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Financial Accounting (7th Edition)

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What I like about the Horngren Series is the practicality of it. This series still manages to usually hold the number of pages down to about 100 less than its quite excellent major competitors (Weygandt-Kieso-Kimmel, Wild-Larson-Chiappetta, and Stickey-Weil-Schipper-Francis). It's still a large-dimension hardcover and this Horngren book has 840 pages. That's plenty of space for one course, and Horngren provides more than enough easy-access online materials as well.

Horngren is mainly used by university students although Weygandt-Kieso-Kimmel have gained market share. But Horngren also recognizes that most financial accountants do not need an accounting degree. They need to understand accounting and know how to do their specific jobs. In fact, I've long noticed the small ratio of accountants working in accounting departments that actually have accounting degrees. For them, the Horngren Series is well-designed. But it still serves the needs of college students.

Horngren places emphasis on the accounting cycle. In doing so, this textbook covers the actual job duties within an accounting department quite efficiently. That's why I also purchase Horngren Series books. I purchase them for staff as well as additional resource material to help me prepare when I teach accounting courses at the university level. Because if its special niche and top-notch editing, I would expect this series to last through many more editions.

They have come out with a new version but my professor says the content is the same. And I got a great deal for this older version.

I am more than satisfied with the book i purchased, It's clean and a very helpful tool for the accounting studies.

I'm so happy I found this book. I have ordered and purchased several accounting books. This is by far the most readable, concise, and comprehendable book on financial accounting. I'm using this book as a review before I take the next installment of financial accounting classes. The chapters are easy to read and the illustrations clarify and validate the core concepts of each chapter. The best part of the book is the answer key in the back. I cannot comprehend editiors and authors who read and write these books, make up all kinds of problems, and don't place an answer key in the book. How is a student suppose to know if they are progressing and answering the question correctly?
I would definitely recommend this book if you are interested in learning the basics of financial accounting or just starting out as an accounting major. Good luck!

the price was right but this was NOT a book as shown in the photo. It was a loose leaf binder of the book's pages. it should have stated that in the description.

While taking my first accounting class I was able to get this book off Amazon for a great price and was so easy to read and be able to implement what I was studying, very much enjoyed this book being on hand and will be able to use in the future!

I bought this book second hand and althought I was a little bit skeptical about the conditions, as soon as I opened the package I saw it was in excelent conditions. The transaction was quick and I am very much satisfied with the purchase. I fully recommmend it. Regards

I bought this book for 11.oo and it looks like brand new. I will most definately buy from here again.

Very well orgnised book for beginers in accounting. represented in many school. I bought this books for a course and it made my life very easy. I learned alot. Very easy to understand. lot's of practice questions and examples.

Even though I've moved on to upper-level accounting courses, I find myself refering to this text at least weekly. It has a comprehensive index and excellent pictorials which I've tagged and use again and again.