Synopses & Reviews
(back cover)
The new fifth edition of Barrons Accounting Handbook presents a comprehensive overview of accounting principles and practices plus an A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms. Here in one volume is an authoritative reference volume for accountants, bookkeepers, accounts managers, controllers, business managers, and business students.
Filled with enlightening and instructive tables and diagrams.
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The new fifth edition of this authoritative reference volume has been updated with an overview of information technology in accounting, as well as updated FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board) and its Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), and IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards). Other topics covered include a discussion of financial accounting that describes financial statements and presents details on financial reporting requirements and compliance, as well as detailed explanations of cost management and taxation forms and their preparation. An extensive A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms follows, presenting short-entry definitions of everything from Abacus and Absorption Costing to Zero-Base Budgeting and Z Score. The books concluding chapters explain quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, international accounting, and forensic accounting. Appendices cover recent accounting-related legislation, financial reporting differences among different countries, and more. Here is a reference book that deserves a place in the library of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, CPA, CFO, controller, business manager, and business student.
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Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is a Professor of Accounting at Queens College in the City University of New York.
Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting, College of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach.
Synopsis
(back cover)
Accounting
Handbook
Fourth Edition
An overview of financial accounting An A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms Accounting and Information Technology Quantitative accounting methods Auditing Personal financial planning . . . and much more Tables, Diagrams, and Appendices
(front jacket flap)
Accounting Handbook
Fourth Edition
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.
The fourth edition of this authoritative reference volume belongs on the bookshelf of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, business manager, and student majoring in business administration. Its early chapters present an overview of financial accounting with focus on financial statements, reporting requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate governance, management/cost accounting, analysis of financial statements, and up-to-date information on taxation. The major section that follows is a nearly-500-page A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms, defining everything from Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Zero-Base Budgeting. Concluding chapters cover information technology (IT), quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, forensic accounting, and international accounting. Added features include tables, diagrams, and extensive appendices.
(back jacket flap)
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is Professor of Accounting at Queens College in the City University of New York.
Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach.
Synopsis
(back cover)
Accounting
Handbook
Fourth Edition
An overview of financial accounting An A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms Accounting and Information Technology Quantitative accounting methods Auditing Personal financial planning . . . and much more Tables, Diagrams, and Appendices
(front jacket flap)
Accounting Handbook
Fourth Edition
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.
The fourth edition of this authoritative reference volume belongs on the bookshelf of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, business manager, and student majoring in business administration. Its early chapters present an overview of financial accounting with focus on financial statements, reporting requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate governance, management/cost accounting, analysis of financial statements, and up-to-date information on taxation. The major section that follows is a nearly-500-page A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms, defining everything from Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Zero-Base Budgeting. Concluding chapters cover information technology (IT), quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, forensic accounting, and international accounting. Added features include tables, diagrams, and extensive appendices.
(back jacket flap)
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is Professor of Accounting at Queens College in the City University of New York.
Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach.