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Previous Books of the Week:
Managerial Accounting: Tools for Business Decision Making, 3rd Edition
by Jerry Weygandt, Donald Kieso and Paul Kimmel
With a framework in decision-making, this text covers all the necessary techniques and concepts for a one semester, undergraduate managerial accounting course. Many students are not accounting majors but will need to understand the big picture of accounting. Therefore, this text provides a pedagogy that helps them to build their decision-making skills and to understand how to use accounting information to make quality business decisions in whatever major or career they choose.
A clear, distinct Decision-Making Emphasis - Weygandt's Decision Toolkit provides a framework for students to see exactly how accounting information is used to make decisions.
Carefully-paced and stepped-out explanations- Continues the tradition of unparalleled accessibility by breaking difficult or complicated processes down into manageable, understandable steps
Streamlined Coverage - Weygandt Managerial sticks to the concepts students need, providing a series of examples and frequent illustrations for each concept
For further details or to request an inspection copy for teaching purposes please visit the Wiley website.
Modern Auditing: Assurance Services and the Integrity of Financial Reporting, 8th Edition
by William Boynton and Raymond Johnson
Auditing counts! With recent incidents at WorldCom, Enron, Xerox, Tyco, and other companies, auditing has never been so important. Auditing is perhaps our single best defense in ensuring the integrity of our financial reporting system.
That's why this new Eighth Edition of Boynton and Johnson's Modern Auditing focuses on decision making and the critical role auditors play in providing assurance about the integrity of the financial reporting system. Known for its clear writing and accessibility, this text provides comprehensive and integrated coverage of current developments in the environment, standards, and methodology of auditing.
Financial Accounting Theory and Analysis, Text, Readings and Cases, 8th Edition
by Richard Schroeder, Myrtle Clark and Jack Cathey
Updated and revised, this text helps readers build strong critical thinking skills and a sound theoretical background in order to evaluate accounting practice in today's increasingly global world economy. The eighth edition includes a unique and timely collection of cases and readings that cover all areas of accounting and clearly shows how the latest accounting standards impact decision-making. The readings consist of both current and classic articles from professional publications while the material focuses on generally accepted accounting principles.
For further details or to request an inspection copy for teaching purposes please visit the Publisher's website here.
Core Concepts of Accounting Information Systems (9th Edition)
by Nancy Bagranoff, Mark Simkin and Carolyn Strand-Norman
Offering concise, user-friendly coverage, Moscove, Simkin, and Bagranoff's essential text presents the basic concepts of accounting information systems. Completely updated and revised, the ninth edition provides the latest information on the Internet, e-commerce, software, databases, and more. Readers will discover how accounting information systems collect, record, and store business data; learn how to develop effective internal control systems; and examine the accountant's role in designing, developing, implementing, and maintaining these systems.
For further details or to request an inspection copy for teaching purposes please visit the Publisher's Website here.
Taxation: Policy & Practice 11th (2004/5) Edition
by Andy Lymer & Lynne Oats
The latest edition of this market leading textbook on the UK's tax system is now available. Fully updated for the new 2004/5 tax year, the text maintains its unique readable style bringing the issues of tax system design and implementation to life and stepping the reader through what in other texts is made overly complicated. Wide spread adoption of this text for University courses, and its inclusion on professional course reading lists, makes this 'the first choice for students of UK taxation' according to its reviewers. The 'ideal addition to an international tax library for students of tax anywhere'.
If you are interested in other tax or public economics books then see other materials produced by Fiscal Publications here.
Corporate Financial Accounting and Reporting 2nd Edition
by Tim Sutton
This text is designed for international MBA programmes and specialist postgraduate programmes in international business/finance in Europe. Its aim is to help current and future managers gain a thorough understanding of companies' published reports and is unique in the fact that it covers all three years of a traditional financial accounting course.
The text is divided into 3 parts: the first covers the foundations of accounting, the second part considers the components of financial statements in more depth and the third part explores how investors analyse financial statements. Recognising the increasingly international nature of accounting, this book provides full coverage of international accounting standards with the European Union's Company Law Directives providing its legal framework
See our review of this book, by Phillip Cahill here
Core Concepts of Accounting
by Cecily A. Raiborn and Stephanie F. Watson
Introducing a complete, self-contained package of highly focused content, real-world examples, cases from the travel industry, and problems of all levels! Core Concepts of Accounting offers non-accounting majors the resources they need to understand key financial and managerial accounting concepts, without presenting too much detail or too much text.
Throughout, the emphasis is on how to interpret accounting information and how to use it to make smart business decisions. To make the connection to students' future careers, several elements in the text are based on real companies and real decisions.
This book provides an accessible and easy to follow introduction to accounting for non-accounting students. The book is aimed at students taking introductory accounting courses on business, social science and science degree programmes. Although targeted primarily at non-specialist students, it should also be of interest to more specialist students such as first year undergraduates in accounting and MBA students. It provides students with a clear understanding of the theory and practice of financial and management accounting and blends theory and practice by stressing the underlying concepts and the real life context of accounting.
The second edition of this successful auditing book has been thoroughly updated to reflect the changes in international accounting and auditing standards as well as important changes in the regulatory environment. The new edition will look at professional ethics, audit objectives, planning and strategy, internal control and control risk assessment, audit sampling, legal developments and contemporary issues in auditing.
Features:
Introduces computer assisted audit techniques as substantive procedures.
Incorporates guidance on assessing and testing control in computerized accounting systems.
Provides more effective guidance on non-statistical sampling as is widely used in practice.
See our review of this book, by Duncan Williamson here
Management and Cost Accounting - 6th Edition
by Colin Drury
Colin Drury's Management and Cost Accounting, the market-leading authority of all aspects of management accounting, has just published!
In its Sixth Edition the text has been substantially re-designed and contains a wealth of international, particularly European, mini case studies, in addition to the long case studies. Supported by a robust supplements package this book is essential for anyone studying or teaching Management Accounting.
This text offers a current, condensed treatment of advanced accounting topics and a unique emphasis on accounting research. Taking a macro approach and then relating it back to an application, the text attempts to explain the "why" behind accounting, in addition to the procedural methods. Each copy of the textbook is accompanied by a current FARS (Financial Accounting Research System) CD-ROM. This is the most current text in the market, as it reflects the changes in consolidations that will be a part of the FASB exposure draft scheduled for release in the third quarter of 2003.
