Financial Reporting and Analysis (with ThomsonONE Printed Access Card) / Edition 13

by Charles H. Gibson

Overview

Learn to prepare and use financial statements with numerous actual examples, current cases, and financial statements from real companies like Nike and Best Buy, that keep financial accounting interesting and relevant.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781133188797
Publisher:	Cengage Learning
Publication date:	05/10/2012
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	688
Product dimensions:	8.70(w) x 11.00(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Charles H. Gibson is a certified public accountant with more than 25 years of teaching experience as well as four years of industry experience in practice with a Big Five accounting firm. His teaching has encompassed a variety of accounting courses, including financial, managerial, tax, cost, and financial analysis. Dr. Gibson has written more than 60 articles in such journals as the JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY, ACCOUNTING HORIZONS, JOURNAL OF COMMERCIAL BANK LENDING, CPA JOURNAL, OHIO CPA, MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING, RISK MANAGEMENT, TAXATION FOR ACCOUNTANTS, ADVANCED MANAGEMENT JOURNAL, TAXATION FOR LAWYERS, CALIFORNIA MANAGEMENT REVIEW, and JOURNAL OF SMALL BUSINESS MANAGEMENT. He is a co-author of the Financial Executives Research Foundation Study entitled "Discounting in Financial Accounting and Reporting." Gibson is a member of the American Accounting Association, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants, Institute of Internal Auditors, and Financial Executives Institute. He has been particularly active in the American Accounting Association and the Ohio Society of Certified Public Accountants.

Table of Contents

Preface. 1. Introduction to Financial Reporting. 2. Introduction to Financial Statements and Other Financial Reporting Topics. 3. Balance Sheet. 4. Income Statement. 5. Basics of Analysis. 6. Liquidity of Short-Term Assets; Related Debt-Paying Ability. 8. Profitability. 9. For the Investor. 10. Statement of Cash Flows. Summary Analysis. Nike, Inc. (Includes 2011 Financial Statements of Form 10-K). 11. Expanded Analysis. 12. Special Industries: Banks, Utilities, Oil and Gas, Transportation, Insurance, and Real Estate Companies. 13. Personal Financial Statements and Accounting for Governments and Not-for-Profit Organizations. Appendix. Thomson ONE Basics and Tutorial. Glossary. Bibliography. Index.

Editorial Reviews

"It is well organized and has good problems for the students to work."

"The financial statements used in the example and chapter end case studies are those of real companies."

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