This book provides the mechanics of bookkeeping and introduces the reader to accounting information systems. In addition, it introduces the reader to auditing, both its goals and its elementary principles and procedures. The first half of the book deals with financial statements and the bookkeeping aspects necessary to prepare the financial report. The second half of the book covers the basics of accounting information systems, with the focus on transactions processing.
Book Details:
- Author: J. Edward Ketz
- ISBN: 9780471242284
- Year Published: 2001
- Pages: 408
- BISAC: BUS001000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Accounting / General
About the Book and Topic:
This book provides the mechanics of bookkeeping and introduces the reader to accounting information systems. In addition, it introduces the reader to auditing, both its goals and its elementary principles and procedures. The first half of the book deals with financial statements and the bookkeeping aspects necessary to prepare the financial report. The second half of the book covers the basics of accounting information systems, with the focus on transactions processing.
For each accounting cycle, the author discusses the functions of the cycle, the source documents to the cycle, who processes what, the outputs of the cycle, and document flow charts. * Introduction to Accounting Systems is a comprehensive learning system, packaged with Gode’s Financial Accounting Tutor software.
About the Author
J. EDWARD KETZ, PhD, is MBA Faculty Director and Associate Professor of accounting at Penn State Smeal College of Business. He has been cited in the press over 500 times since the Enron bankruptcy, and is well known as an accounting expert as attested in writings, vast citations in the press and on television, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His column “Accounting Annotations” is published in Accounting Today and his column “Accounting Cycle: Wash, Rinse, and Spin” appears regularly at SmartPros.com. He is also the author of Bridge Accounting: Procedures, Systems, and Controls.