Financial Statement Analysis and Security Valuation
by Stephen Penman
Comments on this book taken from our review - This book's target audience is the student analyst who already has a basic knowledge of finance and financial accounting. The content of the book is split over five parts: Financial Statements and Valuation, The Analysis of Financial Statements, Forecasting and Valuation Analysis, Accounting Analysis and Valuation and The Analysis of Risk. This book has many strengths and these include the supplementary materials, some of which go beyond those normally offered in competitor texts. Each chapter also includes key concepts and 'The Analyst's Toolkit' that provide useful summaries of chapter material and easy referencing for revisiting specific points within the chapters. Overall the text provides a comprehensive and well considered text for financial statement analysis.
See our review of this book, by Stuart Cooper, Aston University, UK here
Government and Not-For-Profit Accounting: Concepts and Practices, 3rd Edition
by Michael H. Granof
Unlike other government and not-for-profit accounting texts, this one is directed for both potential users and preparers of financial reports. Emphasis is placed on the significance of reported information and how both users and preparers can interpret and analyze accounting information. It features: Mini-Cases and Questions help students build valuable critical thinking skills by asking them to read, interpret, and analyze the financial statements of real not-for-profits and governmental entities. It also contains chapters covering state and local accounting principles include a "Continuing Problem" which asks students to review the comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR) of Austin, Texas and answer questions about it. The exercises include most of the CPA problems (suitably adapted) that have appeared on the CPA exam in the last decade.
This is the leading accounting principles textbook. It has been updated and improved to be an even better teaching and learning tool. Selected highlight features of the new edition include: Student and Instructor Approved Pedagogy; Unparalleled Readability; Useful, Thought-Provoking End-of-Chapter Material; E-Business insights describe how e-business technology has expanded the services provided by accountants; Interpreting Financial Statements: A Global Focus asks students to apply concepts presented in the chapter to specific situations faced by actual foreign companies.
This new Principles of Accounting text helps students navigate their future accounting and business careers with a practical set of accounting tools and the confidence they need to use those tools effectively in making business decisions. The authors have taken a more conceptual and decision-making approach to the material, which many instructors are now bringing into their Accounting courses based on the AECC "white paper" report and other recent market trends.
This brief and timely text describes the current environment and provides practical details on specific earnings management potential. It shows students how aggressive earnings management can be detected, based on publicly available information. Throughout the text, the authors use multiple perspectives to enhance understanding of the material. Short cases in every chapter provide a "feel" for evaluating public data and analyzing earnings management potential.
Corporate governance is concerned with how a company is directed and controlled and, in particular, with the role of the directorate and the need to ensure that there is an effective framework for accountability of directors to owners. This practical textbook, designed specifically for a one semester course/module provides a full discussion of corporate governance issues taking the broadest view of the corporate governance agenda.
Libby/Libby/Short wrote this text based on their belief that the subject of financial accounting is inherently interesting, but financial textbooks are often not. They believe most financial accounting textbooks fail to demonstrate that accounting is an exciting field of study and one that is important to future careers in business. This the only financial accounting text to successfully implement a real-world, single focus company approach in every chapter. Students and instructors have responded very favorably to the use of focus companies and the real world financial statements. The companies chosen are interesting and the decision-making focus shows the relevance of financial accounting regardless of whether or not the student has chosen to major in accounting.
See our review of this book, by Nick Rowbottom, University of Birmingham, UK here
Student's Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting - 9th edition by Geoff Black
Ideal text for students of accounting and business studies at undergraduate level or those who are taking professional or technician level accounting courses. It will also be of use to postgraduate students and professional accountants. It is the UK's market leading accounting standards text for students. Previous editions have gained the text a reputation for its up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible coverage of accounting standards. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include an expanded review of international accounting standards and the 'convergence' process. Many actual company examples are used and the background to the standard setting process is explained.
See our review of this book, by Alan Sangster, OUBS, here
Advanced Financial Accounting - 7th Edition by Richard Lewis, David Pendrill
This text is written for second and third year financial accounting courses on accounting or business studies degrees. It also provides extensive coverage of the syllabuses for the advanced papers in financial accounting and financial reporting of the ACCA, CIMA, ICAEW, ICAI and ICAS. Rigorous in its approach, Advanced Financial Accounting tackles the more complex issues of the subject in a lively and engaging manner. Familiar in its structure and treatment of basic concepts, the seventh edition has, none the less, been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect recent and planned developments in financial reporting. Thus it explains the considerable changes which are scheduled to take place in the European Union during the next few years and the increasing importance of the International Accounting Standards.
See our review of this book, by Sally Aisbitt, OUBS, here
The International Taxation System
edited by Andy Lymer & John Hasseldine
The need to understand how the international system of taxation works is important for an increasing number of businesses and individuals right around the world. This text provides this understanding by bringing together experts from the most important fields in the subject who have each authored chapters especially for this book. They provide brief, structured and easy to understand explanations of the key concepts in international tax, edited together into one volume to provide a unique, very readable, guide to the field.
While this text is aimed at masters or advanced undergraduate level students, it will also be of interest to those requiring a professional understanding of the topic. Each chapter introduces a different aspect of the international taxation system, explains the important issues to be understood in each case and provides suggestions for discussion and further reading.
If you are a lecturer in international taxation, inspection copies can be requested by emailing inspection_copies@taxstudent.com. (Full details of your course should be supplied with your request).
Advanced Accounting - 2nd Edition
by Debra Jeter & Paul Chaney
Now updated and revised (through FAS 147) to reflect new standards and recent developments in the field, this Second Edition provides a comprehensive treatment of selected advanced accounting topics in a clear and understandable manner. The text integrates all three alternative recording methods (cost, partial or simple equity, complete or sophisticated) for teaching consolidation concepts, using blue and gray tabs to distinguish among the three. Throughout the text, new student-oriented pedagogy tests students' understanding of key concepts and connects the material to the real world.
Accounting and Finance for Non-specialists (4th Edition)
by Peter Atrill and Eddie McLaney
A good book just got better! This text introduces basic concepts and underlying principles in accounting and is written from a user perspective, showing the uses of accounting information in the making of economic decisions. Extracts from real company reports and review questions are included in every chapter, making the text extremely accessible to any student. This book will be relevant to students from any national background. This text is definitely one of the best of its type.
