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Product Description: Accounting is more than just budgeting for and recording costs. Applying the principles of managerial accounting can set you apart as an organization that establishes and achieves mission-based business goals. The managerial accounting approach outlined in this complete update of a classic text will help you to plan for the short and long terms by applying accounting principles to your unique nonprofit setting...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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