Accounting Handbook (BARRON'S ACCOUNTING HANDBOOK) - Hardcover

Siegel, Joel G.; Shim, Jae K.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0812061764 ISBN 13: 9780812061765

Publisher: B E S Pub Co, 1990

Synopsis

Covers financial accounting, report requirements, cost accounting, financial statement analysis, income taxes, accounting terms, microcomputer applications, audits, personal financial planning, and governmental accounting

About this title

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Accounting
Handbook
Fourth Edition

An overview of financial accounting

An A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms

Accounting and Information Technology

Quantitative accounting methods

Auditing

Personal financial planning . . . and much more

Tables, Diagrams, and Appendices

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Accounting Handbook
Fourth Edition

Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.

The fourth edition of this authoritative reference volume belongs on the bookshelf of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, business manager, and student majoring in business administration. Its early chapters present an overview of financial accounting with focus on financial statements, reporting requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate governance, management/cost accounting, analysis of financial statements, and up-to-date information on taxation. The major section that follows is a nearly-500-page A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms, defining everything from Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Zero-Base Budgeting. Concluding chapters cover information technology (IT), quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, forensic accounting, and international accounting. Added features include tables, diagrams, and extensive appendices.

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Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is Professor of Accounting at Queens College in the City University of New York.

Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach.

About this edition

• Publisher: B E S Pub Co
• Publication date: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0812061764
• ISBN 13: 9780812061765
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 836