Bookkeeping Essentials - by Steven M Bragg (Paperback)

About the Book

"The Vest Pocket Bookkeeper will include dozens of best practices that give bookkeepers insights into how to be more efficient and effective in their jobs. The book also reveals the key controls needed to reduce the risk of fraud. The book covers virtually all areas of importance that a bookkeeper must be aware of--topics to be covered are: Cash and accrual accounting, Purchasing and payables, Billing and collections, Income taxes, Cash receipts, Petty cash, Bank reconciliations, The financial statements, Closing the books. Financial statement analysis. Financial reports. Record archiving. Auditing."--Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

The handy problem-solver with helpful information for today's busy bookkeepers

Bookkeeping Essentials: How to Succeed as a Bookkeeper is the handy problem-solver that gives today's busy bookkeepers and accountants the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format. Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips.

• Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for analyzing, evaluating, and solving the day-to-day problems every accountant faces
• Helps bookkeepers and accountants quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it
• Offers hundreds of explanations supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and ratios

Filled with dozens of accounting best practices, Bookkeeping Essentials is a powerful companion for the ever-changing world of today's accountant and bookkeeper.

From the Back Cover

Get quick answers to all your bookkeeping questions

Presenting a question and answer format for the most common problems arising from the multitude of areas a bookkeeper may address during the working day, Bookkeeping Essentials: How to Succeed as a Bookkeeper provides complete, easy-to-navigate coverage with concise explanations and hundreds of supporting examples.

This reliable reference goes anywhere you go--to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting--covering topics you'll be encountering constantly, such as:

• What a journal entry is and where you record it

• Calculating payroll, buying from suppliers, handling cash receipts, and tracking inventory

• How to create financial statements

• How to ensure your transactions are as error-free as possible

• Reducing expenses

• And much more!

Packed with checklists, samples, and worked-out solutions to a wide variety of typical situations, Bookkeeping Essentials is the handy problem-solver that gives you the helpful information you want right now, in the quick-reference format you need.

About the Author

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and an auditor at Deloitte. He is the author of over forty books primarily targeted toward controllers and their needs. Bragg received a master's degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine.