Intermediate Accounting for Dummies

Introduction 1 Part I: Introducing Financial Accounting and Standards 7 Chapter 1: Seeing the Big Picture of Financial Accounting 9 Chapter 2: Walking Through the Conceptual Framework of Financial Accounting 23 Chapter 3: Invaluable Valuation 43 Chapter 4: Reviewing the Accounting System 51 Part II: Preparing and Using Financial Statements 65 Chapter 5: Posting Income Statement Profit and Loss 67 Chapter 6: Reporting Assets and Claims: Keeping Your Balance (Sheet) 83 Chapter 7: Follow the Money! Studying Cash Flow 101 Chapter 8: Time Is Money: Looking at the Time Value of Money 115 Part III: Homing in on Current and Noncurrent Assets 127 Chapter 9: Assessing Cash and Receivables 129 Chapter 10: Inventory Cost Flow Assumptions 145 Chapter 11: Buying and Selling Property, Plant, and Equipment (PP&E) 167 Chapter 12: Recognizing Depreciation, Impairments, and Depletion 183 Chapter 13: Keeping Track of Other Noncurrent Assets 197 Part IV: Analyzing Debt and Equity 207 Chapter 14: Tracking Current Liabilities and Contingencies 209 Chapter 15: Planning for Long-Term Obligations 227 Chapter 16: Letting Owners Know Where They Stand: The Equity Section 241 Part V: Accounting for Advanced Intermediate Issues 257 Chapter 17: Accounting for Income Taxes 259 Chapter 18: Accounting for Leases 277 Chapter 19: Fessing Up: Correcting Errors and Reporting Changes in Methods 295 Chapter 20: Is That You, Revenue? Revenue Recognition Concepts 313 Part VI: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 21: Ten Common Notes to the Financial Statements 329 Chapter 22: Ten Ratios for Financial Statement Analysis 337 Index 343

Maire Loughran is a certified public accountant who has prepared compilation, review, and audit reports for fifteen years. A member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, she is a full adjunct professor who teaches graduate and undergraduate auditing and accounting classes.