GAAP 2008: Handbook of Policies and Procedures

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 1500 pages
• Published by: CCH, Inc.; 2008 edition October 19, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0808091204
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0808091202
• Book Dimensions: 10 x 7.1 x 2.4 inches
• Weighs: 4.2 pounds

Product Description
The 2008 GAAP Handbook of Policies and Procedures is the most complete and easy to use source of on-the-job help for applying generally accepted accounting principles in practice. It provides guidance in resolving any issues and problems that the accountant may face day-to-day in applying GAAP. The GAAP Handbook provides many rules of thumb. Its content includes informative rules, policies, and procedures applicable to CPAs and may be used as a training medium. This practical reference contains all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP, including APB Opinions, Accounting Research Bulletins, FASB Statements, Staff Positions, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts, as well as AICPA Statements of Position. Securities and Exchange Financial Reporting Releases and EITF Issues are also covered when appropriate. This volume contains accounting principles, financial reporting presentation requirements, required and recommended disclosures, and specialized accounting topics. The book includes examples, tables, exhibits, and practice aids that demonstrate how to apply GAAP in practice. In some cases, flowcharts are presented to explain, in clearer terms, the practitioner's decision process in applying a pronouncement. Current footnotes from annual reports provide clear examples of reporting. The book also comes with a free companion CD-ROM that contains an electronic version of the book.

About The Author
JOEL G. SIEGEL, Ph.D., CPA, is a self-employed certified public accountant and professor of accounting at Queens College of the City University of New York. Previously, he was employed by Coopers & Lybrand and Arthur Andersen. Dr. Siegel has acted as a consultant in accounting to many organizations, including Citicorp, International Telephone and Telegraph, United Technologies, American Institute of CPAs, and Person-Wolinsky Associates. He is the author of 68 books and 300 articles on accounting topics. Dr. Siegel was the recipient of the Outstanding Educator of America Award and has served as chairperson of the National Oversight Board. MARC H. LEVINE, Ph.D., CPA, is a financial accounting consultant and professor of accounting at Queens College. Dr. Levine was previously associated with Deloitte & Touche. He has authored five books, as well as many articles that have appeared in major industry journals. ANIQUE A. QURESHI, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, is a business consultant and professor of accounting at Queens College. Dr. Qureshi has written ten books and his articles have appeared in The Journal of Business Research, CPA Journal, EDP Auditing, National Public Accountant, Internal Auditing, and International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology. JAE K. SHIM, Ph.D., is an accounting consultant to several companies and professor of accounting at California State University, Long Beach. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Shim has forty books to his credit and has published more than 50 articles in accounting and financial journals, including The CPA Journal, Advances in Accounting, International Accountant, and Financial Management.

Reader Reviews
First, don't be misled by the title. You won't get much help if you're trying to write accounting procedures at your company. The thick "Handbook of Policies and Procedures" has quite a bit of padding, in the form of (often old) annual report excerpts from various companies. These occupy too much of the book, in my opinion, and they are of limited value anyway in this day and age of electronically available SEC filings. If I wanted the 2004 AICPA Trends and Techniques, I would have bought it :( In fairness, the handbook does have broad coverage of many GAAP topics, logically structured around the financial statements, and it's a useful part of my desk library. And I like the CD that comes with it. As an industry CPA involved in external disclosure, I find myself referring to Wiley GAAP 2008 a little more often, though, for more in-depth, interpretative guidance - without the lazily copied filler ;)