Accounting - First Year Course, Interactive Student Edition

Features:
Academic Skills Applications integrated throughout
Personal Finance Activities
Peachtree and QuickBooks applications integrated throughout. Students use software they are most likely to use on the job.
Source Documents drive the content.
Real World Businesses Use of real financial statements lets students see connection between accounting and day-to-day business operations.
Transaction Analysis Model provides students with visual reinforcement about how a transaction affects accounts.

CONTENTS

Unit 1 Introduction to Accounting
Chapter 1 You and the World of Accounting
Chapter 2 The World of Business and Accounting

Unit 2 The Basic Accounting Cycle
Chapter 3 Business Transactions and the Accounting Equation
Chapter 4 Transactions That Affect Assets, liabilities, and Owner's Equity
Chapter 5 Transactions That Affect Revenue, Expenses, and Withdrawals
Chapter 6 Recording Transactions in a General journal
Chapter 7 Posting journal Entries to General ledger Accounts
Chapter 8 The Six-Column Worksheet
Chapter 9 Financial Statements for a Sole Proprietorship
Chapter 10 Completing the Accounting Cycle for a Sole Proprietorship
Chapter 11 Cash Control and Banking Activities

Unit 3 Accounting for a Payroll System
Chapter 12 Payroll Accounting
Chapter 13 Payroll liabilities and Tax Records

Unit 4 The Accounting Cycle for a Merchandising Corporation
Chapter 14 Accounting for Sales and Cash Receipts
Chapter 15 Accounting for Purchases and Cash Payments
Chapter 16 Special journals: Sales and Cash Receipts
Chapter 17 Special journals: Purchases and Cash Payments
Chapter 18 Adjustments and the Ten Column Work Sheet
Chapter 19 Financial Statements for a Corporation
Chapter 20 Completing the Accounting Cycle for a Merchandising Corporation
Chapter 21 Accounting for Publicly Held Corporations

Unit 5 Accounting for Special Procedures
Chapter 22 Cash Funds
Chapter 23 Plant Assets and Depreciation
Chapter 24 Uncollectible Accounts Receivable
Chapter 25 Inventories
Chapter 26 Notes Payable and Receivable

Unit 6 Additional Accounting Topics
Chapter 27 Introduction to Partnerships
Chapter 28 Financial Statements and Liquidation of a Partnership
Chapter 29 Ethics in Accounting

Appendix A Adjustments for a Service Business Using a Ten-Column Work Sheet
Appendix B Using the Numeric Keypad
Appendix C Recording Transactions in the Combination Journal
Appendix D The Accrual Basis of Accounting
Appendix E Federal Personal Income Tax
Appendix F Excerpts from the PETsMART, Inc. 2003 Annual Report
Appendix G Additional Reinforcement Problems
Appendix H Answers to Section Assessment Problems

Glossary
Index A
Index B Real-World Applications and Connections