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Accounting and Bookkeeping Fundamentals: From Transactions to Reports takes accounting off the page and into practice. Its practical, step-by-step approach builds the foundation that students need to succeed in the classroom and the workplace.

Designed for students in Accounting, Finance, Office Administration, Business Administration, and related programs, the text guides learners through the complete accounting cycle—from fundamental accounting concepts and double-entry bookkeeping to the preparation of financial statements and accounting for merchandising operations.

With real-world examples and hands-on learning opportunities, this text helps students develop the confidence and practical skills needed to accurately record, analyze, and report financial information.

This text is the culmination of the author’s years of classroom experience, student feedback, and an enduring belief that the right explanation can make even the most challenging concepts approachable.

Key Features:

• Now You Try! activities that reinforce concepts immediately after they are introduced
• Simplero boxes that simplify challenging accounting topics through clear explanations and practical analogies
• Figures and Visual Examples illustrating journals, ledgers, accounting forms, and key bookkeeping procedures
• Chapter Summaries highlighting essential concepts and terminology
• Review Questions to assess understanding and reinforce learning
• Apply Your Knowledge exercises that develop critical thinking and practical accounting skills

Part I: Accounting Basics

Chapter 1 Introduction to Accounting

Chapter 2 Double-Entry Accounting

Part II: The Accounting Cycle

Chapter 3 Analyzing, Recording, Posting Transactions and the Unadjusted Trial Balance

Chapter 4 Adjusting Entries and the Adjusted Trial Balance

Chapter 5 Preparing Financial Statements and Closing the Accounts

Part III: Accounting for Merchandising Operations

Chapter 6 Merchandise Inventory and Accounting for Purchases and Sales

Chapter 7 Costing and Valuation of Inventory

Part IV: Special Journals and Subsidiary Ledgers

Chapter 8 Sales Journal, Cash Receipts Journal, and the Accounts Receivable Subsidiary Ledger

Chapter 9 Purchases Journal, Cash Payments Journal, and the Accounts Payable Subsidiary Ledger

Part V: Other Accounting Topics

Chapter 10 Internal Controls and Cash

Chapter 11 Accounts Receivable and Bad Debts

Chapter 12 Accounting for Property, Plant, and Equipment

Chapter 13 Accounting for Sales Tax

Antoine Joseph, ACCA, MSc, MBA, is a dynamic and experienced accounting and business professor who has taught at post-secondary institutions in St. Lucia and Canada. He holds professional designations in accounting through the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, a Master of Science degree in Technology Management, and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Wales. Before transitioning to full-time teaching, Antoine spent many years working across multiple countries in public and private industry, in the areas of accounting, management, and entrepreneurship, gaining the real-world perspective that now shapes his practical approach as an educator. He currently serves as Head of Faculty of the Accounting and Business program at Algonquin Careers Academy in Ottawa, Ontario, where he remains deeply committed to making accounting and business education accessible, practical, and relevant for every student.