The Vest Pocket CPA, 4th Edition

by Joel G. Siegel (Queens College, City University of New York); Nick A. Dauber; Jae K. Shim (California State University)

• ISBN13: 9780470168134
• ISBN10: 0470168137
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2008-01-01
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The Vest Pocket CPA is the perfect up-to-date reference tool for today's accountants in public practice and private industry, and accounting and executives who interface with outside auditors. It is written in an easy Q & A format and packed with checklists, samples, and worked-out solutions to a wide variety of accounting problems in the areas of financial accounting, financial statement analysis, financial planning, managerial accounting, quantitative analysis & modeling, auditing, and taxation. It is easy to carry around for constant reference wherever you go- on a business trip, visiting a client's office or meeting corporate executives.

Author Biography

Joel G. Siegel, PhD, CPA, is the author of over fifty books and has written hundreds of articles for accounting and financial journals. Dr. Siegel has acted as consultant in accounting issues to many organizations, including IT&T, Citicorp, and Person-Wolinsky CPA Review.

Nick Dauber, MS, CPA, is an author of accounting and auditing books, has served as book reviewer for major book publishers, and has had articles published in many professional accounting journals. He is Instructor of Auditing and Taxation at Queens College of the City University of New York.

Jae K. Shim, PhD, has authored or coauthored more than fifty professional and college accounting books. He is CEO of Delta Consulting Co., a financial consulting and training firm and has been a consultant to commercial and nonprofit organizations for over thirty years.

Table of Contents

Commonly Used Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Financial Statement Reporting: The Income Statement	p. 3
Financial Statement Reporting: The Balance Sheet	p. 33
Financial Statement Reporting: Statement of Cash Flows and Other Disclosures	p. 93
Accounting and Disclosures	p. 118
Key Financial Accounting Areas	p. 145
Analyzing Financial Statements
Financial Statement Analysis	p. 211
Managerial Accounting Applications
Appraising Segmental Performance	p. 249
Analysis of Projects, Proposals, and Special Situations	p. 309
Quantitative Applications and Modeling in Accounting	p. 373
Auditing, Compiling, and Reviewing Financial Statements
Auditing Procedures	p. 437
Compilation, Review, and Other Reporting Services	p. 485
Auditing Standards	p. 569
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002	p. 679
Taxation
Tax Research	p. 685
Other Professional Standards
Consulting Services	p. 693
Quality Control	p. 696
Code of Professional Conduct	p. 701
Index	p. 709
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