(BQ) Part 1 book "Financial accounting - An introduction" has contents: Who needs accounting, a systematic approach to financial reporting - the accounting equation, financial statements from the accounting equation, ensuring the quality of financial statements, accounting information for service businesses,.and other contents. | Financial Accounting: An Introduction offers: • Fully in line with IFRS, but provides comparative analysis with UK GAAP where relevant. • Designed to aid navigation and understanding for students, including unique colour-coded sections that make the technical aspects of the subject more accessible. • The approach to teaching and learning focuses on subject-specific knowledge outcomes and generic skills outcomes, with end-of-chapter self-evaluation. • Questions are graded to test student understanding of chapter content, as well as skills in straightforward application of knowledge, and skills of problem solving and evaluation. • Updated terminology and presentation to reflect the requirements of the International Accounting Standards Board from 2009 and the UK Companies Act 2006. • New case studies containing examples from real-world companies reflect current issues such as cash flow management in Marks & Spencer, cost control at Debenhams and performance benchmarking at Argos. Financial Accounting: An Introduction is aimed at first-level undergraduates on business studies degrees taking introductory financial accounting classes; first-level specialist accounting undergraduate students; introductory core accounting for MBA and postgraduate specialist Masters students (. finance, actuarial studies), focusing on analysis through the accounting equation and a questioning approach to problem solving; and professional courses where accounting is introduced for the first time. Visit the Financial Accounting: An Introduction Student Companion website at to access a comprehensive range of student-learning resources, including additional questions and weblinks to further your study. Front cover image: © Alamy Images 1 Financial Accounting An Introduction fifth edition Pauline Weetman fifth edition Weetman Pauline Weetman BA, BSc (Econ), PhD, CA, FRSE, is Professor of Accounting at the
