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| | Description | Financial Accounting helps students “nail” the accounting cycle up front in order to increase success and retention later on. The concepts and mechanics students learn in the critical ‘accounting cycle’ chapters are used consistently and repetitively—and with clear-cut details and explanations—throughout the remainder of the text, minimizing confusion. A solid enhancement to already solid fundamentals, the eighth edition now features new co-author Bill Thomas of Baylor University who brings his expertise on auditing, ethics, and internal controls to key sections of the book. | |
| | Product Details | | Author: | Walter T. Harrison | | Hardcover: | 960 pages | | Publisher: | Prentice Hall | | Publication Date: | September 07, 2009 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 0136108865 | | Product Length: | 10.9 inches | | Product Width: | 8.7 inches | | Product Height: | 1.4 inches | | Product Weight: | 4.75 pounds | | Package Length: | 10.9 inches | | Package Width: | 8.7 inches | | Package Height: | 1.5 inches | | Package Weight: | 4.7 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 12 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Helpful May 16, 2011
By Kruti
I bought this book for my Financial Accounting class at UF. The teacher went over the same concepts as the book, however the book did a much better job in explaining them. It explains the concepts clearly and with great examples that spread across a whole chapter so that you can build upon what you learn step by step. I would recommend it for anyone who doesn't know anything about financial accounting. If you know are knowledgeable in the subject you might want to get something that will go a little deeper into the subject. The reason I am giving it 4 stars instead of 5 is because I do not find the subject to be incredibly interesting, however it accomplishes its goal.
 Very informative and easy to read Feb 20, 2012
By KaGe
Had this for my financial accounting 101 class. The book is well laid out and the examples are easy to follow. At times due to colored panels and examples, it felt like a children's book, but I was just glad that they chose to not get carried away too far with it. There is still enough subject matter in there to help with self study.
Also liked the exercises and the check figures provided by the publisher for end of chapter problems were really helpful on building confidence.
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Accounting 201 Apr 25, 2011
By Quality and Value
If your looking to study accounting I strongly recommend this book instead of registering for a class at a local university. This book is about introduction to the techniques of accounting and the accounting profession with an emphasis on organizing information for decision making and the information needs of creditors and equity holders. Topics include financial statements, transaction analysis, accrual accounting, cash management, inventories, receivables, long-term and intangible assets, liabilities, stockholders' equity, cash flow statements, and financial statement analysis. The book draws from real life accounting scenarios from fortune 500 companies.
It a excellent book.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
A two-star book with some redeeming features May 01, 2012
By C. Romaella
"a slave of Jesus Christ"
I have quite a few stylistic complains about the book (banal writing, useless/unclear examples, etc.)- and particularly the copyediting- and honestly such excellent authors could do better. I'm quite serious about those shortcomings, but some interesting innovations make this a decent purchase.
Although the organization is bizarre and strained at times, the book actually does present a considerable sprawl of material that's very empowering. Clear, straightforward organization and features are standard for accounting books in this century and I expected as much; however, interested students can reach much farther througha close reading.
As suggested above, the content is very succinct. (Where it is not drawn-out ad infinitum by trite, spurious illustrations or examples, that is.) You can obtain a satisfactory mastery of the material by reading and re-reading, but it is actually very short and quick to read. Uninteresting parts pass quickly, and interesting ones deliver the goods right up front. (Similarly, the exercises and problems given are SUPERB and convey excellent hands-on experience with the concepts in a minimum of time and effort.)
The early chapters are quite bland, but the middle and late chapters make up for it. As stated initially, the book introduced a great variety of terms and concepts that open up numerous vistas within accounting- factoring, equity classification as debt, capitalization structure, earnings-per-share pressure and management, and consolidation accounting, for instance- making the trappings of the business world easy and familiar.
Truly, this book helped me see why accounting is called "the language of business." If only the publisher was more concerned with the language of language; concepts are indeed excellently rendered but copyediting, sparse glossary and key word banks, wrong answers to exercises, and mysterious omissions or vagueries did leave a good deal to be desired.
I think I liked Wygandt, Kimmel, & Kieso's better but this one is quite good and actually a great pick for the busy learner on-the-go.
BONUS: this is probably the only accounting textbook I've ever seen with a somewhat-relevant picture on the front (albeit abstractly relevant); so many portray either extreme sports or cityscapes it's amazing.
0 of 1 found the following review helpful:
Simple and Adequate Apr 11, 2012
By Bass
I liked the book, it came in good shape (purchased used). The authors use lots of examples from the real world, and all concepts are well explained. The accounting module online is a nightmare for homework, but I don't really see anyway it could be improved. I am not going to sell this back, as there are a few tables and charts that I like so much I want to keep for reference.
I would buy it again.
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