Accounting Principles / Edition 12

by Jerry J. Weygandt, Paul D. Kimmel, Donald E. Kieso

Overview

Covers the traditional and managerial issues while ensuring that students understand the importance of accounting in the world today. A heavy emphasis is placed on decision making, communication, ethics and critical thinking. The text demonstrates how leading corporations utilize accounting information and gives students a context for the concepts they are learning.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781118969908
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/12/2015
Edition description:	12th Edition Binder Ready Version
Pages:	1296
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 10.90(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Jerry J. Weygandt, PhD, CPA, is Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois. Articles by Professor Weygandt have appeared in the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, and other academic and professional journals. These articles have examined such financial reporting issues as accounting for price-level adjustments, pensions, convertible securities, stock option contracts, and interim reports. Professor Weygandt is author of other accounting and financial reporting books and is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on numerous committees of the American Accounting Association and as a member of the editorial board of the Accounting Review; he also has served as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Accounting Association. He is the recipient of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs Outstanding Educator's Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001 he received the American Accounting Association's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.

Table of Contents

1 Accounting in Action

2 The Recording Process

3 Adjusting the Accounts

4 Completing the Accounting Cycle

5 Accounting for Merchandising Operations

6 Inventories

7 Accounting Information Systems

8 Fraud, Internal Control, and Cash

9 Accounting for Receivables

10 Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets

11 Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting

12 Accounting for Partnerships

13 Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions

14 Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Reporting

15 Long-Term Liabilities

16 Investments

17 Statement of Cash Flows

18 Financial Statement Analysis

19 Managerial Accounting

20 Job Order Costing

21 Process Costing

22 Cost-Volume-Profit

23 Budgetary Planning

24 Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting

25 Standard Costs and Balanced Scorecard

26 Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting

Appendix A: Specimen Financial Statements: Apple Inc.

Appendix B: Specimen Financial Statements: PepsiCo, Inc.

Appendix C: Specimen Financial Statements: The Coca-Cola Company

Appendix D: Specimen Financial Statements: Amazon.com, Inc.

Appendix E: Specimen Financial Statements: Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

Appendix F: Specimen Financial Statements: Louis Vuitton

Appendix G: Time Value of Money

Appendix H: Standards of Ethical Conduct for Managerial Accountants