Understanding Business Accounting for Dummies

About this book

For anyone who breaks out in a cold sweat at the thought of financial jargon. Not everyone is cut out to be a professional accountant but those who want to move up the corporate ladder know that they need to master the essentials of accounting. Business Accounting For Dummies is the only book available to make truly light work of the financial fundamentals that many businesspeople try to bluff their way through every day. The book will show you how to: read financial reports evaluate profit margins -and identify ways to increase them establish budgets control profit and cash flow stem losses and manage inventory make wise financial decisions survive an audit and use the results to improve your accounting system put the latest computer technology to work to help you manage the bottom line.