See our review of this book (by Anne Ullathorne, University of Birmingham, UK) here.
This book presents an edited version of selected papers from a recent Tax Research Network conference in Birmingham, UK. The book covers four discrete areas namely compliance, e-commerce and taxation, international taxation and taxation within the European Union, and value added tax. It focuses within these areas on issues of topical and continuing interest. An introduction to these areas of current tax research is provided by the editors which sets the topics presented within the wider tax research domain.
'The TRN annual conference always produces exciting and innovative tax research work. These developed proceedings for one of their recent conferences reflects the leading edge discussion of many tax research areas' - comment on this book from Chris Evans, Director of the Australian Tax Studies Program (ATax), University of New South Wales, Australia.
See the publisher's further details on this book (including a full contents list) at http://www.ashgate.com
Fundamentals of Corporate Finance (4th Edition)
by R. Brealey, S. Myers and A. Marcus
This text has been applauded for its modern approach and interesting examples. Professors praise the authors’ well-organized and thoughtful writing style and their clear exposition of their material, accomplished without sacrificing an up-to-date, technically correct treatment of core topic areas. Since this author team is known for their research, teaching efforts, and market-leading finance textbooks, it’s no surprise that they have created an innovative, and market-driven revision that is more student friendly than ever. Every chapter has been reviewed and revised to reflect the current environment in corporate finance.
This text focuses on key concepts and themes important to readers learning managerial accounting. It provides a new, flexible learning system designed to enhance the understanding of managerial accounting. It places equal importance on text and media, providing readers with a conceptual understanding which includes problem solving, exploration, research and enjoyment.This unique package is comprised of a text, CD, and web site that work seamlessly together.
Management Control Systems. Performance Measurement, Evaluation and Incentives by - K. Merchant and W.A. van der Stede.
From our review of this book - Merchant's framework, distinguishing different kinds of controls, is one of the milestones in our thinking about management controls. The addition of Wim van der Stede as a second author to this the latest edition of his main text on controls, did not lead to a dramatic change in the overall structure of the book, it just made the book even more international than it already was. This book is one of the few texts that give an in depth coverage of management control systems. The incorporation of many real-life cases enables the student to readily apply the theoretical concepts to practice. If this book were fiction, I would refer to it as a real page-turner.
Following the Money: The Enron Failure and the State of Corporate Disclosure by George Benston, Michael Bromwich, Robert E. Litan, Alfred Wagenhofer
Using the Enron case as a point of departure, the authors argue that the major problem lies not in the accounting and auditing standards themselves, but in the system of enforcing those standards. Rather than attempting to craft a single set of accounting and reporting standards for all companies throughout the world, the authors advise policymakers to allow competition between the two major sets of standards: US GAAP and IFRS. In particular, they recommend new forms of disclosure for a variety of non-financial indicators to better enable investors and analysts to ascertain the source and nature of intangible assets. They also urge policymakers to exploit the advantages of the Internet by encouraging more frequent financial disclosures in a form that will make them more widely accessible and more easily used.
This is a comprehensive, detailed, management accounting text based on the successful US text now in its 10th edition. In creating the European edition US terminology has been replaced to suit the market and some material reordering has been done. Where appropriate the book uses business examples from around the world rather than solely U.S. case material and discusses and compares the uses of and developments in management accounting in different countries. A big plus is the presentation of this book. It is a clear, well balanced book which students may find more user friendly than its main competitors.
Comments taken from our comprehensive review of this book by Amanda Nayak (University of Birmingham, UK) which you can see in full here
This brand new textbook is a development of the best selling, Financial Reporting by Alexander and Britton. It is designed to meet the rapidly emerging demand for coverage of the International Accounting Standards that will be compulsory for the EU and Australia by 2005. This is a both a European and global book with a wealth of worked examples and real world cases. The combination of an experienced author team and student orientated material make this text invaluable for the advanced financial accounting or financial reporting student at undergraduate or post graduate level.
Accounting for Managers: Interpreting Accounting Information for Decision-Making by Paul Collier
This text explains how accounting information is used by non-financial managers. The book emphasises the interpretation, rather than the construction, of accounting information and encourages a critical, rather than unthinking acceptance, of the underlying assumptions behind accounting. It links theory with practical examples and case studies drawn from real life business situations in service, retail and manufacturing industries.
This is an innovative new text for the non specialist student taking the first accounting course. It comprehensively covers the basic principles of Financial and Management accounting and Finance whilst firmly grounding these theories in the business world through real company case studies. Uniquely looking at SMEs and how they are set up and run means that the accounting and finance content is of utmost relevance to the business student. The wealth of worked examples and questions combined with a market leading website make this the only text the non specialist accountant will need.
The successful combination of an accessible, interactive style and a conceptual approach to the subject makes Financial Accounting the ideal core text for first year financial accounting students. The text adopts a questioning attitude to the subject of why accounting practices exist and how they work, without lingering on the technicalities. New to this Edition includes anin depth coverage of UK and International Accounting Standards a new chapter on preparation of the three primary statements, new examples and question material integrated throughout and a Companion website - including an instructor's manual, additional exercises and a bank of multiple choice questions for students.
Clear, yet comprehensive, this text offers a balanced approach to the complex and multidimensional subject of management control systems. It provides all the necessary technical coverage and summarises the relevant research literature. Most importantly perhaps it helps students develop their skills of applying the material to decision making situations. Key features of the book include: strong case selection including many HBS and USC cases, coverage of all the latest techniques including EVA and Balanced Scorecard and the combination of text, real-life examples and case material provides the students with a balanced picture of the key issues and the ability to apply the requisite skills in practice.
This text develops a framework for the comprehensive analysis of financial, equity market, and subjective measures of corporations. Giroux employs a user approach, with a focus on the external user, to emphasise a professional perspective of the financial analysis process. It assumes that students have a reasonable understanding of basic accounting and finance principles and attempts to expand from these to structure financial analysis for specific recommendations or decisions. Explore real-world problems and information by accessing Web sites discussed throughout the text and includes a companion Website that provides practice quizzes, as well as supplemental material and sample documents.
