Introduction to financial accounting / Curtis L. Norton, Gary A Porter.

Includes index, glossary, and appendixes.

Originally published 2009.

1. Accounting as a form of communication -- 2. Financial statements and the annual report -- 3. Processing accounting information -- 4. Income measurement and accrual accounting -- 5. Inventories and cost of goods sold -- 6. Cash and internal control -- 7. Investments and receivables -- 8. Operating assets: property, plant, and equipment, and intangibles -- 9. Current liabilities: contingencies, and the time value of money -- 10. Long-term liabilities -- 11. Stockholders' equity -- 12. The statement of cash flows -- 13. Financial statement analysis -- Appendixes.

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