Financial Accounting And Pier 1 Report

I. INTRODUCTION TO BUSINESS AND ACCOUNTING.  1. Business: What's It All About?  2. Qualities of Accounting Information.  3. Accruals and Deferrals: Timing Is Everything in Accounting.  4. Keeping the Books: The Mechanics of an Accounting System. II. BUSINESS PROCESS AND ACCOUNTING: THE BUSINESS CYCLE.  5. Acquisitions: Purchases and Use of Business Assets.  6. Acquisition/Payment: Inventories and Liabilities.  7. The Sales and Collection Process.  8. Special Acquisitions: Financing a Business with Debt.  9. Special Acquisitions: Financing a Business with Equity. III. OTHER FINANCIAL REPORTING TOPICS. 10. Preparing a Statement of Cash Flows. 11. Financial Statement Analysis. Appendix A: Pier I Imports Annual Report. Appendix B: Present and Future Value Tables. Appendix C: Check Figures for End-of-Chapter Problems.