Financial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, Ninth Edition, provides a simple and practical introduction to financial accounting. It explains the concepts students need to know, while also emphasizing the importance of decision making. In this new edition, all content has been carefully reviewed and revised to ensure maximum student understanding. At the same time, the time-tested features that have proven to be of most help to students such the student-friendly writing style, visual pedagogy, and the relevant and easy-to-understand examples have been retained.