Maire Loughran

Learn the ins-and-outs of managing, funding, and handling the accounting for a nonprofit. Nonprofits are not like other businesses. They’re special. It doesn’t matter if you’re launching a career as part of a multi-million dollar organisation or a volunteer running your local little league, you’ll need special know-how to navigate the accounting practices and funding needs of a not-for-profit. Nonprofit...

The easy way to master the art of auditing Want to be an auditor and need to hone your investigative skills? Look no further. This friendly guide gives you an easy-to-understand explanation of auditing — from gathering financial statements and accounting information to analysing a client's financial position. Packed with examples, it gives you everything you need to ace an...

Learn to speak fluent finance—and ace your exams! Warren Buffett said that "accounting is the language of business." And for many accounting and business students, the obscure terminology of accounting makes fluency hard to achieve. Financial Accounting For Dummies can help to demystify abstract concepts in a straightforward, friendly way. With step-by-step examples and real-world scenarios practice, it helps you...

Your plain–English guide to financial accounting for students and trainees. Financial Accounting For Dummies provides students who are studying finance, accounting, and business with the basic concepts, terminology, and methods to interpret, analyse, prepare, and evaluate financial statements. It covers concepts accountants and other business professionals use to prepare reports; mergers and acquisitions purchase and pooling; free cash flow; and...

The easy way to master an intermediate accounting course Intermediate accounting courses are required for students seeking bachelor's degrees in accounting and often for degrees in finance, business administration, and management. Intermediate Accounting For Dummies provides you with a deeper and broader level of accounting theory, serving as an excellent course supplement and study guide to help you master the...

Essential concepts and terminology to clarify business accounting for today’s economy Financial Accounting For Dummies helps you decode the language of business, with clear explanations, practical examples, and updated guidance covering the latest GAAP standards. Learn the basics of decoding financial statements and keeping the books, along with more advanced topics like business investing. In this new edition, you’ll find...

Beginner-friendly information you need to successfully manage finances in a not-for-profit organisation Nonprofit Bookkeeping & Accounting For Dummies is a helpful guide for anyone who is responsible for financial and accounting operations in nonprofit organisations or needs to read and understand a nonprofit financial statement. It includes information on the basics of nonprofit bookkeeping, general nonprofit accounting principles, basic financial...