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14.3: Suggested Resources

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The resources listed provide further information on several topics: financial statements from real-world companies, accounting software and tools, personal finance, accounting organizations, and exams and professional certifications for accountants.

Sample Financial Statements

The following income statements and balance sheets show the finances of companies representing the manufacturing, retail, and service industries.

Manufacturing Company: General Motors

  • Income statement: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gm/fin...come-statement
  • Balance sheet: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/gm/fin...=balance-sheet

Retail Company: Costco Wholesale

  • Income statement: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/cost/financials
  • Balance sheet: www.nasdaq.com/symbol/cost/f...=balance-sheet

Service Company: Prudential

Accounting Software and Tools

The resources listed offer a variety of tutorials, training videos, and practice activities using software and tools common in accounting.

QuickBooks

Peachtree/Sage 50

Microsoft Excel

Financial Calculators

  • HP10B setup video guide: www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmMdRfKre44
  • HP10BII video introduction and examples: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTqkkeG1xlw
  • HP10B and HP12C time value of money calculations video guides: https://www.youtube.com/user/mssuprof/videos

Personal Finance

These resources can assist you with personal financial planning.

Earnings

Take-Home Pay

  • Salary calculator that determines your net pay—the amount you’ll take home in your paycheck that you need to plan your budget around. In addition to calculating state and federal taxes, this resource allows you to input other withholdings such as health insurance or 401K contributions: https://www.paycheckcity.com/

Saving and Retirement Planning

Determining how much your savings will grow and how much you will have in retirement are very important components of personal financial planning. These links will help you better plan for those aspects of saving.

Budgeting

  • A well-planned budget is the cornerstone of personal financial planning. Using the salary, pay and savings numbers obtained from the resources above, this calculator will help you create a detailed financial budget: https://www.clearpoint.org/tools/budget-calculator/

Debt Reduction

  • Whether it is student loans, credit cards, car loans or any other kind of debt, it is always beneficial to understand the impact of differing payments on paying off debt. This resource will help you see the impact of changing the amount paid on the payoff timing and interest paid on the debt: https://www.money-zine.com/calculato...on-calculator/

Accounting-Related Organizations

A number of organizations are dedicated to regulating and supporting the variety of work undertaken in the discipline of accounting.

Accounting Exams and Certificates

These sites provide information on exams and professional certifications.

Certified Public Accountant (CPA)

Certified Management Accountant (CMA)

Certified Internal Auditor (CIA)

Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE)

Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

  • Certified Financial Planners (CFP) Board: www.cfp.net/home

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