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If you have to read an accounting book
This book is easy to follow and cuts to the chase, no filler. It is way less expensive than any other accounting book and the man who wrote knows what he's talking about because he worked in the industry in the accounting department for over 20 years. I only know this because he is my professor. Good luck with the book and you are bound to learn a lot from it. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Accounting - General    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Hospitality industry    8. Industries - Hospitality, Travel & Tourism    9. Budgeting & financial management    10. Business & Economics / Hospitality, Travel & Tourism   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - General    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Financial accounting   

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Third edition is no better
I posted the unfavorable review of the second edition.I have recently had an opportunity to see the third edition, and find the same errors are still present.

an embarrassingly slapdash and sloppy book
There were a considerable number of errors in the first edition that I pointed out to the author shortly after its publication. The second edition seems to have corrected few if any of them.Let me cite two egregious examples. Good, but poor examples
If the purpose of using this book is to get a brief idea of what certain concepts are then it is a good book.Unfortunately, many people using this book are going to be those who do not have much background with theconcepts inside and they will be looking for clearer explanations of whatthe author is talking about.I think that is the book's weakness:thefact that many times I didn't feel that his definitions and explanationswere complete enough. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Business & Economics    2. Business / Economics / Finance    3. Business/Economics    4. Econometrics    5. Economics - General    6. Forecasting    7. Probability & Statistics - General    8. Problems, exercises, etc    9. Statistical methods    10. Business & Economics / Economics / General    11. Economic statistics    12. Financial accounting    13. Mathematical & statistical software   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Accounting - General    3. Accounting - Managerial    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial    8. Management accounting   

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Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Managerial    3. Bankruptcy    4. Bankruptcy & Insolvency    5. Business & Economics    6. Business/Economics    7. Forms    8. Legal Reference / Law Profession    9. United States    10. Bankruptcy & insolvency law    11. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    12. Financial accounting   

Reviews (16)

Excellent Book for Non-Accounting People
This book is excellent for non-accountants.The chapters are well constructed with examples that are very easy to follow.I have worked in accounting for over 25 years and this is the best book that I have seen to help people with the basics of accounting.
Highly recommended
This is a great intro to accounting. It will probably take a couple days to a week to read, depending on your background, but you will come away with a pretty solid understanding of accounting fundamentals. Not for beginners
This book was maddening. I'd find myself re-reading a paragraph over and over, 5 or 6 times, attempting to translate its meaning.Sentences like "The Income Statement reports this activity on the accrual basis and the Statements of Cash Flows reports it on the cash basis" liethroughout the book. Terms like 'accrual basis' and 'dividends' aresuddenly announced, without any prior explanation.I bet the author is agreat CPA, and extraordinarily smart. But there is no way this book wastested the way it should've been: by handing it to an otherwise savvybusiness person with no accounting experience, and WATCHING them read thebook to see if it made any sense, and where they got hung up. If you're areal beginner, this won't be an easy answer to your questions. ... Read more

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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business enterprises    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporations    7. Finance    8. Stock price forecasting    9. Valuation    10. Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial   

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Model?
If you are looking for a book that contains model policies and procedures, this book is not for you.When I opened the cover, I fully expected to see full-length sample model policies and procedures.For example, your typical investment policy should be seven or more pages.Mr. McMillan's "model" policy had only a couple of useless paragraphs.I expected more for the $65 cover price. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Accounting - Managerial    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Finance    8. Handbooks, manuals, etc    9. Management Accounting    10. Non-Profit Organizations Management    11. Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    12. Nonprofit organizations    13. Business & Economics / Nonprofit Organizations & Charities    14. Non-profitmaking organizations   

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A good Introductory Book
This book is a good starter book; much better than Oracle Materials. It gives good Introduction to Oracle Modules GL,AR and AP with the help of screen shots. (in fact, lots of screen shots help the understanding). Hopeless!
This book is some kind of joke. And I'm the last one to laugh, 'cause I had to spend over 60$ on this one. It is full of screenshots and hardly any verbage. If there is any, it simply gives you the basic navigation instructions for 11i screens. Well, it did one good thing though, it inspired me to write a book on the subject that I have no knowledge on. Here's what I'm going to do. Get all the user manuals, tear them apart and throw the pages in the air. Which ever land on a table, simply collect them, bind them together, and viola...you have a book with a title that reads something like "Implementing some hi-tech applications...blah blah blah..." !

