The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting [Paperback]

Michael Muckian (Author)

Book Description

Series: The Complete Idiot's Guide | Publication Date: October 1, 1997

You're no idiot, of course. You hire and manage talented people, carry out your daily tasks with grace, and even find ways to shine under deadline pressure. But when it comes to finance and accounting, you feel like you're in the red. Don't throw in the towel yet! The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting helps you create a budget, manage a payroll, and develop a financial management--from the perspective of a nonfinancial manager. In this Complete Idiot's Guide you get:

Product Details

• Paperback: 320 pages
• Publisher: Alpha (October 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0028617525
• ISBN-13: 978-0028617527
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #966,581 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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36 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Accounting Guide - I fear not !!, May 28, 2001

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Nick Katsieris (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting (Paperback)

If it's an ACCOUNTING guide you want, then this book is not for you. If it's a FINANCE guide you want, then buy it. I was hoping it would have more strictly accounting advice like how to read a balance sheet, what a profit and loss statement is, what is a liability, etc. It hardy touches accounting, concentrating more on the finance side of starting up & running a business, eg. business plans, cash flows, types of companies, tax, etc. The book however is easy to read & understand but I feel should get rid of the "accounting" term in the title.

54 of 63 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Finally Something I Can Understand!, May 6, 2000

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neets - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting (Paperback)

I am an idiot. Just a garden variety idiot, the kind of regular joe-shmoe idiot who these books are marketed for. Couple of years ago I took an expensive crash course in accounting. By the end of the first day I knew I was going to be one of the shlubs sitting in the back watching the teacher's mouth move, but not understanding a word he was saying. After that first day, I went to the bookstore, picked up this book, took it home and read the first several chapters. Next day in class I took a seat up front and looked like a genius the way I grasped all these difficult accounting concepts. I kept reading ahead of the class, not using the assigned textbook, but using the Idiot's book. Received an A in the class, and a sterling recommendation from the teacher, he said I was a 'natural' LOL! I can't even get the numbers in my address right!

69 of 82 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Inc. Magazine rates this book highest in recent review., May 15, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting (Paperback)

I am writing this review as the person who developed this book for Macmillan General Reference. I am a book packager, and my company was contracted to develop this title, and I worked with the author, Michael Muckian in getting it written. The May 1998 Inc. magazine included reviews of seven finance and accounting books. Muckian's book was the only one to receive 5 stars. Here's what the review said:

....Muckian, a financial manager who is clearly no idiot, has written a guide that is well constructed and facilitates easy scanning of any topic that is currently driving you to distraction. Chapters 7, 8, and 9 (on accounts receivable, accounts payable, and general cash-flow issues, respectively) are particularly worth a careful read. Pay special attention to the shortcuts and red flags that are highlighted in small boxes; in many instances, they can save your company big headaches....***** (five stars)

If you're looking for a basic book on how to understand and set up an accounting system for your business, this book will help you do it, and it's fun to read. END