For each accounting cycle, the author discusses the functions of the cycle, the source documents to the cycle, who processes what, the outputs of the cycle, and document flow charts.
J. EDWARD KETZ, PhD, is MBA Faculty Director and Associate Professor of accounting at Penn State Smeal College of Business. He has been cited in the press over 500 times since the Enron bankruptcy, and is well known as an accounting expert as attested in writings, vast citations in the press and on television, including the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and the Washington Post. His column "Accounting Annotations" is published in Accounting Today and his column "Accounting Cycle: Wash, Rinse, and Spin" appears regularly at SmartPros.com. He is also the author of Bridge Accounting: Procedures, Systems, and Controls.
Features
The text prepares students for later courses by providing them with a solid foundation in accounting mechanics. It also frees intermediate accounting faculty from teaching bookkeeping details.
Each chapter ends with review questions, discussion questions, exercises, and problems.
For each accounting cycle, the author discusses the functions of the cycle, the source documents to the cycle, who processes what, the outputs of the cycle, and the document flow charts.
Introduction to Accounting Systems is a comprehensive learning system, packaged with Gode's Financial Accounting Tutor software.
