Index

absorption accounting, 176

Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS), 289

accelerated depreciation, 220

accounting, 9–10, 12, 289, 303

rules, and forecasts, 207

accounting scandals, 2, 78–79

accounts payable, 36, 67, 289

accounts receivable, 24–25, 26, 143–144, 289

aging of, 121–122

average number of days to collect, 120–121

average number of days to collect, 120–121

balance sheet analysis, 45–46

factoring, 42

improving management of, 122–123

increase in cash flow statement, 69

for sales territories, 151

selling receivable with or without recourse, 226

accounts receivable financing, 225–226, 289

accrual accounting, 289

accrued liability, 236

accumulated depreciation, 30, 31

acid test ratio, see quick ratio

acquisitions, 45, 213–215, 289

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