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Accounting

This guide is designed to help students and faculty access credible resources related to the study of accounting.

Overview: Books

The Salt Lake Community College libraries have books in both physical and electronic formats available for use.  Titles are selected by a team of trained staff and librarians based on curricular needs.  Physical books are available at each of the four branches of the SLCC libraries. Books located at another branch can be placed on hold for pickup or to be sent to another SLCC library for convenience.

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Electronic books (eBooks) can be accessed anywhere with internet accessibility.  Some titles also allow you to check them out for offline access as well.

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Electronic Books

Notable Titles

Accounting, cash flow and value relevance

by Francesco Paolone

Call number: Redwood library HF5681.C28 P36 2020

Summary: Although the concept "Cash is King" is today widely recognized, the cash flow statement was rather neglected until the EU accounting regulators discovered its relevance in explaining the real value of the business. This book investigates the value relevance of the operating cash flow as reported under the International Financial Reporting Standards (IAS/IFRS) for the largest European listed companies and US listed companies in the past recent years. Using the model based on the valuation theory developed by Ohlson, which measures the market value of equity as a function of accounting variables, the author concludes that operating cash flow represents a significant variable in determining the value relevance of the largest European and US listed companies. These findings provide siginificant implications for standard setters and support the continued requirements for disclosure of cash flow information under IAS 7.

Accounting Demystified (2004)

Call number: Redwood library HF5635 .H112 2004

Summary: "Accounting is truly the language of business. Success or failure is measured in dollars, but in order to make good decisions, you need to understand how finances drive business realities and become fluent in the essential elements of the accounting process. ACCOUNTING DEMYSTIFIED tells you all you need to know about the numbers that drive business. The book uses examples of typical business situations to demonstrate basic financial concepts, including: * The accounting process * Financial statements * Making entries * Accounts payable and accounts receivable * Cashflow statements * Fixed and intangible assets * Inventory * Liabilities * Adjusting and closing entries * Prepaid expenses *Preparing a bank reconciliation * Accounting information systems * Stockholders equity * Ratio analysis

Financial Accounting by Maire Loughran (2021)

Call number: South library HF5636 .L68 2021
"It's been said that accounting is the language of business. With this book as your guide, you can become fluent in finance--and if you're studying for an MBA or MAcc, that skill will help you pass your exams. In true For Dummies style, this guide cuts through the thick forest of financial jargon to turn abstract concepts into understandable English. Step-by-step examples show you how things work in practice, so you can master the fundamentals of finance, interpret them, and put them to work like a pro. Inside... Get the latest on GAAP; Grasp mergers and acquisitions; Understand accounting terms; Analyze and evaluate corporate financial statements; Compile financial reports; Spot common fraud techniques; Find new career options." -- Back cover.

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Accounting disrupted: how digitalization is changing finance by Alnoor Bhimani (2021)

Call number: Redwood library HF5636 .B49 2021
 
Summary:
"Web technologies and mobile devices are driving enterprises to embark on a new wave of digitalization that is reshaping business and the global economy. Modes of data analysis in use now enable extreme corporate agility, swift strategic re-focus and fast resource allocation decisions across many businesses. Established business fundamentals are being eclipsed including accounting expertise. Conventional financial analysis is proving ineffective in dealing with the information needs of executives in organizations facing digital transformation. In fact, accounting faces a disruption unprecedented in scale. This book shows how the new digitalization wave is impacting financial expertise and the transformation in accounting that is now essential. It will be written in a direct, straight forward style with extensive explanations and a wide range of practical illustrations and case studies"--

Counting: How we use numbers to decide what matters by Deborah A. Stone (2020)

Call number: Redwood library HA29 .S8223 2020
 
"The best-selling author of Policy Paradox, a classic on politics, delivers a pathbreaking work on the simple act of counting. Early in her extraordinary career, Deborah Stone wrote Policy Paradox, a landmark work on politics. Now, in Counting, she revolutionizes how we approach numbers and shows how counting shapes the way we see the world. Most of us think of counting as a skill so basic that we see numbers as objective, indisputable facts. Not so, says Stone. In this playful-yet-probing work, Stone reveals the inescapable link between quantifying and classifying, and explains how counting determines almost every facet of our lives-from how we are evaluated at work to how our political opinions are polled to whether we get into college or even out of prison. But numbers, Stone insists, need not rule our lives. Especially in this age of big data, Stone's work is a pressing and spirited call to reclaim our authority over numbers, and to take responsibility for how we use them"