Accountancys Faulty Sums [Hardcover]

The purpose of this book is to explore the principle and practice of finance and accounting, both in the USA and in the UK, and its various anomalies and limitations. It attempts to diagnose problems and briefly mentions some modern methods such as Activity Based Costing (ABC), Financial Mobility and Just-in-Time (JIT).Acknowledgements - Introduction - Profit - Balance Sheet - Depreciation - Fixed and Variable Costs - Costing Budgeting and Overhead Allocation - Stock and Work in Progress - Goodwill - Cash! Cash! Cash! - Ratios - Growth Plan and Investment - Shareholders' Value - Creative Accounting - Appendices