Keeping The Books, 5th Edition is a basic, easy-to-understand guidance on today's most effective techniques that anyone can use to prepare and analyse financial statements, set up a functional bookkeeping system, and plan for taxes. Topics covered include: Record keeping Basics, Income and Expenses, Cash/Accrual Accounting, Essential Records for Small Business, Financial Statements, Financial Statement Analysis, Taxes and Record keeping, Record keeping and Tax Schedules, and Preparing for Uncle Sam. Keeping The Books, 5th Edition is an accurate, retrievable and verifiable system of business record keeping is critical for planning, analysis and tax purposes. Here's an easy method of keeping the books for small business owners with little or no financial background. Includes numerous sample forms and worksheets.