Mastering Bookkeeping, 10th Edition: A complete guide to the principles and practice of business accounting (Tom Thorne Novels)

Review ...a useful approach to the teaching and learning of book-keeping skills...[and] a valuable reference source for revision.--Teeline ...presented in a clear and logical manner - written in plain English.--Learning Resources News This book has been planned to cover the requirements of all the major examining boards' syllabuses and achieves all it sets out to do. --Focus on Business Education Product Description The book explains the principles and practice of bookkeeping sequentially, including: ·The bank reconciliation ·Writing up the petty cash book ·Extracting a trial balance ·Accruals and prepayments ·Setting up a limited company ·Accounting for VAT Plus step-by-step guides to compiling a balance sheet, depreciation, accounting for bad and doubtful debts and much more. The 10th edition also includes significant enhancements to reflect the teachings of the principle bookkeeping institutes as they endeavour to raise the professional competence of their members. For example, accounting staff are increasingly being required to extend their record keeping into management accounts areas. The new edition includes chapters on stock control and budgetary control accounting. In addition, it will include more detailed guidance on the significance and importance of ratio analysis and statements of sources and application of funds, plus the latest available IAB and ICB exam papers. Book Description An accredited textbook of The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers From the Back Cover The 10th edition of this popular guide to bookkeeping features updated specimen exam papers of all the major boards and is accredited by The Institute of Certified Bookkeepers 'Presented in a clear and logical manner - written in plain English.' LEARNING RESOURCES NEWS Written by one of the UK`s foremost authorities on bookkeeping and accounts, Mastering Bookkeeping has already helped thousands of people get to grips with bookkeeping and double-entry accounting. This new edition reflects the most up-to-date teachings of the major bookkeeping institutes, helping you to go beyond the basics and understand stock control and budgetary control accounting. Topics covered include: · The daybooks and ledger accounts · End-of-year accounting · Sole proprietorships, limited companies, partnerships and not-for-profit organisations · Using computers for accounting · Accounting for VAT · The implications of the Data Protection Act 1998 on bookkeepers · Progressing to more advanced management accounting - controlling the cash, controlling credit and watching costs · Working overseas as a bookkeeper This book is suitable for those preparing for the examinations of ICB, AAT, IAB, OCR, AQA and all other courses in bookkeeping and accounts. [Please include the ICB crest and IAB logo on the back cover] About the Author Dr Peter Marshall is a distinguished psychologist and polymath, whose works have significantly contributed to the arts, sciences and manufactures. He has penned twenty-eight books on various subjects, including psychology, psychotherapy, accounting, finance, business and fiction in addition to hundreds of articles, essays and papers. His first novel, a surrealist work, was shortlisted for the Welsh Arts Council's Literary Prize, and chosen as Book of the Week on HTV Primetime, whereon Peter was studio guest. His publications include both academic and popular psychology and the publication of Unlocking Your Potential, originally called How To Master Your Mind, Life and Destiny was the book that kicked off the self-help genre, which has since grown to be the largest non-fiction publishing sector of all. A qualified hypnotist and psychotherapist, Dr Marshall is a former Principal of the London School of Hypnotherapy and Psychotherapy. He toured the country in the late 1990s, performing mass hypnotism on stage and his "Handbook of Hypnotherapy is used and recommended by many hypnotherapy training schools. He is also the originator of The T