generalists, accountants-to-be, and financial professionals alike.
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ISBN: 9781394418695
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 04 June 2026
Country: United States
Imprint: For Dummies
Edition: 3rd edition
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 188.0mm
Height: 231.0mm
Weight: 522g
Pages: 384
About the Author
Maire Loughran, CPA, is a certified public accountant and small business owner with more than 25 years of experience in accounting and financial reporting. She is the author of several For Dummies titles including Auditing For Dummies and Intermediate Accounting For Dummies.
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