Accounting Principles

Accounting Principles
8 chapters | ~2 hours

Accounting is the language every organization uses to measure what it earns, owns and owes. This course builds that language from the ground up: what accounting is and why it matters, the basic principles that keep records reliable, the accounting equation and double-entry method, and the three core financial statements – the income statement, the balance sheet and the cash flow statement. You will follow everyday transactions all the way through to the bottom line, work through practical examples of each statement, and finish by learning how to analyze statements with trend and ratio analysis so you can read the numbers of almost any business with confidence.