Rated the most satisfying textbook by students in independent research, Spiceland/Sepe/Nelson/Tomassini's Intermediate Accounting, 5e, has the quality, flexibility, and attention to detail students need to master a challenging subject. It's your Vehicle to Success in the Intermediate Accounting course and beyond! Spiceland/Sepe/Nelson/Tomassini provides a decision makers perspective to emphasize the professional judgment and critical thinking skills required of accountants today. Reviewers, instructors, and student users of Spiceland have enthusiastically embraced the relaxed, conversational writing style that engages students in an enjoyable and effective learning experience. In addition, accounting's preeminent textbook website provides students a wide variety of electronic learning resources, including new iPod content for the fifth edition. Coach, Study Guide, Instructor's Manual, Solutions Manual, Testbank, and Website content are all created by authors, ensuring seamless compatibility throughout the Spiceland learning package. The end-of-chapter material, too, is written by the author team and tested in their own classes before being included in Intermediate Accounting. Few areas see the kind of rapid change that accounting does, and the Spiceland team is committed to keeping current. The fifth edition fully integrates all the latest FASB Standards, and the authors are committed to keeping you updated with all relevant content changes throughout the edition.

J. David Spiceland received his MBA at Southern Illinois University and his Ph.D. at University of Arkansas. Dr. Spiceland has been recognized for his teaching, and is active in the AAA.Jim Sepe received his MBA at the University of CaliforniaBerkeley and his Ph.D. at the University of Washington. He has received numerous teaching awards at Santa Clara University.Mark Nelson is the Eleanora and George Landew Professor of Accounting at Cornell Universitys Johnson Graduate School of Management, where he has been teaching Intermediate Accounting at the MBA level out of Spiceland's Intermediate Accounting for several years. He received his BBA degree from Iowa State University and his MA and PhD degrees from Ohio State University.Larry Tomassini is professor of accounting and MIS and director of the undergraduate accounting program at The Ohio State University. He has held several endowed chair positions during his academic career, including the Ernst and Young Distinguished Professor at the University of Illinois and the Peat Marwick Mitchell Centennial Professorship in Accounting at the University of Texas.