With a firm understanding of the changing needs of students, ACCOUNTING, 23e, leads students to accounting mastery using an integrated learning system. Building on the authors' proven approach, students are guided through the preparation of financial statements as the authors artfully provide a framework for understanding what accounting is all about and accounting's evolving role in business.

1. Introduction to Accounting and Business.
2. Analyzing Transactions.
3. The Adjusting Process.
4. Completing the Accounting Cycle.
5. Accounting Systems.
6. Accounting for Merchandising Businesses.
7. Inventories.
8. Sarbanes Oxley, Internal Controls, & Cash.
9. Receivables.
10. Fixed Assets and Intangible Assets.
11. Current Liabilities & Payroll.
12. Accounting for Partnerships and Limited Liability Companies.
13. Corporations: Organization, Capital Stock Transactions, and Dividends.
14. Long-Term Liabilities: Bonds and Notes
15. Investments and Fair Value Accounting
Complete Financial Statements for Mornin' Joe.
16. Statement of Cash Flows.
17. Financial Statement Analysis.
18. Introduction to Managerial Accounting.
19. Job Order Cost Systems.
20. Process Cost Systems.
21. Cost Behavior and Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis.
22. Budgeting.
23. Performance Evaluation Using Variances from Standard Costs.
24. Performance Evaluation for Decentralized Operations.
25. Differential Analysis and Product Pricing.
26. Capital Investment Analysis