This title provides an excellent introduction to the theory & practice of cost and management accounting. It is rigorous & clear in its exposition, giving the student a wealth of professional examination questions to practice on. The new edition has been thoroughly updated to show the latest developments in the field and several chapters have been re-written. The winning combination of best selling author and tried and tested format makes this book essential for the first time Management Accountant.
THE ANALYSIS AND USE OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, THIRD EDITION (by G. White, A. Sondhi & D. Fried) integrates accounting economic theory, and empirical research to provide a framework for financial statement analysis in a user-oriented context. Co-written by academics and practitioners, this is the only text that teaches students to first understand how financial statements are generated. Principles of analysis are then illustrated through the extensive use of actual corporate financial statements. In this latest edition accounting standards (US and International) have been updated to reflect the latest pronouncements.
See Wiley's website for further details on this book. This includes access to a companion website, covering annual reports of companies featured in the third edition, appendices, cases, plus updates for new financial accounting standards.
PRINCIPLES OF EXTERNAL AUDITING by B. Porter, J. Simon, & D. Hatherly, describes and explains, in non-technical language, the nature of the audit function and the principles of the audit process. The book covers both UK and International Auditing Standards and relevant statute and case law. It explains the fundamental concepts of auditing and takes the reader through the various stages of the audit process. It also discusses topical aspects of auditing such as legal liability, audit risk, quality control, and the impact of information technology. This new edition of the text has been thoroughly revised and new chapters have been provided on the conceptual framework, internal auditing and environmental audits.
Book keeping is neither dull nor mysterious - its rules are logical and straightforward and are readily mastered by practice.This book is a comprehensive introduction to the principles of book keeping and the practical skills of recording transactions, posting the ledgers and preparing final accounts. Worked examples throughout allow you to put the theory into practice. There is also a wide range of carefully graded questions and examination papers with sample answers.
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International Accounting Standards Explained by International Accounting Standards Committee
International Accounting Standards are now recognized by most stock exchanges worldwide. International Accounting Standards are a set of accounting standards, which can be used to bring about uniformity in financial reporting on a global basis. International companies are coming under increasing pressure to conform to these standards. The EU supports IAS as the appropriate means of harmonizing international reporting. A must-have purchase for anybody who needs to understand or complete accounts to these Standards.
Accounting for Non-Specialists by Michael Jones (publisher Wiley Europe) manages to get the balance right. AAT to Z Scores - its all here, and delivered in a sensible order to facilitate the teaching of introductory accounting courses. Its novel features (such as its appropriate use of humour) and contextual material make it a welcome addition to the crowded introductory accounting market. It is set up well to become a key text in its chosen domain.
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This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Bieg's Payroll Accounting 2003 (copyright 2003 South-Western).
This market-leading Payroll Accounting text/workbook illustrates the calculation of payroll, payroll taxes, and the preparation of records and reports that form the foundation of a payroll system.
Prepare students for a lifelong career in accounting with the market-leading text that has powered the careers of countless professionals. Updated and enhanced with the new Digital Tool CD-ROM, the Tenth Edition continues to meet the demands of the profession. Readers will not only develop a thorough foundation in Intermediate Accounting principles, they'll also develop the practical and analytical skills they'll need on the job.
Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Barfield, Raiborn, and Kinney's Cost Accounting: Traditions and Innovations, 5e (copyright 2003 South-Western).
This book provides the most practical, real-world presentation of cost accounting on the market by blending a traditional and proven method of teaching cost accounting with the integration of innovative topics. A flexible organization and clear presentation allows students to clearly understand difficult topics. The revised organizational structure streamlines chapter materials as well as reduces redundancy between cost accounting and other business courses.
The most complete guide available to help professionals sharpen their accounting and business skills. This unique reference features a logically structured framework that details accounting practices step-by-step, as well as all the newest innovations in the field.
Taxation: Policy and Practice - 9th Edition - by Andy Lymer and Dora Hancock
This well established text provides introductory coverage of current UK tax rules and provides an excellent aid to a first tax course. Written in an accessible style with examples, activities and questions throughout, this textbook gives students a thorough understanding of UK tax principles and practice from an academic viewpoint. It would also make a useful addition to a non-UK based tax library as a reference guide to the current UK tax system.
Why not visit the support site for this book - see Taxstudent.com/uk
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Core Concepts of Accounting Information Systems - 7th Edition by Stephen A. Moscove, Mark G. Simkin and Nancy A. Bagranoff
This completely updated and revised paperback covers the basic concepts of Accounting Information Systems. It provides the latest information on the Internet, e-commerce, software, databases, and more.
Follow these links to obtain a copy of the book directly from Amazon.com, or Amazon.co.uk
This book of the week this week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Rittenberg and Schwieger's Auditing: Concepts for a Changing Environment, 4e (copyight 2003 South-Western).
The fourth edition of this text is an extensive progression into the new approaches to the audit function from a systems and assurance services perspective. Business risk analysis and the evaluation of audit evidence is integrated throughout. This text emphasizes professional services, analytical techniques, less audit sampling, and enhanced computer auditing approaches. IDEA software, a professional generalized audit sampling program used in public accounting, is also integrated into the text and end-of-chapter problems.
Accounting Information Systems: Essential Concepts and Applications - 4th Edition by Joseph W. Wilkinson, Michael J. Cerullo, Vasant Raval and Bernard Wong-On-Wing (published by J. Wiley & Sons)
This detailed overview provides a solid, in-depth introduction to all major accounting information systems. The coverage is balanced and comprehensive, with many current examples of AIS in practice. A single business firm is also used throughout to illustrate concepts and techniques as they are covered. An accompanying CD-ROM includes a wealth of additional material and greater-depth coverage.
This text employs the new audit approaches currently being used by auditing professionals which places emphasis on understanding the entity and its environment, and then assessing the business risks faced by the entity and how management controls those risks. This new audit process focuses on business processes instead of accounting cycles. This unique and innovative approach has been developed in response to changing market dynamics.
This text is reviewed for us by Catherine Gowthorpe (Oxford Brookes University) - see her full review here
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Presents international accounting within the context of managing multinational enterprises. It focuses on how accounting applies to global strategies, and identifies the key accounting issues that influence multinational decision making. Accounting issues are analyzed from three viewpoints - theoretical, major national, treatments, and international harmonization efforts. Emphasis is on the broader international business environment and the context in which accounting is practiced worldwide.
