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Business Accounting and Finance provides an excellent introduction to finance, management accounting and financial accounting, whether students are just starting out in the subject or studying a module as part of another degree. This new edition includes additional material on financial analysis, new exercises in key topic areas such as statements of cash flow, and has been thoroughly updated in line with the latest legislation and regulation.

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1The Role of Accounting in Business
SECTION 1 Financial Accounting and Reporting
2The Statement of Financial Position
3The Income Statement
4Applying Accounting Conventions
5Depreciation and Amortisation
6The Statement of Cash Flows
7Financial Reporting by Limited Companies
8Understanding Financial Reports: Trend Analysis
9Understanding Financial Reports: Using Accounting
Ratios
SECTION 2 Management Accounting
10Management and Cost Accounting Information
11Costing: Overview and Basic Techniques
12Costing: Accounting for Overheads
13Pricing
14Marginal Costing and Decision Making
15Capital Investment Decisions
16Budgets
17Accounting for Control
18Performance Measurement
SECTION 3 Financial Management
19The Management of Working Capital
20Financing the Business

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Gowthorpe, Catherine
Catherine Gowthorpe BA FCA is a chartered accountant with over thirty years´ experience as a lecturer and researcher in higher education. She is currently an examiner for one of the UK´s leading professional accounting bodies. She has published many articles on accounting and related areas such as auditing and professional ethics.

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