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Are you frustrated by confusing financial reports? Have you acquired a million dollar budget to manage but don't know where to begin? Would you ... read full description


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Mar 18, 2009
Jonathan rated it: 5 of 5 stars
I find the Dummies series to be quite educational. If I wanted to learn about cooking or about sports, I can read a book designed around the topic. I think that a person should learn as much as they can about things that matter to them. I like learning about accounting because of it's role in business. Increasing my knowledge of accounting can help me invest or even save money.
I like the summary on the income statement and balance sheet. I also like how the book goes in depth More...
May 23, 2008
Peter rated it: 4 of 5 stars
I listened to this as an audiobook, which was probably a bad choice (like milk). The book seems to be a high-level management style overview of basic accounting principles. As an audiobook it was sometimes difficult to picture in my head the various types of accounting forms that the author was speaking on (Simon... That was for you). I assume that in the real book there are likely examples to make this easier. I would recommend this book for anyone looking for a high-level view of business acco More...
Oct 04, 2011
Brian added it
just too much beyond me.....i don't think this is for me.
Nov 19, 2010
Jim rated it: 3 of 5 stars
Can't get much better.
May 07, 2010
Book Dork rated it: 2 of 5 stars
Maybe I needed accounting for MEGA dummies. I have zero knowledge about accounting and unfortunately I found that in order to understand this book one still needed a basic understanding of accounting definitions to grasp these concepts. Bummer.
Aug 19, 2010
Amber rated it: 3 of 5 stars
I skipped around in this book and read the items that mattered to me at this point. I like that I can skip around in the book. This is a great desk reference for a quick laymans explanation.
Nov 12, 2010
Darcy rated it: 5 of 5 stars
This a great study guide. I love how it contains so much, but is so little.
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