This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Ingram, Albright, and Hill's Managerial Accounting Information for Decisions, 3e (copyright 2003 South-Western).
Unlike any other text, Ingram presents managerial accounting as a crucial communication tool for management decision making. Additionally, students learn that service-oriented and product-oriented organizations apply similar approaches to gain accurate, timely information. Throughout the book, managerial accounting is viewed as a key component of multi-disciplinary management-with accountants working as part of a team to resolve questions of costing, pricing, and production.
In this book the emphasis is on studying AIS from a user’s perspective rather than from the perspective of a system developer or auditor. The author examines the link between strategy implementation and AIS design and the strategic role of information. The coverage differs from typical AIS texts by examining threats, exposures and controls at the organization level, based on organizational typology, rather than at the cycle level.
This book is now rightly well established in the market place. The latest edition has been updated to take account of recent pronouncements of the UK Accounting Standards Board and to improve its format. It covers the full range of practical bookkeeping and accounts preparation topics that would be expected of a first level financial accounting programme. The highlight of this book will be the excellent examples it provides.
See our review of this book here - by Dr. Sally Aisbitt, Open University, Business School, UK
See the publisher's website for this book here to obtain more details, or to order an inspection copy.
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This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Taxation Team. Visit http://whittenburg.swcollege.com/ to learn more about Whittenburg and Altus-Buller's Income Tax Fundamentals, 2002 Edition ( 2003 South-Western).
This text has led the market for twenty-two years with concise, practical, and current coverage of income tax preparation. Whittenburg and Altus-Buller's text/workbook format presents material in easy-to-digest sections with multiple examples, Internet activities, and review problems. Perfect for a hands-on approach to tax, Income Tax Fundamentals truly takes the perspiration out of tax forms preparation!
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This book helps readers understand the fundamental concepts of managerial accounting by creating an environment where readers can be actively engaged. It uses financial information and accounting practices of high-profile companies like Starbucks, Microsoft, Nike, and Intel.
Written by two highly respected academics from Europe and the US, Christensen and Demski's accounting theory textbook emphasizes accounting as an information system that uses the language and algebra of valuation to convey information about underlying economic decisions and events. This abstract notion of financial accounting, while being distinct from other accounting texts, is very appropriate for a theory text. In order to fully appreciate the effects of accounting rules, it is necessary to understand the economic fundamentals - and these are provided in this book in a comprehensive and highly instructive way.
This book is reviewed for us by Professor A. Wagenhofer (University of Graz, Austria). See his detailed comments here.
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This highly successful look at accounting theory is the only book featuring both readings (current and classic articles from professional publications) and material on generally accepted accounting principles. This format allows for an in-depth discussions of financial accounting issues which is supplemented by readings directly connected with every chapter.
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This book is a thoroughly modern introductory accounting text written by two experienced UK-based university lecturers for introductory non specialist accounting and finance courses in higher education. It is a commendable and ambitious text with a better than average related web site, ideally suited for undergraduate non-specialist courses in business accounting, management and finance.
This book has been reviewed for us by John Boggis - see his full review here
This week's book of the month is sponsored by South-Western's Taxation Team.
Visit http://wft.swcollege.com/ to learn more about the market-leading West Federal Taxation series, including the 2003 Edition's for Individual Income Taxes, Corporations, Partnerships, Estates & Trusts, and the Comprehensive Volume.
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Determining Value by Richard Barker - Published by Pearson Education
This book is concerned with the problems of valuing companies for both financial markets participants and advanced students of finance and accounting. The main body of the text begins by demonstrating the formal relationship between a company’s share price and the dividend discount model. Much of the rest of the book considers how consistent other valuation models, including some of the more recent shareholder value models, are with the DDM. In addition, the book takes significant time out from valuation models to consider the measurement of financial performance through the published financial statements. This combination of the practical use of financial statements and specific valuation techniques is one of the unique features of the book.
This book has been reviewed for us by Stuart Cooper, Aston Business School, UK. See his full review of this text here
This widely respected financial accounting text captures the predominant market share among graduate, MBA, and better undergraduate programs. It focuses on presenting, with great clarity, both the basic concepts underlying financial statements and the terminology and methods that allow students to interpret, analyze, and evaluate actual corporate financial statements.
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This state-of-the art dictionary presents a wide range of accessible definitions and terms used to describe various aspects of taxes and tax systems throughout the world. It contains an extensive range of entries, key concepts, major developments and controversies in taxation. Written in an accessible style, it will be indispensible to those who need to know more about the concepts of all taxation including practitioners, academics and students.
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Management and Cost Accounting is the European adaptation of the US text, Cost Accounting: A Managerial Emphasis. Its content has been significantly revised so as to provide direct appeal to a European audience. The text and its associated website resources provide one of the most comprehensive packages available for the study of introductory cost and management accounting presented in a clear and logical sequence with abundant use of up-to-date examples, surveys of company practice, and descriptions of the concepts in action.
This text has been reviewed for us by Alan Coad (University of Birmingham, UK) - see his full review here
This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Hansen and Mowen's Cost Management: Accounting and Control, 4e (copyright 2003 South-Western).
This text emphasizes that changing conditions often require a change in cost management systems. By taking a systems approach - one that first covers functional-based cost and control and then activity-based cost systems - your students will understand how to understand and manage any cost management system.
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The book focuses particularly on auditor independence, and in this respect has become very timely as, in the post-Enron environment, independence has re-appeared on the SEC agenda. The authors have developed their book from existing research into auditor-client relationships and have built model of auditor/client relationships with the help of psychological theories. The model that emerges is true to life in that it addresses the relationship at the individual level, the firm level and the level of the wider society. It is well written and well worth reading by any one engaged in auditing research, standard setting and regulation.
See our full review of this text by Stella Fearnley (Deputy Chair of the Centre for Business Performance, ICAEW) by following this link
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This week's Book of the Week is sponsored by Thomson Learning. Visit www.thomsonlearning.co.uk/accountingandfinance to learn more about Corporate Financial Reporting: A Global Perspective by Stolowy and Lebas (April 2002).
