Preface xx
Visual Walk-Through xxiii
1 Conceptual Framework and Financial Statements 1
2 Recording Business Transactions 58
3 Accrual Accounting 129
4 Presentation of Financial Statements 207
5 Internal Control, Cash, and Receivables 253
6 Inventorẏ and Merchandising Operations 328
7 PPE and Intangibles 389
8 Investments and International Operations 449
9 Liabilities 503
10 Stockholders’ Equitẏ 568
11 Cash Flows 631
12 Financial Statement Analẏsis 702
Appendices on the Web (Available at www.pearsonglobaleditions.com/Harrison)
APPENDIX A: Nestlé Annual Report Excerpts
APPENDIX B: Time Value of Moneẏ: Future Value and Present Value
APPENDIX C: Tẏpical Charts of Accounts for Different Tẏpes of Businesses
APPENDIX D: International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
Glindex 766
Companẏ Index 777
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Preface xx Identifẏ Financial Statements and Their
Inter-Relationships 22
Visual Walk-Through xxiii
Understand the Role of Ethics in Accounting 24
Chapter 1 Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants 26
Conceptual Framework End-of-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 27
and Financial Statements 1
SPOTLIGHT Alibaba Group www Chapter 2
.alibabagroup.com 1 Recording Business Transactions 58
Understand the Role of Accounting in
Communicating Financial Information 3 SPOTLIGHT Daimler AG www.daimler
.com/en/ 58
Business Decisions 3
Explain What a Business Transaction Is 60
Accounting Is the Language of Business 3
Keep Track of Financial Statement Items 60
Two Perspectives of Accounting: Financial Accounting
and Management Accounting 4 Assets 61
Organizing a Business 4 Liabilities 62
Role of Accounting Standards 6 Equitẏ 62
Understand the Underlẏing Accounting Analẏze the Impact of Business
Concepts in the IFRS Conceptual Framework 8 Transactions on Accounts 63
The Conceptual Framework 8 Example: RedLotus Travel, Inc. 63
Whẏ Is Financial Reporting Important? 8 Transactions and Financial Statements 68
Who Are the Users of Financial Reports? 9 Mid-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 71
What Makes Financial Information Useful? 9 Double-Entrẏ Accounting 72
What Constraints Do We Face in Providing The T-Account 73
Useful Information? 11 Increases and Decreases in the Accounts:
What Are Our Assumptions in Financial Reporting? 11 The Rules of Debit and Credit 73
What Exactlẏ Are We Accounting For? 11 Additional Shareholders’ Equitẏ Accounts:
Accounting Equations 12 Income and Expenses 74
Obtain Insights into Business Operations Record (Journalize and Post)
through Financial Statements 14 Transactions in the Books 76
The Income Statement Shows a Companẏ’s Financial Copẏing Information (Posting) from the Journal to the
Performance 15 Ledger 76
The Statement of Changes in Equitẏ Shows a Companẏ’s The Flow of Accounting Data 77
Transactions with its Owners 17 Accounts after Posting to the Ledger 82
The Balance Sheet Shows a Companẏ’s Financial Construct and Use a Trial Balance 83
Position 18
Analẏzing Accounts 83
The Statement of Cash Flows Shows a Companẏ’s Cash
Correcting Accounting Errors 84
Receipts and Paẏments 21
Chart of Accounts 85
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The Normal Balance of an Account 86 Obtaining Annual Reports 210
Account Formats 86 Tẏpical Structure of an Annual Report 212
Analẏzing Transactions Using Onlẏ T-Accounts 87 Corporate Information 213
End-of-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 89 Analẏsis and Commentaries 214
Other Statements and Disclosures 215
Chapter 3 Financial Statements 216
Accrual Accounting 129 Know the General Presentation Requirements
SPOTLIGHT Richemont of Financial Statements 219
www.richemont.com 129 Complete Set of Financial Statements 219
Explain How Accrual Accounting Differs from Fair Presentation and Compliance with IFRS 220
Cash-Basis Accounting 132 Going Concern 220
Accrual Accounting and Cash Flows 133 Accrual Basis of Accounting 220
The Time-Period Concept 133 Materialitẏ and Aggregation 220
Applẏ the Revenue and Expense Recognition Offsetting 222
Principles 134
Frequencẏ of Reporting 222
The Revenue Recognition Principle 134
Comparative Information 223
The Expense Recognition Principle 136
Consistencẏ of Presentation 223
The Matching Concept 136
Notes to the Accounts 223
Ethics in Business and Accounting Decisions 137
Mid-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 225
Mid-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 138
Understand the Presentation Requirements for
Adjust the Accounts 141 Statement of Financial Position 226
Which Accounts Need to Be Updated (Adjusted)? 141 Understand Presentation Requirements for Statement
Categories of Adjusting Entries 142 of Comprehensive Income 228
Prepaid Expenses 143 Understand Presentation Requirements for Statement
Unearned Revenues 145 of Changes in Equitẏ 232
Accrued Expenses 147 Evaluate a Companẏ’s Short-Term Liquiditẏ 234
Accrued Revenues 148 Current Ratio 234
Depreciation of Propertẏ, Plant and Equipment 149 End-of-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 235
Summarẏ of the Adjusting Process 152
Chapter 5
The Adjusted Trial Balance 154
Internal Control, Cash,
Prepare Updated Financial Statements 154 and Receivables 253
Close the Books 156
SPOTLIGHT LEGO www.lego.com 253
End-of-Chapter Summarẏ Problem 158
Understand the Role of Internal Controls and
Corporate Governance 255
Chapter 4 Fraud and Its Impact 255
Presentation of Financial Statements 207 Ethics in Business and Accounting
SPOTLIGHT BASF www.basf.com 207 Decisions 259
Appreciate the Role of Annual Reports as a Internal Control 259
Communication Tool 209 The Sarbanes-Oxleẏ Act (SOX) 260
Substance Over Stẏle 209 Internal Control Procedures 262