Finance is as fundamental to the IT world as it is to most other aspects of life. However, many IT professionals lack knowledge of the particular financial principles on which decisions about IT should be based - decisions that often have serious financial implications for their organisations. Assuming no prior knowledge, this new edition covers all aspects of finance relevant to IT professionals and is updated with International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) terminology. It is ideal for IT decision makers - managers, practitioners, buyers, sellers, consultants and project managers - who wish to conquer their fear of finance or refresh existing knowledge.

Michael Blackstaff is a chartered accountant with over thirty years' finance and marketing experience in the IT industry. He has worked as a financial marketing specialist with IBM, teaching salespeople the finance of selling and advising customers on finance and accounting for IT. He writes and teaches on finance for non-financial professionals.

1 Finance and accounts: the basics
2 Decisions, decisions...
3 Financial cases and business cases
4 When is a benefit not a benefit?
5 How financial cases are evaluated: Part 1
6 How financial cases are evaluated: Part 2
7 The effects of taxation
8 Depreciation of IT assets
9 IT Financing and leasing
10 Outsourcing: financial aspects 
11 Budgeting, costing and pricing: the basics
12 Financial analysis: the basics

APPENDICES
A1 Discount tables
A2 Financial characteristics of different businesses
A3 Published accounts
A4 Accounting for long-term contracts
A5 Debit and credit

Glossary

Further Reading

Index