Financial Accounting: A Decision-Making Approach has been designed to provide students with a general perspective and knowledge of accounting that will support real-world decision making. Specifically, this text will

- Help students understand how events are currently reported in financial statements and how specific items of reported financial information are used for business decisions.
- Provide the means for students to link their understanding of accounting to the requirements of the specific financial decisions for which the information will be used.
- Help students understand the elements that make up external accounting reports, how the information is selected and recorded, and how te accounting process affects the way the information can be used for decisions.

Financial decisionmakers who understand how the accounting process measures real-word events and accmulates, classifies, summarizes, and reports information about these events can use financial accounting information wisely.

Chapter 1. Decision Making And Information
Chapter 2. Accounting In a Decision-Making Environment
Chapter 3. Understanding Cash Flows
Chapter 4. Accrual Accounting and Financial Reoprting
Chapter 5. Understanding Income
Chapter 6. Understanding Financial Position
Chapter 7. The Accounting Process
Chapter 8. Cash, Receivables, and Investments
Chapter 9. Prepaid Expenses and Inventories
Chapter 10. Operating Assets and Intangibles
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