Rather than adopting a 'national' approach to accounting issues, Corporate Financial Reporting is an introductory text offering an international user perspective. The authors guide students through IAS, US GAAP, and specific local standards where they provide an interesting and relevant lesson. Each copy of the text comes with a self-contained CD-ROM multilingual glossary of accounting and finance terms in five languages. Click on the link above to visit the website and explore the comprehensive resources for both lecturers and students.
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The materials in these books come in two volumes covering introductory financial accounting study. The author has had considerable experience teaching the introductory accounting course - every misconception and difficult point that students have about the introductory course is explained in plain everyday terms including a detailed example that is developed through the books. It uses this case to discuss situations first then after the reader understands the context introduces the proper terminology. Whilst it primarily follows US GAAP, students learning other GAAPs will also be able to make full use of the material. This is also the perfect library purchase for all schools teaching accounting even where the intro class is not adopting the text.
See our full review of these texts by Margaret O'Reilly-Allen (Rider University) here
This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Stice, Stice, and Diamond's Financial Accounting: Reporting and Analysis, 6e (copyright 2003 South-Western).
The sixth edition is designed to prepare users to succeed as future business managers. The text demonstrates how financial statements are useful and interesting tools for diagnosing a company's problems or strengths and making loan, investment, acquisition, employment, and political decisions.
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This week's Book of the Week is sponsored by Thomson Learning. Visit the Thomson website to learn more about Research Method and Methodology in Finance and Accounting, Second Edition by Ryan, Scapens and Theobald (March 2002).
This book is the only book of its kind to focus on academic rather than student research. The text provides a clear, well-written guide to research in these subjects. It features new chapters exploring the diversity of methodology within the discipline and covers the case-study method, vital in Management Accounting as well as attending to problems of research design. This essential book, for both students and lecturers, has now been fully revised and updated, to include all of the advances made on the subject in the last 10 years.
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This week's Book of the Week is sponsored by Thomson Learning. Visit www.drury-online.com to learn more about Management Accounting for Business Decisions, Second Edition by Colin Drury (2001).
Management Accounting for Business Decisions provides a thorough introduction to the theory and practice of Management Accounting. Accessible and student friendly, the text excludes the technical and more advanced content that is required by specialist accounting students but offers the general business student on an undergraduate, postgraduate or MBA course a firm foundation in Management Accounting. Click on the link above to explore the wide range of website resources that accompany the book.
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This fully revised and updated edition provides an accessible introduction to accounting for those coming to the subject for the first time. The authors; cover the basic techniques and underlying theoretical concepts in accounting, illustrate throughout with worked examples and provide student activities and end of chapter questions (with solutions and answers), many of which have been taken from major accounting examination bodies. The book is designed to meet the needs of both the non-specialist reader and those specializing in accounting. It can easily be used by students working on their own, as well as in a classroom environment.
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This week's Book of the Week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit their website to learn more about Hansen and Mowen's Management Accounting, 6e (copyright 2003 South-Western).
The text continues to offer in-depth coverage of traditional topics such as job-order and process costing. At the same time, it also provides coverage of more innovative topics-including strategic cost analysis, activity-based tactical decision making, quality cost management, theory of constraints, and more. This approach emphasizes that changing conditions often require a change in cost management systems.
The fourth edition of the book has two main aims. First,it incorporates certain major developments in the regulatory framework of accounting and accounting education. The new edition incorporates FRS 18, FRS 15 and the ASB Statement of Principles for Financial Reporting.The development in accounting education relates to the new ACCA syllabus. A new chapter on consolidated accounts has been included (to continue its full support of the ACCA syllabus).
The second main aim of this edition is to increase its user friendliness. This includes use of colour, a new structure, margin guidance to highlight the key terms and learning objectives and better page referencing of key terms.
Aimed at undergraduate/ MBA students worldwide taking a first course in financial accounting. Traditionally, local language texts have been used to teach this first course in financial accounting, as English language texts from the UK and US tend to focus exclusively on their respective standards and are generally too low level in their approach or place too much emphasis on bookkeeping. Over the past few years, the way in which this course has been taught has changed dramatically due to an increase in degree programmes being taught in the English language; a growing need for students to learn English accounting terms and expressions and increased dominance of International Accounting Standards in accounting practice throughout the world. Reflecting these changes this new text provides a complete introduction to financial accounting written in the accounting rules of the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC).
I congratulate the authors for their foresight in producing such an excellent book' - Sir David Tweedie, Chairman IASB
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If you are a lecturer, you can obtain an inspection copy of this book for evaluation from the Pearson Education website
This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Fischer, Taylor, and Cheng's Advanced Accounting, 8e (copyright 2002 South-Western).
Triple-verified for accuracy and completely revised to reflect the latest FASB pronouncements, Advanced Accounting, 8e provides excellent preparation for the CPA exam and a future professional role in the global economy. Offering a unique, step-by-step approach to complex topics, it remains the only text to offer complete coverage of derivatives - plus feature the horizontal approach to consolidations worksheets, the format most frequently used in the business world.
Amazon.com reviewers give this introductory accounting guide a five star rating. If you need an alternative text from your class recommendation to get you through your intro/Accounting 101 classes, this might be the place to go.
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Determining Value by Richard Barker (Publisher: Pearson Education, 2001)
This text is about the methods used to value companies. It contains both analytical review of valuation models and evaluation of the data available for use in valuation models. Three parts cover: the fundamentals of accounting and finance; valuation models; and stock-market practice. It extends the usual financial statement analysis coverage but asking how such techniques lead to meaningful valuations. A unique text in its field.
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If you are a lecturer, you can obtain an inspection copy of this book for evaluation from the Pearson Education website
M. Zafar Iqbal's International Accounting, 2e (copyright 2002 South-Western) emphasizes the tools for making managerial decisions, preparing students with a sound understanding of the global economy for success in the real world as managers, entrepreneurs, consumers, and employees.
This week's book of the week is Taxation: Policy and Practice - by A. Lymer and P. Hancock.
Now in its eighth edition, this is the leading UK taxation text for students. It provides a guide to the latest (2001/2) UK tax legislation exchanging the undue complication found in many tax textbooks for readability, clarity and focus. It is an ideal introductory text for anyone teaching UK taxation, or an essential tax library purchase for any institutional, or personal, library where you have need of an up to date explanation of UK taxation.
