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Accounting: Accounting Basics

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Accountants' Handbook, Financial Accounting and General Topics by D. R. Carmichael; Lynford Graham
Publication Date: 2012-04-26

This highly regarded reference is relied on by a considerable part of the accounting profession in their day-to-day work.

12 Basic Concepts Accounting Graduates Need to Know

Payroll Accounting

The Fundamentals of Payroll Accounting
2016 Midwest Regional Payroll Conference
Merrill Vogel, Deloitte Tax LLP

Federal Taxation

Tax Accounting
Tax & Accounting North America:Tax Resource Center
From Wolters Kluwer, a global provider of professional information, this site includes the latest federal and state news articles.
Tax and Accounting News

Cost Accounting / Management Accounting

Cost Accounting
Measure Costs Right: Make the Right Decisions
This link is for a 1988 article from Harvard Business Review. Consider its relevance today.
When Is Managerial Accounting Appropriate?

Financial Accounting & Financial Statements

The Financial Reporting Fast Lane: Unexpected reactions to real-time reporting
From KelloggInsight, a magazine from the Kellogg School of Management
High-Quality Financial Reporting Is a Growing Challenge
From Accounting Today Magazine
Ten Common Notes to the Financial Statements
From the book Intermediate Accounting For Dummies
IFRS Example Consolidated Financial Statements 2024
From Grant Thornton International Ltd.

Debits and Credits - Accounting

Debits and Credits - Accounting
Baskerville, P. (2009, March 17). Debits and Credits - Accounting. Retrieved from the OpenStax-CNX Web site: http://legacy.cnx.org/content/m20547/1.1/

"Debits and Credits are at the very heart of the 'double entry bookkeeping' that has been the foundation stone on which the financial world's accounting system has been built for well over 500 years."

Budgeting

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