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Summary:
This easy-to-follow textbook is a comprehensive guide for those who are commencing their studies in financial accounting and want to understand the basic concepts of accounting, including the principles of double-entry bookkeeping.
Publisher: Chartered Accountants Ireland
ISBN: 9781913975982
Published: September, 2026.
Format: Paperback, 750 pages.
Designed for students preparing for professional accounting or undergraduate examinations, it is also highly suitable for accountancy modules on courses for non-accountants. An Introduction to Financial Accounting covers the core principles of accounting and introduces the key international accounting standards.
The book is presented in a step-by-step format, with many illustrative practical examples to support concepts. The author focuses on areas that students often find difficult, for example the preparation of journal entries. Chapters on control accounts, suspense accounts and incomplete records also feature. Review questions are included at the end of each chapter, the solutions to which are included in an appendix with detailed analysis and explanation of the steps taken in arriving at them.
This 3rd Edition is comprehensively updated to reflect changes in international accounting standards, including the application of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements and IFRS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements.
About the Author:
Margaret D’Arcy holds a BA in Accounting and Finance from Dublin City University and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She has lectured for 30 years in management accounting and financial accounting on third-level and professional education courses. In addition to her extensive work with Chartered Accountants Ireland, Margaret has lectured at UCD Smurfit, DCU, Maynooth University, Griffith College and the National College of Ireland,delivered courses for Accounting Technicians Ireland and has provided in-house training for KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton and Forvis Mazars. Prior to her teaching career, Margaret worked for financial institutions in retail banking, treasury and international operations. Margaret currently works for IOB as Director of Financial Services, Funds and Wealth Planning Education, and is a member of the council of Financial Planning Standards Board Ireland (FPSB).
Summary:
This easy-to-follow textbook is a comprehensive guide for those who are commencing their studies in financial accounting and want to understand the basic concepts of accounting, including the principles of double-entry bookkeeping.
Publisher: Chartered Accountants Ireland
ISBN: 9781913975982
Published: September, 2026.
Format: Paperback, 750 pages.
Designed for students preparing for professional accounting or undergraduate examinations, it is also highly suitable for accountancy modules on courses for non-accountants. An Introduction to Financial Accounting covers the core principles of accounting and introduces the key international accounting standards.
The book is presented in a step-by-step format, with many illustrative practical examples to support concepts. The author focuses on areas that students often find difficult, for example the preparation of journal entries. Chapters on control accounts, suspense accounts and incomplete records also feature. Review questions are included at the end of each chapter, the solutions to which are included in an appendix with detailed analysis and explanation of the steps taken in arriving at them.
This 3rd Edition is comprehensively updated to reflect changes in international accounting standards, including the application of IFRS 18 Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements and IFRS 8 Basis of Preparation of Financial Statements.
About the Author:
Margaret D’Arcy holds a BA in Accounting and Finance from Dublin City University and is a Fellow of Chartered Accountants Ireland. She has lectured for 30 years in management accounting and financial accounting on third-level and professional education courses. In addition to her extensive work with Chartered Accountants Ireland, Margaret has lectured at UCD Smurfit, DCU, Maynooth University, Griffith College and the National College of Ireland,delivered courses for Accounting Technicians Ireland and has provided in-house training for KPMG, PwC, Deloitte, EY, Grant Thornton and Forvis Mazars. Prior to her teaching career, Margaret worked for financial institutions in retail banking, treasury and international operations. Margaret currently works for IOB as Director of Financial Services, Funds and Wealth Planning Education, and is a member of the council of Financial Planning Standards Board Ireland (FPSB).