Based on United States generally accepted accounting principles, this textbook was written by David Annand, EdD, MBA, CPA, CA, and Professor of Accounting in the Faculty of Business at Athabasca University. It was adapted by Teresa Thompson of Mission College, Santa Clara CA.
Text chapters are as follows:
1. Introduction to Financial Accounting
2. The Accounting Process
3. Financial Accounting and the Use of Adjusting Entries
4. The Classified Balance Sheet and Related Disclosures
5. Accounting for the Sale of Goods
6. Assigning Costs to Merchandise
7. Cash and Receivables
8. Long-lived Assets
9. Debt Financing: Current and Non-current Liabilities
10. Debt Financing: Bonds
11. Equity Financing
12. Proprietorships and Partnerships
13. Financial Statement Analysis
14. The Statement of Cash Flows
The material also includes multiple ancillary student resources: a solutions manual for all text questions, a full index, and a student workbook. Students can print outlines for answers to any questions as they need them and fill in responses manually. All of this material is able to be printed on demand in whole or in part.
The text and solutions manual are also available as a combined .pdf file for onscreen viewing. The material is fully bookmarked. All questions and problems are hyper-linked to related solutions. In addition there are links to randomly-generated Excel® problems at the end of each chapter. These cover key concepts, and provide unlimited practice and feedback.
Instructor resources include an assignment and exam bank, and PowerPoint® slides. All text, solutions manual, and student workbook material is available in .docx format for instructors to customize if desired. The material is freely-adaptable and shareable under a CC-BY-SA-NC licence.
A comprehensive, end-of-term case is also available (Jensen Wholesalers Corp.). This requires students to prepare 18 different year-end adjusting entries and all four types of financial statements, and calculation and analysis of 16 different financial statement ratios. Tailored solutions are provided for instructors. An example is included on this webpage. Unique versions can be created for any number of individual students or groups.
This case, and the assignment and exam bank are available upon request to davida@athabascau.ca.