'An excellent balance of practice and theory, without non-essential detail, makes this the first choice student text for UK tax', was how Dr. John Hasseldine of Nottingham University, UK described the book.
Want to order a copy? Use the Amazon.co.uk website directly from this links.
If you are an instructor you can order an inspection copy of this book from here at the Thomson Learning website.
Practical Accounting by Augustine Benedict and Barry Elliott (published by Pearson Education)
From our review of this text - 'Probably the best way to describe this book in a nutshell is that in many ways it is very similar to Frank Wood but with interactive questions. Both books are practical and easy to understand, but light on accounting theory and UK GAAP. This book may thus appeal to those either not attending a college course or studying at an institution with low contact hours (eg part-time). It would be ideal for introductory courses in accounting outside the UK and USA.'
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If you are an instructor you can order an inspection copy of this book from here at the Pearson Education website, or see fuller details of the book here.
The book of the week this week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Rick Antle and Stanley J. Garstka's Financial Accounting (copyright 2002 South-Western), enriching students with an understanding of how transactions affect financial statements and how those financial statements affect the decision-making process of managers.
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If you are an instructor you can order an inspection copy of this book from here at the South Western website.
This book of the week is Paul Solomon's Financial Accounting: A New Perspective (copyright 2001 South-Western).
In the text, you will follow entrepreneur Susan Newman through every step of the way as she learns how to use financial statements to help run a business and tackle financing, operating, and investing issues. Accounting concepts and procedures are made clearer because of the logical framework the author has developed.
Want to order a copy? Use the Amazon.com website directly from this link.
If you are an instructor you can order an inspection copy of this book from here at the South Western website.
Taxation of E-Commerce by W. Craig
This book focuses on the issues raised by the use of global communications media, such as the Internet, that is enabling wide exploitation of different business models to those the tax authorities are traditionally comfortable with. The text is conveniently split up into short, topic-based, chapters and provides good referencing to source documentation and further reading throughout indicating the widespread research undertaken by the author in the production of this text. Get your library to buy a couple of copies – your students will thank you. It will prove to be an excellent resource for dissertations in this area.
Published by Butterworths Tolley in November 2000 - see their website for full details and to order this book.
The book of the week this week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about James T. Perry and Gary P. Schneider's Building Accounting Systems Using Access 2000 (copyright 2001 South-Western), teaching students how to develop, audit, and use accounting systems so the information contained within them can then be used by managers and decision makers.
To obtain a copy directly see the Amazon.com website (currently offered with CD at $62.95 + shipping etc) or Amazon.co.uk (on offer at £39.94 - a 9% discount on usual price)
2000 Miller IAS Guide by David Alexander ( 600 pages, April 2000, Published by Harcourt Publishers Ltd Professional Publications; ISBN: 0156069784)
This guide offers the authors and users of financial statements practical knowledge of the new standards which have been developed by the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC). It defines the role, structure and workings of the IASC and specifies the key differences between IAS and the US GAAP. The book highlights critical passages from each IAS, including the benchmark and allowed alternative treatments. It also details the implications of the relevant IASs for the preparation of financial statements and their analysis.
This book uses the world of a kid's lemonade stand to teach the basics of financial language and records. You'll run your own lemonade stand and make it grow by creating signs to advertise it, borrowing money from Mom, buying lemons and sugar and selling to the whole neighborhood. As you run your stand, you'll begin to understand and apply financial terms and concepts like assets, liabilities, earnings, inventory and notes payable, plus, know the difference between accrual vs. cash accounting methods, create and understand an income statement and balance sheet, create cash statements and how to apply your new knowledge to real-life situations. Great book if you are trying to pick up the principles of accounting for the first time, or struggling with the basics in your accounting class.
This week's book of the week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about M. Zafar Iqbal's International Accounting, 2e (copyright 2002 South-Western). This text emphasizes the tools for making managerial decisions, preparing students with a sound understanding of the global economy for success in the real world as managers, entrepreneurs, consumers, and employees.
Articles of Merit - 2000 Competition - is the title of a new publication that features articles on financial and management accounting topics written by authors from around the world. The articles were selected as part of IFAC's Financial and Management Accounting (FMAC's) Article Award Program for Distinguished Contribution to Management Accounting. The articles focus on intellectual capital statements and knowledge management, managing the cash gap, determining the fair market value of websites, implementing innovative management accounting systems, and payroll benchmarking.
The Book of the Week this week is sponsored by South-Western's Accounting Team. Visit http://accounting.swcollege.com to learn more about Glenn Owen's QuickBooks Pro 2000 for Accounting (copyright 2002 South-Western).
This is the first book of its kind to provide a self-paced environment where students use a commercial software product to analyze, interpret, and investigate accounting information to make business decisions.
Copies of this book can be purchased directly from Amazon.com
CCH Auditing and Accounting Library
Extract from our review of this product: 'Described by the publisher as 'the essential electronic publication for accountants' this service is available on CD-ROM or on-line. It provides instant access to current UK accounting and auditing standards, cases and legislation. In this reviewer’s assessment, this new Croner.CCH product shows a great deal of promise to become the most comprehensive database of the regulations governing financial reporting and auditing in the UK. Also ideal for overseas purchasers who want to gain access to up to date UK rules and legislation in the area.'
Have you ever tried to analyse and compare the financial statements of foreign businesses in any detail? You'll get caught in a tangle of accounting regulations and practices that vary enormously from country to country across the developed world. In 1995 Palgrave provided the world's accountants with precisely the tools they needed to navigate this minefield by publishing Transnational Accounting. In December 2000 they published the 2nd edition of this work. Not only has the text been fully revised and updated but chapters on the accounting practices and regulations of five more countries have been added: Italy, Finland, Portugal, Norway and Argentina.
Financial Accounting is one in a series of texts in this series. Although published a few years ago it still remains fully relevant. These materials all provide excellent self-help materials for the subjects they cover. They are ideal for introductory/intermediate level undergraduate students who want extra support or practice in support of their courses or for postgraduates approaching the subject for the first time. They are also a 'must purchase' for all libraries where business subjects are taught as they provide excellent practice material for self-assessment.