Very disappointing
Though there are very few books about Oracle Applications Version 11i, this is not a good reason to buy this book. One gets the feeling that it has been assembled from a set of consultant's hand outs. It is badly written and the publisher seems to have dispensed with the services of editor and proof reader. For example, diagrams 1.3 and 1.4, meant to demonstrate the difference between single organization and multi-organization structures are in fact completely identical. This doesn't give one a great deal of confidence in the accuracy of the rest of the information in the book. The section on conversion contains the sentence "Converting legacy data can be time-consuming, expensive and complex" and then in the following paragraph "If the volume is too large, convert the legacy data via a custom software conversion program. The process can be complex and time consuming". I think we got the point the first time.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business Enterprise    3. Business Software - General    4. Business/Economics    5. Computer Bks - Accounting Packages    6. Computer Books: General    7. Computer programs    8. Computers    9. Computers - Accounting Packages    10. Electronic Commerce    11. Financial Applications - General    12. Microcomputer Accounting & Financial Software    13. Oracle E-business suite    14. Business & Economics / Accounting / Financial    15. Business & Economics-Accounting - Financial    16. Computers / Financial Applications / General    17. Computers-Business Software - General    18. Oracle   

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Analysis of Financial Statements
How to identify the root problem. Whatwe do to identify, to demonstrate the root problem. What tools we can use to analyse the problem. Conclusion: possible solutions. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Corporations    6. Finance    7. Financial statements    8. Investment analysis    9. Business & Economics / Finance    10. Financial reporting, financial statements   

Reviews (6)

Great Reading when starting your own business
This book is great reading when starting your own business, whatever the type of business. You will still need a tax accountant (and that is also what the author recommends) but you will have a good understanding on what records to keep and what you can write off. This makes the everday management clearer and the conversations with the tax accountant a lot easier. The book is written in fun, plain English. Some people may find the style too trivial but I actually enjoyed it because the book was easy to read that way.

Great Book - Easy Read
June does a wonderful job with communicating the concepts about the IRS tax code. This is wonderful book for the beginner as well as the seasoned entrepreneur. She explains all tax deductions in a simple way.Her Most Simple System works!!!This book does not take the place of accountant and she says that from the beginning; However her book makes you an informed client and one that will not be missing deductions.

Taxes Ain't Astrophysics; Both CAN be Readily Explained!
This book contains a plethora of legitimate, audit-proof suggestions, many of which are not on the radar of most CPAs, since they are accustomed to dealing with the W2 world.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance    6. Finance, Personal    7. Income Taxes    8. Personal & Practical Guides    9. Self-employed    10. Small business    11. Taxation    12. United States    13. Reference / Personal & Practical Guides   

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A Good Basic Overview
The title says it all--this is a good basic overview of payroll.You will not become an expert by reading it, but what can you read that makes you an expert?This book will give you the vocabulary and the tools you need to take your first steps in payroll.After that experience is the best teacher.

Valuable Payroll Resource
I think this is a good beginner-to-intermediate level book about payroll.While I doubt this book can serve as your only source to setting up a payroll system (a claim never made by the author), it can serve as a valuable guide to implementing or reviewing your current payroll internal controls, best practices and payroll policy manual.It may also help you analyze whether you are paying too much money or spending too much time on your job costing system.If you like examples, the author uses many short case studies to clarify his main points.Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Accounting - Managerial    4. Business & Economics    5. Business / Economics / Finance    6. Business/Economics    7. Human Resources & Personnel Management    8. Labor    9. Law and legislation    10. Management    11. Management Accounting    12. Payrolls    13. United States    14. Wages    15. Business & Economics / Accounting / Management    16. Personnel & human resources management   

Reviews (41)

Not Worth it
I am an experienced trader and an avid reader of trading books. This book has nothing new to offer since the author doesn't reveal any of her secrets unless you are willing to go to her website and pay $800 to get access to some of her indicators. She spends pages and pages to expalin very simple concepts. Total waiste of money and time.

