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were talking about! Then I picked up AS Level and A Level Accounting and it was a small line in the preface that caught my eye 'this book is written for students of accounting who face problems by asking how do I do this?' As this is how I felt I read on.
The book separated in to three chapters each of which as a number of subsections Contents (sorry about the long list but it gives a grasp of what can be learnt.)
1. The Accounting System
a. Double Entry Bookkeeping: cash transaction
b. Double Entry Bookkeeping: credit transactions
c. Books of prime (or original) entry
d. Balancing accounts
e. The classification of accounts and diversion of the ledger
f. The trial balance
2. FinancialAccounting
a. Trading and Profit and Loss Accounts for Sole Traders
b. Balance sheets for Sole Traders
c. Accounting principles or concepts
d ...
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is more important and what cuts you can make first. AND you still get the higher rate tax free on the 'savings' in the account.
Again this account is for smart people and smart money, I will advise the 'moaners and groaners' out there to stay away and not to annoy the call handlers just before I get through requiring sensible help. Take my word for it, Moneysavingexpert.com 's word for it, trendy house buying magazines word for it and your financial advisers word for it (if you can trust them to be 'independent'?.yeah right!!!) and save yourself loads of money and own your house as quickly as you can pay for it.
AN UPDATE AS OF THIS ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 2009.
Since I wrote this review there has been a whole host of changes in the financial climate in this country.
Now I am lucky enough (depending on how you view it) to have a job where I am ...
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Advantages: Paying off your mortgage quickly and saving you thousands of pounds Disadvantages: You need a lot of common sense and future vision to benefit from this account
home, see what is more important and what cuts you can make first. AND you still get the higher rate tax free on the 'savings' in the account.
Again this account is for smart people and smart money, I will advise the 'moaners and groaners' out there to stay away and not to annoy the call handlers just before I get through requiring sensible help. Take my word for it, Moneysavingexpert.com 's word for it, trendy house buying magazines word for it and your financial advisers word for it (if you can trust them to be 'independent'?.yeah right!!!) and save yourself loads of money and own your house as quickly as you can pay for it.
AN UPDATE AS OF THIS ACCOUNT, OCTOBER 2009.
Since I wrote this review there has been a whole host of changes in the financial climate in this country.
Now I am lucky enough (depending on how you view it) to have ...
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Product details
Type
Non-Fiction
Genre
Business & Finance
Title
Accounts Demystified: How to understand financial accounting and analysis
Author
Anthony. Rice
Publisher
Prentice Hall
Number of Pages
309
Edition
Paperback
ISBN
0273663348; 0273714929
Manufacturer's product description
This is the new edition of the bestselling guide to understanding and using business accounts and accounting principles, written in a way that even the financially nervous novice can easily absorb. Accounting is generally viewed as a highly technical and complex subject. However, accounts are actually based on simple principles. It's not company accounts that are complex, it's all too often the way that they are explained. In this simple and easy read book, the author guides you through all the major accounting concepts. Discover how to master company accounts, understand balance sheets, profit and loss accounts and cash flow systems. Learn to analyse and monitor your company's financial performance. "Accounts Demystified" is the definitive, user-friendly guide to the fundamental principles of accounting that no manager will want to be without. In this 5th edition of the classic Accounts Demystified, Anthony Rice makes accounting astonishingly simple and pain-free.
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