This text reflects how information technology is altering the very nature of accounting, discussing how developments such as the Internet, electronic commerce, EDI, databases, and artificial intelligence are fundamentally transforming the way organizations conduct their business activities.
Publisher - Pearson Education Publishing - if you are an instructor you can order an inspection copy from here
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Survey of Accounting - Carl S. Warren of University of Georgia (ISBN: 0-538-87085-0)
This text provides a contemporary introduction to accounting and accounting systems. It covers the essence of both financial and managerial accounting in a non-procedural, non-debit and credit manner. After a brief introduction to financial statement preparation, the remainder of the text focuses on controls and the use of accounting information in decision making.
As business and capital markets have continued to grow more global over recent
years, the need for cross-border financial information has correspondingly
increased. This has brought international accounting to the forefront. This book provides an understanding of international accounting issues to students in graduate and undergraduate business programs and for executives involved in international business. It is geared for users of international financial reporting, such as executives making decisions based on financial information from another country
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Why Tax Systems Differ - A Comparative Study of the Political Economy of Taxation, by Cedric Sandford, ISBN 0 9515157 8 0
This book provides a precious contribution to the scarce literature on comparative taxation. The author describes the book as an analysis and comparison of taxation in different countries. Its aim is to look at what tax systems have in common, how they differ and to explain both the similarities and the differences.
That this book is in its seventh edition, having first been published in 1979, is testament to its usefulness and value. It provides an excellent summary of the UK's financial accounting system ideal for an international library. The particular strength of this book is that, in addition to traditional financial reporting items, it includes topics not always covered in standard financial reporting text books.
Published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall/Pearson Education
This text has been reviewed for AccountingEducation.com by Professor Niamh Brennan, University College Dublin. See her full review here
There can be no doubt that this is a successful book. It was first published in 1981 and has been very significantly developed over 19 years and 6 editions. It has the relatively unusual distinction of having created the subject and the courses which are likely to use it, and therefore to have created its own market. Direct rivals have now appeared, obviously a compliment to the pioneering work of Nobes and Parker.
Published by Pearson Education/Prentice Hall
This text has been reviewed for AccountingEducation.com by International Accounting expert, David Alexander. See his full review here
Principles of VAT: A European Perspective by Adrian Ogley.
An initial review of the areas covered confirms that this is a very thorough book. The format and style of the book result in it being far more readable than the standard reference style texts such as Tolley’s VATwise, CCH British VAT guide and Butterworth’s DeVoil. It is well written and clearly thought out for the persistent reader. It is one of the very few VAT textbooks available anywhere in the world.
Reviewed for AccountingEducation.com by Dr. Ann Hansford, (University of the West of England, UK) - see the full review here
While the UK tax system becomes ever more complicated and other textbooks reflect this trend, this book maintains its clarity and brevity providing students will all the information and practice they need for an introductory tax course - without all they don't.
This book is updated annually to ensure an accurate reflection of the current tax climate.
'Must-buy' purchase for non-UK universities wanting up-to-date information on the UK tax system for their students.
'The first-choice student text for UK tax' - Dr. John Hasseldine, University of Nottingham.
Accounting Fundamentals William Ruland of Baruch College, ISBN: 0-324-02361-8
Designed to supplement a financial accounting course, this self-paced workbook
helps financial statement users who may have had little or no exposure to the
accounting system and accounting mechanics. Step-by-step introduction to financial accounting fundamentals. Designed to give business professionals and students an understanding of accounting so they can accurately interpret financial statements.
The Economics of taxation 7/e by Simon James of the University of Exeter and Christopher Nobes of the University of Reading
The 1999/2000 edition of this book continues to provide a clear and authoritative introduction to the economic theory of taxation and to its practical operations in the UK. Part 1 of the text examines the principles of taxation, whilst Part 2 gives a broad-based description and evaluation of the policy and practice of the UK's tax system, highlighting some international comparisons.
The extensively revised 8th edition thoroughly involves readers with Financial Statements by using real-world examples. The emphasis is on the analysis and interpretation of the end result of financial reporting - financial statements.
Essentials of Accounting 7/e by Robert N. Anthony and Leslie Pearlman of Harvard University (6/e ISBN 0201-84866-X)
The leading programmed text in accounting, Essentials of Accounting is a self-teaching, self-paced introduction to financial accounting for active users of business data-rather than preparers of accounting information (bookkeepers).
It presents the ideas and terminology essential to an understanding of balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows. Every frame requires students to solve a problem involving accounting information-e.g., selecting a correct word from two choices, providing an answer, making a journal entry, or preparing a complete balance sheet. Appropriate for undergraduate and graduate, executive, vocational or management training.
This casebook contains over forty brief cases. These are high-interest cases developed to help focus attention on managerial decision-making. Readers receive a real world feel for how business decisions are made and the many issues that must be considered when making decisions. Cases are typically three pages in length and are followed by discussion questions.
This book offers unrivalled coverage of financial management topics, making it the definitive guide to financial management and corporate finance courses. It is ideal for any student looking for a thorough grounding in the techniques and concepts of financial decision making.
This new edition has been significantly revised and expanded to introduce new concepts and more discussion. Theory is illustrated with numerous worked examples, followed by a chapter summary, quick questions - all answered at the end of the book - and more detailed practice questions.
Published by Thomson Learning - get more details, including a teachers manual for the text, from the Business Press Website
Cost Management: Strategies for Business Decisions by R. Hilton, M. Maher & F. Selto. ISBN 0 07 116957 1 (International Paperback Edition)
Although this is a book on cost and management accounting which starts from first principles and takes the reader through all the basic techniques of the subject up to intermediate / advanced level, it is organised upon very different principles to a traditional textbook on the subject. The end result is a book which clearly demonstrates the significance of accounting information and analysis to managers of a business rather than merely trains students in the techniques of accounting. This is enhanced by setting the material in the context of realistic business situations with an emphasis upon the decision making context of the appropriate techniques.
Financial Statement Analysis: An International Perspective by Peter Walton (ESSEC, France). ISBN 1-86152 487 0.
This book assumes no prior knowledge of accounting and in its first part takes the reader progressively through an introduction to the accountant's world, the basic rules of gathering accounting data and issuing reports, and the basics of financial statement analysis. It does not assume any part
