Accounting and Auditing Research & Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference

Thomas R. Weirich

ISBN 10: 111843398X / ISBN 13: 9781118433980

Published by Wiley, 2012

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Accounting and Auditing Research & Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference
• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication Date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 111843398X
• ISBN 13: 9781118433980
• Binding: Unknown
• Condition: Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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Synopsis

The easy-to-use, do-it-yourself desk accounting and auditing research database FASB's online GAAP Codification system. The convergence of U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. EDGAR filing and research system. RIA Checkpoint and CCH. Accounting professionals and practitioners need to understand these research databases to reach solutions and achieve maximum results for the organization. Highlighting each pertinent database, Accounting and Auditing Research Databases shows you how to conduct research using a host of databases including RIA, CCH, AICPA's Online Library, FASB Codification, GARS, and eIFRS. Accounting and Auditing Research & A Practitioner's Desk Reference focuses on the practical aspects of professional accounting and auditing research with step-by-step guidance to research resources to provide you with the skills you need to improve within your organization.

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Answering the need for an accessible, hands-on reference book, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference provides CPAs, accountants, and finance professionals with an invaluable guide to practical, professional research.

Written by an esteemed team of accounting professors and CPAs, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases provides professionals with the tools to effectively and efficiently research auditing methodologies and databases. Highlighting online databases, supplemented with information on essential tools for research and analysis, this handy desk reference enables practitioners/researchers to discover justifiable authoritative solutions to accounting or auditing problems.

Featuring extensive discussions of the FASB and IASB structures, including the advisory boards, detailed research methods for the Codification and eIFRS, tax research sources, and types of audits, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases examines:

• A complete overview of the research process
• Financial research in the United States through the impact of the FASB and SEC
• International research through the IASB
• International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) research
• Researching industries and companies
• Tax research for compliance and tax planning
• Original jurisdiction courts
• Steps in conducting tax research
• Assurance and auditing research
• A search example utilizing the SEC's Edgar database
• SEC accounting for public companies
• The Levels of U.S. GAAP and FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM
• Public Company Accounting Oversight Board