Accounts Demystified: How To Understand And Use Company Accounts

Everything is explained with extraordinary clarity, without the use of jargon or the kind of strangled prose loved by professionals. Well worth the cover price. "Even the most terrified reader can grasp the concepts" - Daily Telegraph. A classic. Even if you know it all already, there's no harm in going back to first principles. It travels all the way from the fundamental principles of the balance sheet to a few "tricks of the trade" – via analysis of funding structures and how to value companies. It's all too easy to become bogged down in detail when you're running a company. This book is a great way to keep yourself informed – without being submerged. A step-by-step guide which will, within a few hours, have you understanding and using company accounts with confidence. Contents include balance sheets, profit & loss accounts and cash flow statements, key terms, how to monitor a company's financial performance, risk, how to value a company and creative accounting techniques to watch out for.