Preface ix
About the Authors xi
About the Contributor xi
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 1: Beginning Your CPA Review Program 3
Chapter 2: Examination Grading 16
Chapter 3: The Solutions Approach 18
Chapter 4: Taking the Examination 29
AUDITING AND ATTESTATION
Exam Content Overview 35
Module 1: Professional Responsibilities 54
Module 2: Engagement Planning, Obtaining an Understanding of the Client and Assessing Risks 81
Module 3: Understanding Internal Control and Assessing Control Risk 95
Module 4: Responding to Risk Assessment: Evidence Accumulation and Evaluation 134
Module 5: Reporting 163
Module 6: Accounting and Review Services 195
Module 7: Audit Sampling 218
Module 8: Auditing with Technology 236
Outlines of Professional Standards 243
FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING AND REPORTING
Exam Content Overview 361
Module 9: Basic Theory and Financial Reporting 367
Module 10: Inventory 427
Module 11: Fixed Assets 442
Module 12: Monetary Current Assets and Current Liabilities 465
Module 13: Present Value 485
Module 14: Deferred Taxes 544
Module 15: Stockholders' Equity 562
Module 16: Investments 584
Module 17: Statement of Cash Flows 599
Module 18: Business Combinations and Consolidations 611
Module 19: Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities 637
Module 20: Miscellaneous 653
Module 21: Governmental (State and Local) Accounting 678
Module 22: Not-for-Profit Accounting 723
Outlines of Accounting Pronouncements 737
REGULATION
Exam Content Overview 839
PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND BUSINESS LAW 847
Module 23: Professional and Legal Responsibilities 849
Module 24: Federal Securities Acts 871
Module 25: Business Structure 886
Module 26: Contracts 912
Module 27: Sales 937
Module 28: Commercial Paper 953
Module 29: Secured Transactions 974
Module 30: Bankruptcy 983
Module 31: Debtor-Creditor Relationships 997
Module 32: Agency 1009
Module 33: Regulation of Business Employment, Environment, and Antitrust 1017
Module 34: Property 1040
FEDERAL TAXATION 1061
Module 35: Individual Taxation 1065
Module 36: Transactions in Property 1126
Module 37: Partnerships Taxation 1146
Module 38: Corporate Taxation 1161
Module 39: Other Taxation Topics 1191
BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT AND CONCEPTS
Exam Content Overview 1213
Module 40: Corporate Governance, Internal Control, and Enterprise Risk Management 1218
Module 41: Information Technology 1235
Module 42: Economics, Strategy, and Globalization 1265
Module 43: Financial Risk Management and Capital Budgeting 1294
Module 44: Financial Management 1319
Module 45: Performance Measures 1344
Module 46: Cost Measurement 1361
Module 47: Planning, Control, and Analysis 1377
INDEX 1399