Given the current economic climate, businesses are looking to make cut backs and reduce costs wherever possible. Taking book-keeping in-house is one simple yet obvious way small businesses and the self employed can cut costs and take control of their own books. Core area which people struggle with, the step-by-step approach taken by this book will appeal to a wide audience. Brilliant series platform and expert author. Benchmark: Accounts Demystified (9780273714927) has sold 1,078 copies (TCM Nielsen Bookscan 2009 to the end of Q3).

Table of Contents

Introduction Part I Basic concepts of book-keeping 1. What is book-keeping? 2. Before you start some ideas and concepts Part II Doing the book-keeping 3. Recording what you sell Recording what you buy Recording and monitoring cash Keeping track of employees Recording and tracking assets Part III From daybooks to financial statement Ledger accounts 9. An introduction to financial statements Part IV Checks on your book-keeping 10. Keeping everything right Glossary

About the Author

Since 2004, Martin Quinn has been employed as a full-time Lecturer in Accounting at Dublin City University. He has eleven years experience in accounting and IT roles in the manufacturing sector and has just completed a PhD thesis at the University of Dundee. His teaching focus is management accounting, while his research interests include management accounting change, information systems in management accounting, and management accounting in small business. Martin is also a qualified accountant with many years experience of all aspects of book-keeping, accounting and financial control.