This book presents the subject matter in lucid and simple language for students with a non-finance background in learning accounting for business. This book suits the financial accounting/accounting for managers’ course.

This book will be for students of BCA/MCA and other commerce and management courses.

The Present Publication is the Latest Edition, authored by Dr. Sankar Thappa, with the following noteworthy features:

• [Case Studies] is incorporated in every chapter to enhance the analytical & critical thinking skills
• [Sample Examples from the Annual Reports of Companies] have been included to give an idea of the practical exposure of accounting information
• [Accounting related to GST] has also been included
• [Glimpses of IFRSs] have been included in the book

The detailed contents of the book are as follows:

• [Introduction to Accounting] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of accounting and its importance with case studies and practice questions
• [Conceptual Framework for Accounting] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of accounting concepts, conventions along with Accounting Standards with case studies and practice questions
• [Basic Accounting Procedures – I | Double Entry System of Book Keeping] This chapter provides complete conceptual understanding with sufficient practice questions
• [Basic Accounting Procedures – II | Journal] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of the concept of the accounting equation, the rules of debit and credit and how to record in journal with case studies and practice questions
• [Basic Accounting Procedures – III | Ledger] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of ledger book, the procedure for posting into ledger book from journal and the procedure for balancing the ledger accounts with case studies and  practice questions
• [Subsidiary Books I | Special Purpose Books] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of the kinds of subsidiary books and how to record the subsidiary books with practice questions
• [Subsidiary Books II | Cash Books] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of types of cash books and how to record in the cash book with an imprest system with case studies and practice questions
• [Bank Reconciliation Statement] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of bank reconciliation statements, causes for disagreement between cash book and pass book balances and how to prepare bank reconciliation statements with case studies and practice questions
• [Trial Balance and Rectification of Errors] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of trial balance, the process of preparation of trial balance, the kinds of errors and the procedure for rectification of errors with comprehensive case studies and practice questions
• [Capital and Revenue] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of capital and revenue expenditure, capital receipt and revenue receipt with case studies and practice questions
• [Depreciation] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of depreciation, various methods of depreciation and accounting for depreciation with case studies and practice questions
• [Financial Statements (Non-Corporate Organizations)] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of Financial Statements (Non-Corporate), i.e., trading, profit & loss account and balance sheet and how to prepare the financial statements, i.e. trading, profit & loss account and balance sheet with case studies and practice questions
• [Valuation of Inventory] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of inventory, different methods of inventory valuation and value inventory accordingly with case studies and practice questions
• [Financial Statements (Corporate Organisations)] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of financial statements (Corporate Organization); the form and content of the corporate financial statements, and how to prepare the profit & loss account and the balance sheet of a company as per the requirements of the Companies Act with case studies and practice questions
• [Cash Flow Statement] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of cash flow statements, the cash flow from operating, investing and financing activity and how to prepare cash flow statements under both direct and indirect methods with case studies and practice questions
• [Financial Statement Analysis] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of financial statement analysis and the various tools and techniques of analysis of financial statements with case studies and practice questions
• [Ratio Analysis] This chapter provides a complete conceptual understanding of accounting ratios, calculation of  the various ratios for financial analysis with case studies and practice questions