GAAP Guide (2013) - Softcover

Jan R. Williams, Ph.D., CPA; Joseph V. Carcello, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CIA; Terry Neal, CPA; And Judith Weiss, CPA

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0808031015 ISBN 13: 9780808031017

Publisher: CCH Inc., 2012

Synopsis

CCH's 2013 GAAP Guide, Volumes I and II, provides the most comprehensive resource for understanding and applying authoritative GAAP literature in clear language. Each FASB Accounting Standards Codification pronouncement/topic is discussed in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and implement in day-to-day practice. Practical illustrations and examples demonstrate and clarify specific accounting principles. The Guide is organized by ASC Topic, and each chapter contains guidance for both major standards and more narrow transactions to help you quickly locate the information you need as easily as possible. The chapters' tables of contents list all ASC topics covered, including select industry coverage, and the page on which they begin, and the Index provides a quick page references to the content you need. Content is current and authoritative--written by leaders in the field, with analysis, practice pointers, and illustrations to filter the complexities. The Practice Pointers throughout this edition explicate, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed. Observations enrich the discussion by presenting interesting aspects of GAAP, such as conflicts within the authoritative literature. The GAAP Guide satisfies all AICPA peer review standards and requirements. This Guide can be used in conjunction with the twice-monthly GAAP Update Service.

About this title

About the Author:

Jan R. Williams, Ph.D., CPA, is the Stokely Foundation Leadership Chair and Dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, where he has been on the faculty since 1977. Joseph V. Carcello, Ph.D., CPA, CMA, CIA, is the Ernst & Young Professor in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee. Dr. Carcello also is co-founder and Director of Research for the University's Corporate Governance Center. He has taught continuing professional education courses for two of the Big 4 accounting firms, the AICPA, the Institute of Internal Auditors, the Institute of Management Accountants, and the Tennessee and Florida Societies of CPAs. Terry L. Neal, Ph.D., CPA, is the Dennis Hendrix Professor in Accounting in the Department of Accounting and Information Management at the University of Tennessee. He also is a Research Fellow at the University of Tennessee's Corporate Governance Center. Judith Weiss, CPA, has an M.S. in Accounting from Long Island University, Greenvale, New York, and an M.S. in Education from Queens College, Flushing, New York. After several years in public accounting and private industry, she worked as a technical manager in the AICPA's Accounting Standards Division, where she helped industry committees to develop Audit and Accounting Guides and Statements of Position. As a senior manager in the national offices of Deloitte & Touche LLP and Grant Thornton LLP, she was involved in projects related to standard-setting by the FASB and the AICPA.

About this edition

• Publisher: CCH Inc.
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0808031015
• ISBN 13: 9780808031017
• Binding: Perfect Paperback
• Number of pages: 1696