Accounting Best Practices - Hardcover

Bragg, Steven M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470561653 ISBN 13: 9780470561652

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010

Synopsis

Accounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition includes 90 new best practices. These new best practices are included in the chapters on Treasury Management, Billing Best Practices, in the new chapter on Credit, the new chapter on Collections, revised chapter on Accounts Payable, revised chapter on Payroll, and revised chapter Inventory.

About this title

About the Author

Steven M. Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master′s degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor′s degree in economics from the University of Maine. He has been the two–time president of the Colorado Mountain Club, is an avid alpine skier and mountain biker, and is a certified master diver. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He is also the author of Accounting Best Practices and Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual (both published by Wiley).

From the Back Cover

Praise for Accounting Best Practices Sixth Edition

"For a comprehensive, yet easy–to–read guide to fixing those all–too–common shortcomings in your accounting department, look no further than this excellent book. Steve Bragg provides hundreds of fixes, many of them requiring surprisingly little time or cost while providing a handy guide to common implementation pitfalls . . . I would recommend this invaluable book to anyone who is looking to enhance their existing processes, whether due to growth in their business, compliance with Sarbanes–Oxley, or just as part of their ongoing improvement process."
Martyn Webster, CPA, Director of FinanceXenoPort, Inc.

"This book is critical to running an efficient and accurate accounting department. The use of RFID technology to track documents is one of many valuable tools in this latest edition. A required read for the demanding accounting manager′s role."
Jason Charet, CPA

"I′ve used Steve Bragg′s Accounting Best Practices books for years as a source of ideas for improvement. Like the previous editions, the Fifth Edition has a number of new, actionable best practices as well as refinements of those ideas reported in previous editions. The books are broad enough in their perspective so that nearly any organization could find ideas that could pay back the cost of the book many times over."
John Temmerman, Controller, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America

"What a great resource! I have been in the accounting field for over twenty years, and I was still able to gain insight into improving processes within my office. Thanks for putting it all in one book!"
Tina M. Thomas, CPA, CTP, Controller, Goodman & Company, LLP

From the Inside Flap

Companies are often faced with a difficult dilemma how to cut accounting department operating costs without cutting back on services to the company. Many financial and accounting managers don′t realize that expenses can be drastically cut in all areas of their department without hiring an expensive outside consultant, simply by implementing best practices from accounting guru Steven Bragg.

Accounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition offers the latest and most important information on advanced techniques and strategies to help you increase productivity, reduce costs, and efficiently monitor a company′s existing systems.

This new Sixth Edition has been fully updated to include ninety new best practices included in the chapters on Treasury Management, Billing, Accounts Payable, Payroll, and Inventory. In addition, two new chapters have been added on credit and collections.

The accounting department that strives to adopt best practices enjoys a host of benefits, not the least of which include improved customer service, cycle times, product quality, and profitability, as well as reduced error rates. This benchmark resource shows readers how to successfully improve both efficiency and accuracy in this excellent step–by–step manual of best practices.

Accounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition will not only show you how to cut your business costs but will demonstrate how to optimize your company′s effectiveness as well. Whether you′ve been searching for ways to cut costs in your accounting department, or just want to offer more services without the added expense, look no further Accounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition is here.

Edition details

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0470561653
• ISBN 13: 9780470561652
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 512