Excellent Book - But you must be literate and have an IQ over 100
Ms. Brown's book on technical analysis is superb. It has increased my profits already after just reading it two weeks ago.
DO NOT READ THIS BOOK!! (if you're looking for an ineffective, shoddy, cookie cutter "system" for the masses)
This book was recommended to me by two traders in their top 10 trading books list.Knowing how successful they both are (with a combined trading experience of 65 years and immense wealth built for both of them in that time), I put a lot of faith in their recommendations.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business / Economics / Finance    4. Business/Economics    5. Charts, diagrams, etc    6. Finance    7. Investment Analysis    8. Investments & Securities - Futures    9. Investments & Securities - General    10. Speculation    11. Stocks    12. Business & Economics / Investments & Securities    13. Investment & securities   

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Succinct and Informative
This book is very succinct and the explanations for each accounting concepts are very easy to understand and easy to remember. The "Red Flags" after each concept are very useful in pointing out all the possible problems that may arise. While the strengths of this book is his conciseness, it does require you to have some basic accounting background. Otherwise, some of the explanations may seem confusing. Having said that, if i am reading an annual report, I would definitely want to have this book beside me. Happy reading!

Great Little Book To Help You Understand Financial Reports
Keys to Reading an Annual Report
This small manual concisely and succinctly presents the major elements of financial statements in easy to read, line-by-line format.It is not only ideal for the average investor without an accounting background, but also for the accountant who needs to explain financial statement concepts and presentations to others.Its examples are easy to relate to and quite illustrative.I regret this wasn't available when I tried to decipher "Accounting 101". ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Auditors' reports    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Corporate Finance    7. Financial statements    8. Reference - General    9. Business & Economics / General    10. Financial reporting, financial statements    11. Reference works   

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Reviews (54)

sophisticated maths
Neftci takes us on a mathematically sophisticated tour of financial derivatives. The treatment is on a level akin to a senior-level undergrad text on physics or engineering. Indeed, to a reader who might come from that background, there will be a lot of similarities and familiar ideas.
Remarkable Introduction to Serious Math, Serious Finance, and Real-World Applications
Neftci's book is easily grouped into a large number of texts that provide graduate level (considerable more rigorous than the MBA version) introductions to mathematical finance.Some are written for MBA with want to be exposed to as little math as possible without short changing the financial and valuation aspects and with considerable attention to a broad range of financial products and applications (Hull's classic comes to mind).Others are extremely implementation driven and are more a hybrid of finance and computer programming (Duffy, London, Wilmont).Still others are math books that speak above the heads of almost all practitioners and cover the finance topics poorly (or not at all).
Not a useful book
The author tried to circumvent the difficulty associated with the math behind derivative pricing by explaining the sujbect in a simple way that requires the minimum knowledge of math. Unfortunately it was overdone in this respect and therefore led to non-straightforward overelaboration that made simple things even more complicated. There are both typo and non-typo errors in the book, whick could make a fairly long erratum. For example, on p.281, Eq.(28) missed the last term from the previous equation.As mentioned by other readers, the notations were used inconsistently in this book. Again on p.281, the volatility sigma was switched to the one mupltiplied by the asset price without giving a notice. The subscript t was abused for both partial derivative with respect to time t and the function depending on t. English doesn't seem to be the author's first language. One of evidences of this is on p.336, in the second paragraph after Eq.(112), where "the value in current dollars" obviously should be "the current value in dollars". In addition, the author really needs to change his sloppy writing style. Footnotes were definitely abused, many of which are unnecessary. Many equations were unnecessarily written and numbered again and again. For example, Eq.(4) on p.276 is written and numbered again on p.277, and again on p.280.
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Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Applied    3. Business & Economics    4. Business / Economics / Finance    5. Business/Economics    6. Derivative securities    7. Investments & Securities - Futures    8. Investments & Securities - General    9. Mathematics    10. Mathematics (Specific Aspects)    11. Securities    12. Business mathematics    13. Investment & securities   

Subjects:  1. Accounting    2. Accounting - Financial    3. Business & Economics    4. Business/Economics    5. Finance, Public    6. Financial statements    7. Financial statements, Consolidated    8. Government - General    9. Government - U.S. Government    10. Governmental Accounting    11. Politics / Current Events    12. Public Finance    13. Public Finance (General)    14. United States    15. Political Science / General   

Subjects:  1. Accounting - Financial    2. Business & Economics    3. Business/Economics    4. Accounting    5. Financial accounting