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Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy
by Warren Ruppel
from Wiley
Customer Reviews:
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 / 5.0 
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Handy overview and resource 
Mr. Ruppel's book is an excellent resource but presumes the reader has a nodding acquaintanceship with accounting principles and how to read a financial statement. Concise explanation of contemporary accounting standards for not for profit enterprises is provided and the book can be a reference for donors or accountants.
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Not bad but not indispensible
I purchased this book in to prepare myself for a change of career, hopefully moving from the for-profit to the not-for-profit world. Having worked as an accountant for many years, this book was challenging but useful. I would definitely NOT recommend it for the neophyte in the accounting world.
One of my pet peeves is books which have numerous typos. Having read the second edition of this book, I found way too many typos to be acceptable. This forces the reader to try to figure out what the author is... more info
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Better than college textbooks 
The author wrote this book assuming that non-financial people need to understand accounting, making this easy to read and understandable. Having gone through a college course on accounting, and being forced to use three other books (which were also worthless), I only wished I read this book first. Although it's designed for not-for-profit organizations, it explains the differences with for-profit organizations, and explains why certain things can be done, or can't be done. For anyone who is starting fresh,... more info
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small non-profit organization treasurer 
This book is not for bookkeepers. It is more for accountants who want to understand non-profit accounting. If a bookkeeper needs to know the proper day to day and month to month entries for this kind of organization, than this book is not for you.
However, if you are an accountant, you may be able to glean good information about the basic philosophy of non-profit organizations, such as account set-up and reporting.
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