Principles of Financial Accounting: Chapters 1 - 18 (12^th Ed.)

Accounting Principles 12th Edition, which includes chapters 1-18, provides students with a clear introduction to fundamental accounting concepts. The Twelfth Edition, by Weygandt, Kimmel, and Kieso, helps students get the most out of their accounting course by making practice simple. Newly streamlined learning objectives help students use their study time efficiently by creating a clear connections between the reading and video content, and the practice, homework, and assessments questions. Accounting Principles 12^th Edition is a best-selling program ideal for a two-semester Principles of Accounting sequence where students spend the majority of the time learning financial accounting concepts, and are introduced to the basic concepts of managerial accounting at the end of the sequence.  With Accounting Principles students learn the accounting cycle from a sole proprietor perspective.

Accounting in Action.

The Recording Process.

Adjusting the Accounts.

Completion of the Accounting Cycle.

Accounting for Merchandising Operations.

Inventories.

Accounting Information Systems.

Internal Control and Cash.

Accounting for Receivables.

Plant Assets, Natural Resources, and Intangible Assets.

Current Liabilities and Payroll Accounting.

Accounting Principles.

Accounting for Partnerships.

Corporations: Organization and Capital Stock Transactions.

Corporations: Dividends, Retained Earnings, and Income Reporting.

Long-Term Liabilities.

Investments.

The Statement of Cash Flows.

Financial Statement Analysis.

Managerial Accounting.

Job Order Cost Accounting.

Process Cost Accounting.

Cost-Volume-Profit Relationships.

Budgetary Planning.

Budgetary Control and Responsibility Accounting.

Performance Evaluation Through Standard Costs.

Incremental Analysis and Capital Budgeting.

Appendices.

Photo Credits.

Indexes.

Jerry J. Weygandt, PhD, CPA, is Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois. Articles by Professor Weygandt have appeared in the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, and other academic and professional journals. These articles have examined such financial reporting issues as accounting for price-level adjustments, pensions, convertible securities, stock option contracts, and interim reports. Professor Weygandt is author of other accounting and financial reporting books and is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on numerous committees of the American Accounting Association and as a member of the editorial board of the Accounting Review; he also has served as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Accounting Association. He is the recipient of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs Outstanding Educator's Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001 he received the American Accounting Association's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.

 

Donald E.  Kieso, PhD, CPA, received his bachelor's degree from Aurora University and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Illinois. He is currently the KPMG Peat Marwick Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Northern Illinois University. He has public  accounting experience with Price Waterhouse & Co. (San  Francisco and Chicago) and Arthur Andersen & Co. (Chicago) and  research experience with the Research Division of the American  Institute of Certified Public Accountants (New York). He has done  postdoctorate work as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and is a recipient of NIU's Teaching Excellence Award and four Golden Ap