Best of
Accounting

2015

I can start your business: Everything you need to know to run your limited company or self employment - for locums, contractors, freelancers and small business


Russell Smith - 2015
    Covering such topics as: Whether you should be a limited company or self employed? What part of business finances do you really need to understand and which parts can you ignore. Whether you become VAT registered. When your tax is due and how much it will be. Setting up bank accounts. Getting paid by your customers. Managing your cash flow. Getting your pricing right. Russell Smith has worked with over 400 clients all across the UK and is a national expert on small business tax and accounts. His clients include doctors, dentists, psychologists, web-designers, musicians, marketing agencies, IT contractors, artists, graphic designers and many more. Russell Smith is the only chartered accountant in the world to blog every day - you can find it at www.rsaccountancy.co.uk/daily-blog. Russell also has a YouTube channel where he releases weekly 2 minute finance basics: www.youtube.com/RussellSmithtips. There is also a free tax, accounts and profit review with customised action plan worth £200 for readers of this book.

The Tax & Legal Playbook: Game-Changing Solutions To Your Small-Business Questions


Mark J. Kohler - 2015
    Coached by Kohler, business owners are armed to seek out the right professionals relevant to their concerns, confidently ask the right questions, and, ultimately, save time, money, and potential heartache.Approaching each chapter the same way he approaches a client consult, Kohler delivers topic- or question-specific solutions illustrating each critical business matter with entertaining, real-world examples to educate flustered business owners, who are then presented with varied, clearly defined solutions and next steps for moving forward. Each “consultation” offers tools such as assessment quizzes, valuable details to know, possible pitfalls and deceptions, what strategies should always be practiced, and what new strategies or tactics are worth considering.Wowing readers with the clear-cut truths, thoughtful advice, and outside-of-the-box thinking shared in his many Entrepreneur.com contributions, speaking events, and previous books — Lawyers Are Liars and What Your CPA Isn’t Telling You — Kohler presents a simplified look at the complex questions within the areas of legal and tax planning for business.

Accounting Simplified: Simple Accounting Techniques for a Thriving Business (Accounting- Accounting Simplified Book 1)


Sam A. Brown - 2015
    This can be cumbersome if you do not know from where and how to begin. There is nothing to worry about as this can be simply aided by the know-how of basic accounting techniques we present to you in this book – Accounting Simplified. With tables and illustration's Sam A. Brown will show help you understand exactly how to keep the books of your own business, or at the very least understand it. Even when we outsource these services, it is intelligent business strategy to understand how to read the numbers. After all, the success of any business always lies at the bottom line. Accounting Simplified explains general accounting concepts that can often seem daunting and confusing. Learn the basics now! You will learn: How to strategize financially for your businessThe Accounting Balance SheetHow Cash Flow works in an Accounting System The Essential Dual System- which the accounting world revolves around The books of Prime Entry and the Transactions they RecordA Simple and Practical Example to lock in Everything you've LearnedCommon Accounting PrinciplesBookkeeping for Small BusinessAn Excerpt from another Sam A. Brown BookAnd More!

The Enlightened Accountant: Accounting Revealed in 100 Pages (The Four-Week MBA)


Gennaro Cuofano - 2015
     In the modern world, things change so fast that after a blink of an eye the world seemed changed. Few things remained unchanged; one of these is accounting. Of course, few frameworks have been created over the 20th century to tackle issues such as fraud and transparency. On the other hand, the primary method of accounting remained the same. Many people do not approach the discipline and look at it almost with a skeptical eye. As if a group of few wise men is the only one that can understand the accounting discipline. These people use their secret language to communicate. This language so strange and intriguing gives offspring to the financial organization of any business, small or big, individual or multinational. "The Enlightened Accountant" will bring you from no knowledge to the thorough understanding of financial accounting in no time. Businesspeople like Warren Buffet know how important is to have a deeper understanding of financial accounting. In fact, taking the time to comprehend how the financial statements work will make you not only a better accountant but also a better businessman. Do you want to be part of that circle too?

Accounting for Derivatives: Advanced Hedging Under Ifrs 9


Juan Ramirez - 2015
    Written by a Big Four advisor, this book shares the author's insights from working with companies to minimise the earnings volatility impact of hedging with derivatives. This second edition includes new chapters on hedging inflation risk and stock options, with new cases on special hedging situations including hedging components of commodity risk. This new edition also covers the accounting treatment of special derivatives situations, such as raising financing through commodity-linked loans, derivatives on own shares and convertible bonds. Cases are used extensively throughout the book, simulating a specific hedging strategy from its inception to maturity following a common pattern. Coverage includes instruments such as forwards, swaps, cross-currency swaps, and combinations of standard options, plus more complex derivatives like knock-in forwards, KIKO forwards, range accruals, and swaps in arrears.Under IFRS, derivatives that do not qualify for hedge accounting may significantly increase earnings volatility. Compliant application of hedge accounting requires expertise across both the standards and markets, with an appropriate balance between derivatives expertise and accounting knowledge. This book helps bridge the divide, providing comprehensive IFRS coverage from a practical perspective.Become familiar with the most common hedging instruments from an IFRS 9 perspective Examine FX risk and hedging of dividends, earnings, and net assets of foreign subsidies Learn new standards surrounding the hedge of commodities, equity, inflation, and foreign and domestic liabilities Challenge the qualification for hedge accounting as the ultimate objective IFRS 9 is set to replace IAS 39, and many practitioners will need to adjust their accounting policies and hedging strategies to conform to the new standard. Accounting for Derivatives is the only book to cover IFRS 9 specifically for the derivatives practitioner, with expert guidance and practical advice.

Frank Wood's Business Accounting, Volume 1


Frank Wood - 2015
    It is renowned for its clarity, with easy-to-understand language and a plethora of examples to aid your understanding. In the 13th edition, which is fully compliant with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), all topics have been fully updated, including areas such as computerised accounting, banking, and accounting concepts and assumptions. With a brand new Chapter 2 on double entry, and more than 100 new review questions and activities, this edition contains all you need to understand and consolidate the key concepts in accounting.