CIMA Exam Practice Kit
Financial Accounting Fundamentals
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CIMA Exam Practice Kit
Certificate Level
Financial Accounting Fundamentals Dak Patel
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Contents
About the Author Introduction Syllabus Guidance, Learning Objectives and Verbs Examination Techniques
vii ix xi xix
1
The Accounting Scene
1
2
The Framework of Financial Accounts
11
3
The Accounting System in Action
23
4
Summarising the Ledger Accounts
33
5
Further Aspects of Ledger Accounts
41
6
Accounting for Fixed Assets
53
7
Financial Accounting with Adjustments, Organising and Controlling the Bookkeeping System
71
8
The Regulatory Framework of Accounting
83
9
Incomplete Records and Income and Expenditure Accounts
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