pt. 1: A first look at accounting. Strolling through the field of accounting

Getting to the bottom of the bottom line

Bookkeeping 101 : from shoeboxes to computers

Accounting and your personal finances.

pt. 2: Figuring out financial statements. Making and reporting profit

The genesis and reporting of financial condition

Cash sources and uses and reporting cash flows

Getting a financial report ready .

pt. 3" Accounting in managing a business. First things first : deciding the legal structure

Using accounting for managing profit

Budgeting profit and cash flow

Cost concepts and conundrums

pt. 4: Financial reports in the public domain. Keeping score : choosing and implementing accounting methods

How investors read a financial report

Audits, accounting fraud, and audit failures.

pt. 5: The part of tens. Ten profit and loss questions

Ten ways savvy business managers use accounting

Ten questions savvy investors ask when reading a financial report.