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Accounting for Non-Accountants is the perfect accounting guide for anyone who has never taken an accounting class, and has no idea what a balance sheet, income statement, or statement of cash flow is.

Dr. Wayne Label covers it all, in a style that's easy to understand and apply. This guide will help you get your accounting system up and running and your business needs satisfied.

Topics covered include:

-- Income Statements
-- Statements of Cash Flow
-- Balance Sheets
-- Assets & Liabilities
-- Double-Entry Bookkeeping
-- Debits & Credits
-- Audits & Auditors
-- And everything else beginners need to know

For entrepreneurs or anyone who needs to brush up on accounting fast, this book is an essential resource for the businessperson's shelf.
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The most practical, authoritativeguide to not-for-profit GAAP

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2008 is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by not-for-profit organizations It is written with the needs of the financial statement preparer, user, and attestor in mind. It provides a complete review of the authoritative accounting literature that impacts all types of not-for-profit organizations. At the same time, Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2008 features many examples and illustrations that will assist the reader in applying authoritative literature to real-life situations. Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2008 excels in providing financial statement preparers, users, and attestors with the most comprehensive and usable information because of these features:
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Easy-to-use information that enables the reader to find needed information quickly
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Coverage of accounting principles specifically related to not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting principles applicable to all types of organizations
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Specific coverage of accounting issues for different types of not-for-profit organizations
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A comprehensive disclosure checklist that helps financial statement preparers and attestors ensure that all disclosures required by GAAP have been considered
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Many examples and illustrations that make putting accounting theory into practice an easy task
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This 2008 Edition also includes new information covering:
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FASB 157, Fair Value Measurements
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FASB 158, Employer's Accounting for Defined Benefit Pension and Other Post-retirement Plans
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FASB 159, The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Liabilities
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FIN 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes
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Update of FASB project on accounting for not-for-profit organization mergers and acquisitions


Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2008 strives to be a thorough, reliable reference that you'll use constantly. It's designed to be kept on your desk rather than on your bookshelf..
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A practical, introductory guide to the fundamentals of not-for-profit accounting

Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy focuses on accounting fundamentals for those who run financial and accounting operations in not-for-profit organizations but do not have a professional understanding of accounting principles and financial reporting. It explains complex accounting rules in terms nonaccountants can easily understand in order to help them better fulfill their managerial and fiduciary duties. Always practical and never overtechnical, this helpful guide conforms to FASB and AICPA standards and:

• Shows how to read and understand a not-for-profit financial statement
• Explains financial accounting and reporting standards
• Helps managers and other nonaccountants become conversant in the rules and principles of accounting
• Updates board members, executive directors, and other senior managers on the accounting basics they should know for day-to-day operations
• Features tables, exhibits, and charts that illustrate the content in a simple and easy-to-understand manner

Suitable for fundraising managers and executives-as well as anyone who needs to read and understand a not-for-profit financial statement-this is the ultimate not-an-accountant's guide to not-for-profit accounting..
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The most practical, authoritative guide to not-for-profit GAAP

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by not-for-profit organizations It is written with the needs of the financial statement preparer, user, and attestor in mind. It provides a complete review of the authoritative accounting literature that impacts all types of not-for-profit organizations. At the same time, Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 features many examples and illustrations that will assist the reader in applying authoritative literature to real-life situations. Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 excels in providing financial statement preparers, users, and attestors with the most comprehensive and usable information because of these features:

• Easy-to-use information that enables the reader to find needed information quickly
• Coverage of accounting principles specifically related to not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting principles applicable to all types of organizations
• Specific coverage of accounting issues for different types of not-for-profit organizations
• A comprehensive disclosure checklist that helps financial statement preparers and attestors ensure that all disclosures required by GAAP have been considered
• Many examples and illustrations that make putting accounting theory into practice an easy task

This 2004 Edition also includes new information covering:

• AICPA Technical Practice Aid addressing donor-defined eligibility requirements
• Derivatives Implementation Group Topic B35, Embedded Derivatives: Application of Statement 133 to a Not-for-Profit Organization's Obligation Arising from an Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreement, which provides guidance for determining whether a split-interest agreement includes an embedded derivative
• FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor's Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others, including special discussion of loan guarantees that are accounted for as contributions
• FASB Statement No. 149, Amendment to Statement 133 on Derivative Financial Instruments

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 strives to be a thorough, reliable reference that you'll use constantly. It's designed to be kept on your desk rather than on your bookshelf. .
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Infused with his trademark blend of high humor and pensive melancholy, T. R. Pearson once again delivers a richly comic and darkly illuminating tale that reveals the basest of human emotions. A vivid portrayal of small-town life in the American South, True Cross presents the tale of Paul Tatum—an accountant privy to his clients’ worst antics, a man content to isolate himself in his own smug superiority, a loner unable to connect with himself or anyone around him, even a stray dog—and Stoney, Paul’s idiosyncratic recluse neighbor and kindred soul. When the two men become fixated on a local damsel in distress, Paul goads Stoney into an inexorable course of action with tragic consequences for all..
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The most practical, authoritative guide to not-for-profit GAAP

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2002 is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by not-for-profit organizations It is written with the needs of both the financial statement preparer and attestor in mind. It provides a complete review of the authoritative accounting literature that impacts all types of not-for-profit organizations. At the same time, Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2002 features many examples and illustrations that will assist the reader in applying authoritative literature to real-life situations. Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2002 excels in providing financial statement preparers and attestors with the most comprehensive and usable information because of these features:

• Easy-to-use information that enables the reader to find needed information quickly
• Coverage of accounting principles specifically related to not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting principles applicable to all types of organizations
• Specific coverage of accounting issues for different types of not-for-profit organizations
• A comprehensive disclosure checklist that helps financial statement preparers and attestors ensure all disclosures required by GAAP have been considered
• Many examples and illustrations that make putting accounting theory into practice an easy task

This 2002 Edition also includes new information covering:

• FASB Statement No. 142, which changes the rules for accounting for goodwill and other intangible assets
• FASB Statement No. 143, which provides guidance for accounting for asset retirement obligations
• FASB Statement No. 144, which amends the accounting for the impairment or disposal of long-lived assets
• Latest information on the FASB's project for accounting for combinations of not-for-profit organizations

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2002 strives to be a thorough, reliable reference that you'll use constantly. It's designed to be kept on your desk rather than on your bookshelf.

And don't forget to add Wiley Not-for-Profit Accounting Field Guide 2002 to your library .
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This digital document is an article from The National Public Accountant, published by National Society of Public Accountants on June 1, 1997. The length of the article is 1670 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

From the supplier: Small to medium-sized non-profit agencies can make their recordkeeping easier through the use of QuickBooks, a cheap and accessible general accounting software program. Developing a QuickBooks setup will require the following steps: creation of a company file, classes of funds, chart of accounts, customer base, a list of items and vendors. All of the above steps can be developed and removed any time except for the company file.

Citation Details
Title: Using QuickBooks for fund accounting: a practical guide for non-profits.(Special Issue: Technology Solutions)
Author: Huong Ngo
Publication:The National Public Accountant (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 1, 1997
Publisher: National Society of Public Accountants
Volume: v42 Issue: n4 Page: p7(2)

Distributed by Thomson Gale.
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