Accounting Principles - Standalone book - Hardcover

Weygandt, Jerry J.; Kimmel, Paul D.; Kieso, Donald E.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1118875052 ISBN 13: 9781118875056

Publisher: Wiley, 2015

Synopsis

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Accounting Principles 12th Edition by Weygandt, Kimmel, and Kieso provides students with a clear introduction to fundamental accounting concepts. The Twelfth Edition helps student get the most out of their accounting course by making practice simple. This text allows for new opportunities for self-guided practice allow students to check their knowledge of accounting concepts, skills, and problem-solving techniques and receive personalized feedback at the question, learning objective, and course level. Newly streamlined learning objectives help students use their study time efficiently by creating a clear connections between the reading and video content, and the practice, homework, and assessments  questions. Weygandt, Accounting Principles is a best-selling  program ideal for a two-semester Principles of Accounting sequence  where students spend the majority of the time learning financial  accounting concepts, and are introduced to the basic concepts of  managerial accounting at the end of the sequence  With  Accounting Principles students learn the accounting cycle from a  sole proprietor perspective.

About this title

About the Author:

Jerry J. Weygandt, PhD, CPA, is Arthur Andersen Alumni Professor of Accounting at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He holds a Ph.D. in accounting from the University of Illinois. Articles by Professor Weygandt have appeared in the Accounting Review, Journal of Accounting Research, Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accountancy, and other academic and professional journals. These articles have examined such financial reporting issues as accounting for price-level adjustments, pensions, convertible securities, stock option contracts, and interim reports. Professor Weygandt is author of other accounting and financial reporting books and is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Wisconsin Society of Certified Public Accountants. He has served on numerous committees of the American Accounting Association and as a member of the editorial board of the Accounting Review; he also has served as President and Secretary-Treasurer of the American Accounting Association. He is the recipient of the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs Outstanding Educator's Award and the Lifetime Achievement Award. In 2001 he received the American Accounting Association's Outstanding Accounting Educator Award.

Paul D. Kimmel, PhD, CPA, received his bachelor's degree from the University of Minnesota and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Wisconsin. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee, and has public accounting experience with Deloitte & Touche (Minneapolis). He was the recipient of the UWM School of Business Advisory Council Teaching Award and the Reggie Taite Excellence in Teaching Award, and is a three-time winner of the Outstanding Teaching Assisting Award at the University of Wisconsin. He is also a recipient of the Elijah Watts Sells Award for Honorary Distinction for his results on the CPA exam. He is a member of the American Accounting Association and has published articles in Accounting Review, Accounting Horizons, Advances in Management Accounting, Managerial Finance, Issues in Accounting Education, Journal of Accounting Education, as well as other journals. His research interests include accounting for financial instruments and innovation in accounting education. He has published papers and given numerous talks on incorporating critical thinking into accounting education, and helped prepare a catalog of critical thinking resources for the Federated Schools of Accountancy.

Donald E.  Kieso, PhD, CPA, received his bachelor's degree from Aurora University and his doctorate in accounting from the University of Illinois. He is currently the KPMG Peat Marwick Emeritus Professor of Accounting at Northern Illinois University. He has public  accounting experience with Price Waterhouse & Co. (San  Francisco and Chicago) and Arthur Andersen & Co. (Chicago) and  research experience with the Research Division of the American  Institute of Certified Public Accountants (New York). He has done  postdoctorate work as a Visiting Scholar at the University of California at Berkeley and is a recipient of NIU's Teaching Excellence Award and four Golden Apple Teaching Awards. Professor Kieso is the author of other accounting and business books and is a member of the American Accounting Association, the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, and the Illinois CPA Society. He is currently serving on the Board of Trustees and Executive Committee of Aurora University, as a member of the Board of Directors of Castle BancGroup Inc., and as Treasurer and  Director of Valley West Community Hospital.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1118875052
• ISBN 13: 9781118875056
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 1296