A comprehensive guide to reading and understanding financial
reports
Financial reports provide vital information to investors,
lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial
report seem to be written in a foreign language that only
accountants can understand. This comprehensive version of How to
Read a Financial Report breaks through that language barrier,
clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to
financial reports. The book features new information on the
move toward separate financial and accounting reporting standards
for private companies, the emergence of websites offering financial
information, pending changes in the auditor's report language and
what this means to investors, and requirements for XBRL tagging in
reporting to the SEC, among other topics.
Makes it easy to understand what financial reports
really say
Updated to include the latest information financial reporting
standards and regulatory changes
Written by an author team with a combined 50-plus years of
experience in financial accounting
This comprehensive edition includes an ancillary website
containing valuable additional resources
With this comprehensive version of How to Read a Financial
Report, investors will find everything they need to fully
understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any
business.
reports
Financial reports provide vital information to investors,
lenders, and managers. Yet, the financial statements in a financial
report seem to be written in a foreign language that only
accountants can understand. This comprehensive version of How to
Read a Financial Report breaks through that language barrier,
clears away the fog, and offers a plain-English user's guide to
financial reports. The book features new information on the
move toward separate financial and accounting reporting standards
for private companies, the emergence of websites offering financial
information, pending changes in the auditor's report language and
what this means to investors, and requirements for XBRL tagging in
reporting to the SEC, among other topics.
Makes it easy to understand what financial reports
really say
Updated to include the latest information financial reporting
standards and regulatory changes
Written by an author team with a combined 50-plus years of
experience in financial accounting
This comprehensive edition includes an ancillary website
containing valuable additional resources
With this comprehensive version of How to Read a Financial
Report, investors will find everything they need to fully
understand the profit, cash flow, and financial condition of any
business.
