Think Like An Accountant A Non Accountants Guide To Accounting

Download or read book Think Like An Accountant: A Non-accountant's Guide to Accounting written by Shubhasish Das and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-12-20 with total page 124 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you struggling to understand accounting and don't know why? Then you are in the right place. The sole purpose of this book is to lead you from confusion to clarity. Accounting is simple to understand if you master the thinking process required for accounting. This book is for you if: You have spent hundreds of dollars on several books and coaching classes but still not clear about the basics of accounting. You are working as an accountant and feel your work is difficult since you don't have proper grasp over practical accounting. You are a non finance manager and want to understand the basics of accounting in a short period of time. You are an entrepreneur and want to make yourself comfortable with the 'language of business'. After reading this book: You will be able to understand the thinking process required to record a transaction. You will grasp the thinking process behind critical accounting principles such as accrual principle, matching principle etc. You will be able to visualize Journal entries through journal painting (a concept introduced by me). You will be able to write any journal entry that is possible. you will have a firm grasp on adjusting entries like accruals, deferrals, unearned incomes, stock related adjustments, adjustments related to accounts receivables. you will learn to prepare trial balance and adjusting trial balance. you will learn to prepare financial statements- income statement and Balance sheet. And the most important, you will learn how to think like an accountant.