Financial Accounting and Reporting

This market-leading text offers a comprehensive overview of financial accounting and reporting. With annual updates, Financial Accounting and Reporting features completely up-to-date coverage of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and International Accounting Standards (IAS).

You will find worked examples and useful illustrations throughout the text to support your learning. With both theoretical and practical coverage, the authors provide the essential knowledge that you need to advance in your studies and career.

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This market-leading text offers a comprehensive overview of financial accounting and reporting. You will find worked examples and useful illustrations throughout the text to support your learning. With both theoretical and practical coverage, the authors provide essential knowledge that you need to advance in your studies and career.

 

New to this edition:

 

·    Fully updated coverage of IFRS and IAS

·    Additional exercises in the text and MyAccountingLab

·    Restructured material to ensure accessibility for students at all levels

·    All parts are designed to progress in clear steps from first principles

Substantial revisions to:

 

·    Part 1 Published financial accounts   

·    Part 2 Income and asset value measurement systems

o   Revenue recognition

·    Part 4 Statement of financial position

o   Employee benefits

o   Construction contracts

·    Part 5  Consolidated accounts

o   Accounting for Joint Arrangements

o   Accounting for the effects of changes in foreign exchange rates

·    Part 6 Interpretation

o   Interpreting financial statements for management purposes

o   Analysis of published financial statements

·    Part 7 Accountability

o   Corporate governance

o   Sustainability – environmental and social reporting.

 

"This is a good text that provides comprehensive coverage of the material on my course."

Brian Miller Lancaster University

 

"Clearly written. Good balance of theory and numbers." 

Chris McMahon Liverpool John Moores University 

 

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Barry Elliott is a training consultant. He has extensive teaching experience at undergraduate, postgraduate and professional levels in China, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. He has wide experience as an external examiner in higher education and at all levels of professional education.

 

Jamie Elliott is a director with Deloitte. Prior to this, he lectured on undergraduate degree programmes and as Assistant Professor on MBA and Executive programmes at the London Business School.