The Vest Pocket CPA
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The newly updated fast-reference problem solverThe Vest Pocket CPA—the convenient, comprehensive reference professionals have relied on for nearly fifteen years—is now updated in a new Fourth Edition to give today's busy executives and accountants the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format.Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips because it easily goes anywhere—to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting.Fully revised, the Fourth Edition:Includes complete coverage of the New Risk Assessment Auditing Standards and Standards of the PCAOB Covers new pronouncements on important accounting principles including fair value measurement, financial assets, accounting changes, exchanges of nonmonetary assets, and compilation and review servicesAdds new chapters on professional ethics and quality controls for CPA firmsPacked with practical techniques and rules of thumb for analyzing, evaluating, and solving day-to-day accounting issues, The Vest Pocket CPA, Fourth Edition helps you quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it. In an easy-to-use Q & A format, it covers such useful topics as financial measures, ratios, and procedures and includes checklists, samples, and worked-out solutions to a variety of accounting problems.The Vest Pocket CPA, Fourth Edition is a powerful companion for the complex, ever-changing world of accounting.
Pt. 1Commonly used generally accepted accounting principles1Financial statement reporting : the income statement32Financial statement reporting : the balance sheet303Financial statement reporting : statement of cash flows and other disclosures794Accounting and disclosures1015Key financial accounting areas128Pt. 2Analyzing financial statements6Financial statement analysis185Pt. 3Managerial accounting applications7Appraising segmental performance2218Analysis of projects, proposals, and special situations2759Quantitative applications and modeling in accounting337Pt. 4Auditing, compiling, and reviewing financial statements10Auditing procedures39111Compilation, review, and other reporting services43412Auditing standards50713The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002593Pt. 5Taxation14Tax research599
