FT Guide to Using and Interpreting Company Accounts, 4th Edition

Preface

Everyone prepares accounts in one form or another. If you ask yourself whether you can afford to buy a new house, change the car, or how much you’re worth then you’ve prepared accounts. You’re unlikely to have prepared them in a formal way, just done them mentally. They wouldn’t look anything like published accounts. Company accounts are not really very different from the ones that we prepare for ourselves, but their presentation and the words used make them look more complicated than they really are. Although most people prepare accounts, they believe that understanding company accounts is difficult, if not impossible. This book shows that once you have cut through the jargon and understood the presentation, anyone can use published ...