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Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making [Hardcover]

Paul D. Kimmel (Author), Jerry J. Weygandt (Author), Donald E. Kieso (Author)
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0471730513 978-0471730514 February 2006 4
Now in its Fourth Edition, Kimmel, Weygandt, and Kieso's Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making has been tested and approved in the classroom. Whether you measure classroom success by improved grades, students who are better prepared for the Intermediate course and their future careers, or by student evaluations at the end of the semester, Financial Accounting delivers real results.

"If you are teaching a debit/credit centered financial accounting principles class there is not a better written or organized text. Believe me I have looked. The supporting materials for instructors [are] also terrific."
--Nancy Snow, University of Toledo

"The textbook is well written with good examples and homework problems. This book is easy to understand, but is rigorous in its coverage of accounting issues."
--Paul Brazina, La Salle University, Philadelphia

"Best presentation of material in the industry. In addition, Financial, Managerial and Intermediate all flow together for greater coverage and comprehension."
--Vince Enslein, Clinton Community College

Key Features
* WileyPLUS gives instructors the technology they need to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience academic success. www.wiley.com/college/wileyplus
* New Accounting Across the Organization features place accounting issues within the context of students' majors.
* Updated with expanded content on Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Governance.
* New Comprehensive Problems combine concepts across chapters.
* A new Continuing Cookie Chronicle problem traces the growth of an entrepreneurial venture and enables students to apply their newly acquired accounting skills.
* Identifies the tools students will need to make real business decisions.
* Provides balanced coverage of the accounting cycle at a level that is appropriate to what students need in the business world.
* Emphasizes the accounting experiences of real high-profile companies, such as Tootsie Roll, Microsoft, Nike, and Intel.


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From the Publisher

This user-friendly book teaches readers fundamental accounting procedures with an emphasis on the relationship between the procedural detail and the fundamental accounting equation. It gives readers the conceptual and procedural accounting tools they need in order to make sound internal and external business decisions. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

From the Back Cover

Now in its Fourth Edition, Kimmel, Weygandt, and Kieso’s Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making has been tested and approved in the classroom. Whether you measure classroom success by improved grades, students who are better prepared for the Intermediate course and their future careers, or by student evaluations at the end of the semester, Financial Accounting delivers real results.

“If you are teaching a debit/credit centered financial accounting principles class there is not a better written or organized text.  Believe me I have looked.  The supporting materials for instructors [are] also terrific.”
––Nancy Snow, University of Toledo

“The textbook is well written with good examples and homework problems.   This book is easy to understand, but is rigorous in its coverage of accounting issues.”
––Paul Brazina, La Salle University, Philadelphia

“Best presentation of material in the industry. In addition, Financial, Managerial and Intermediate all flow together for greater coverage and comprehension.”
––Vince Enslein, Clinton Community College

Key Features

  • WileyPLUS gives instructors the technology they need to create an environment where students can reach their full potential and experience academic success. www.wiley.com/college/wileyplus
  • New Accounting Across the Organization features place accounting issues within the context of students’ majors.
  • Updated with expanded content on Sarbanes-Oxley and Corporate Governance.
  • New Comprehensive Problems combine concepts across chapters.
  • A new Continuing Cookie Chronicle problem traces the growth of an entrepreneurial venture and enables students to apply their newly acquired accounting skills.
  • Identifies the tools students will need to make real business decisions.
  • Provides balanced coverage of the accounting cycle at a level that is appropriate to what students need in the business world.
  • Emphasizes the accounting experiences of real high-profile companies, such as Tootsie Roll, Microsoft, Nike, and Intel.

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 832 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 4 edition (February 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471730513
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471730514
  • Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.7 x 1.4 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.1 pounds
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (67 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,916 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1.0 out of 5 stars No Code Included With Purchse Of "New" Text From Amazon, August 30, 2007
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Potential Buyers,

If you are a student who is taking an accounting course and your instructor requires you to use the accompanying Wiley Plus website, do not expect to get a Wiley Plus, registration code with this product.

I purchased the text "new" directly from Amazon for an accounting class I am taking and I assumed that I would recieve the registration code I needed; I assumed wrong as there was no registration code included with my book.

If you do need the code for class and you do choose to buy this book from Amazon, you'll be best off buying the cheapest, used edition and going to the Wiley Plus site directly to get a standard registration code for around $60 dollars. Of Course keep in mind shipping costs may eat up any savings you'd get buying from Amazon in the first place!

The 1 star review actually reflects my dissatisfaction with the description of this product on Amazon's site, and not the quality of the text.

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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Why make a busy topic busier?, December 12, 2004
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We used this book in my accounting class. The coverage jumped around a too much for my taste. Also, not having an accounting background, the constant language changes (with no cross references and very superficial glossary), especially between the chapter text and the exercises made the endeavor excruciating. The worst part was not being able to check answers. The answer key should come with the book. Not having an answer key invalidates this books use as a learning tool even if it were better written.
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17 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Beginners manual, June 25, 2006
This review is from: Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making (Hardcover)
If you are new to accounting then this book should definitely be on your list. Explaining step by step how to record basic journal entries and how these entries relate to the various financial statements (Income Statement, Cash-Flows...), in a clear and well organized fashion. The only reason I am unwilling to rate this book five stars is due to the price; as most people will be using this book as an introduction to financial accounting it does seem a little expensive. It is also worth noting the problems and examples used throughout the book are of excellent quality, especially the financial statements provided in appendix A and B. If you have previous experience within the accounting field I would probably recommend a book at a higher level but beginners could do no better.
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salaries expense, merchandise inventory, prepaid insurance, rent expense, insurance expense, demonstration problem, advertising supplies, sales discounts, accumulated depreciation, accrual accounting concepts, unearned rent revenue, property tax expense, delivery expense, cash debt coverage ratio, payable pertain, unearned service revenue, adjusted cash balance, current cash debt coverage, independent internal verification, deluxe mixers, panion site, inventory cost flow method, cash balance per books, cash payments for operating expenses, cost flow methods
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Tootsie Roll, Accounts Payable, Best Buy, Service Revenue, Sierra Corporation, Action Plan, Self-Study Questions, Salaries Payable, Financial Analysis, Bonds Payable, Broadening Your Perspective, Audio Supply, Further Look, United States, Evaluate Results, Wall Street Journal, Office Equipment, Sauk Stereo, General Mills, Hershey Foods, Instructions Prepare, General Motors, Interest Payable, Brief Exercises, Supplies Expense
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