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Part 1

Opening the Books on Accounting

IN THIS PART …

Discover how accountants are the financial information gatekeepers in the economy and why accounting is so important for for-profit businesses, nonprofit organizations, and government agencies.

Find out how a business or other entity prepares its financial statements, its tax returns, and the reports to its managers. Know how to make sure these documents conform to established standards.

Get the lowdown on bookkeeping — the record-keeping part of accounting — to ensure that the financial information of a business is timely, complete, accurate, and reliable, especially the numbers reported in financial statements and tax returns.

Understand why safeguarding company assets is an integral part of an accountant’s job and how the digital age, the cloud, and technology are transforming the world of accounting.

Look at the various types of business legal entities, see how accounting differs for each one, and get some helpful hints on when different legal structures are best used.