- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Barron's Educational Series Inc.,U.S.; 4th edition edition (30 Jan 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0764119761
- ISBN-13: 978-0764119767
- Product Dimensions: 27.4 x 19.8 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,336,120 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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I gave this text an 9 because I found it to be very helpful before a test. I highly recommend "Accounting the Easy Way" to anyone who is having difficulties in understanding accounting. Good Luck!
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34 of 34 people found the following review helpful
Great practice exercises!
21 Mar 2000
Format:Paperback
I never took an accounting course, but I wanted to learn more for my job. So, when I started reading this book, I couldn't put it down! Everything is explained very well, and the exercises in the chapters and at the back of the book, really helped me reinforce what I had read. Definitely worth the money.
28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
"Accounting the Easy Way"
23 April 1998
Format:Paperback
I gave this text an 9 because I found it to be very helpful before a test. I highly recommend "Accounting the Easy Way" to anyone who is having difficulties in understanding accounting. Good Luck!
32 of 37 people found the following review helpful
like taking a shower while wearing a rain coat.
7 Nov 2005
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I am not an accountant, I'm an engineer. I knew almost nothing about about accounting, but I wanted to learn double entry bookeeping. So before I even read this book, I studied Barron's "Bookeeping the Easy Way".
Having gained an understanding of bookeeping, I then proceed to this book. And what I learned is that accounting has many, many categories of events to be accounted, lots and lots of counter-intuitive conventions, jargon galore, and an unending supply of seemingly arbitrary rules.
What I did *not* learn from this book is that accounting is very logical, an entire system built on two postulates (to borrow some mathematical vocabulary). Happily, I share a 45 minute commute with an accountant friend, and he enlightened me. But without the individual tutoring, I doubt I would have made much progress with this book despite many hours of hard work.
I could forgive this book for obscuring the beauty of accounting, since after all most readers are interesting in acquiring skills, not contemplating beauty. Unfortunately, this is a car wreck of a a "how to" book. The text is wordy, amiguous, and convoluted. None of the illustrations or tables are numbered. I ended up re-reading almost every passage several times.
Whoever invented accounting was a genius, and accounting is probably one of the most important inventions of all times. This book does not do the subject justice.
Having gained an understanding of bookeeping, I then proceed to this book. And what I learned is that accounting has many, many categories of events to be accounted, lots and lots of counter-intuitive conventions, jargon galore, and an unending supply of seemingly arbitrary rules.
What I did *not* learn from this book is that accounting is very logical, an entire system built on two postulates (to borrow some mathematical vocabulary). Happily, I share a 45 minute commute with an accountant friend, and he enlightened me. But without the individual tutoring, I doubt I would have made much progress with this book despite many hours of hard work.
I could forgive this book for obscuring the beauty of accounting, since after all most readers are interesting in acquiring skills, not contemplating beauty. Unfortunately, this is a car wreck of a a "how to" book. The text is wordy, amiguous, and convoluted. None of the illustrations or tables are numbered. I ended up re-reading almost every passage several times.
Whoever invented accounting was a genius, and accounting is probably one of the most important inventions of all times. This book does not do the subject justice.
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