Available: March 2012

A handy desktop reference containing succinct explanations and quick-glance charts detailing common sales and use tax ssues for all states and the District of Columbia. It provides easy-to-read multistate overviews of sales taxes and describes for each state the basis, state and local tax rates, principal payment and return due dates, and countless other key facts and figures.

Especially helpful are the multistate quick-answer charts - a CCH exclusive!

OVERVIEW
- Constitutional Issues--Federal Limitations
- Multistate Agreements

CHARTS
- Agricultural Exemptions
- Clothing
- Collection Discounts Allowed Seller
- Components of Basis
- Computers and Computer Services
- Drop Shipments
- Electronic Payment of Sales Tax
- Exemption and Resale Certificates' Validity Periods
- Financial Institutions
- Food and Meals
- Interest Rates on Delinquent or Deficient Payments
- Leases and Rentals
- Mail-Order Sales
- Manufacturing and Machinery
- Medicines, Medical Services and Devices
- Newspapers and Periodicals
- Occasional Sales
- Penalties
- Pollution Control Equipment
- Rates and Basis
- Sales for Resale
- Services
- Statutes of Limitations
- Tax Calendar
- Taxpayer Remedies
- Trade-Ins
- Vending Machine Sales

STATE SUMMARIES
For each state:
- Scope of Tax
- Tax Base
- List of Exemptions, Exceptions and Exclusions
- Rate of Tax
- Local Taxes
- Returns, Payments, and Due Dates
- Prepayment of Taxes
- Vendor Registration
- Sales or Use Tax Credits
- Deficiency Assessments
- Audit Procedures
- Statute of Limitations
- Application for Refund

Additional discussion is included on the Uniform Sales Tax Administration Act and the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.

• Multistate Guide to Sales and Use Tax Audits (with CD-ROM), 2012
• Sales and Use Tax Answer Book (2013) 
• U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide (Seventh Edition)

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Available: November 2011

This book helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered. First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures. Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding; and, finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), the U.S. Master GAAP Guide is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Three-level approach to explanation and analysis, including flowcharts, general discussion, and detailed examples, makes the official pronouncements easy to understand.
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

Chapters:

• General principles
• Presentation
• Assets
• Liabilities
• Equity
• Revenue
• Expenses
• Broad transactions
• Industry

Also contains:

• Conceptual framework
• Accounting Standards Updates
• Exposure Drafts
• How to cross-reference the Codification and pre-Codification standards
• Present value factors

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Available: December 2011

This book is a concise and reliable handbook for both tax advisors and estate representatives involved in federal estate and gift tax planning, return preparation and tax payment. It provides clear explanations of the laws relating to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to give readers the solid understanding they need to understand and apply today's complex wealth transfer tax rules.

• Concise, up-to-date discussions of recent statutory and regulatory law changes, court decisions, and IRS rulings affecting the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
• Pertinent tax tables, such as the unified rate and credit, state death tax credit and pre-1977 gift tax rates for easy reference to key tax figures.
• Sample filled-in forms in the 706 and 709 series, as well as various generation-skipping transfer tax forms, that illustrate practical compliance application of the tax law.
• Citations to Internal Revenue Code, regulations, IRS rulings and court decisions to help practitioners further research  the estate and gift tax law.
• Code Finding List for quick reference to the IRC sections cited.
• Forms Finding List referencing where key IRS forms and worksheets are reproduced and discussed.

The Quick Tax Facts card is bound into the book for at-a-glance reference to key estate and gift tax rates and credits, figures, filing deadlines and other valuable information. 

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Available: October 2011

A handy desktop reference containing concise explanations on major corporate tax issues that are readily accessible and easy to understand. It's an excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

Provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state. It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income.

Key elements of this helpful and annually updated publication are:

CHARTS–designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation.

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS–offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:

In addition, since most practitioners prepare federal forms first, easy access to state law differences makes filling out state returns easier. The Guide provides helpful comparisons of federal and state tax laws for each state.

HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY NEW DEVELOPMENTS–presents a summary of key legislative and regulatory changes affe

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Softcover Book #5952 - Available: November 2011   

Hard Cover Book #5882 - Available: December 2011    

The U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 95th Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2011 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax.

The 2012 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS.  Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws.

The U.S. Master Tax Guide is built for speed with numerous time-saving features, including a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables, checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items, and more. These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and provides quick and clear answers to client questions.

MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2011 income tax returns, and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Federal Tax Issues for 2012," which focuses in on the most significant and thorniest new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year.  The Top Federal Tax Issues Course allows professionals to earn CPE credit while keeping up-to-date on the most important tax issues (grading fee additional).

The 2012 U.S. Master Tax Guide's updated explanations cover:

• Highlights of New Tax Developments
• Tax Rates and Tax Tables
• Individuals
• Corporations
• S Corporations
• Partnerships
• Trusts and Estates
• Exempt Organizations
• Income
• Exclusions from Income
• Business Expenses
• Non-Business Expenses
• Losses and Bad Debt
• Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
• Tax Credits
• Minimum Tax
• Tax Accounting
• Basis for Gain or Loss
• Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
• Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
• Securities Transactions
• Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
• Retirement Pla

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Available: December 2010

Old depreciation systems do not die - or even fade away very fast. Businesses and the practitioners that serve them must operate with three coexisting depreciation systems -Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) and the Treasury Department's Asset Depreciation System (ADR).CCH's U.S.

Master Depreciation Guide offers tax and accounting professionals who work with businesses a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets. This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. This book pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

The U.S. Master Depreciation Guide includes several useful "quick reference tables." These include a list of trucks, SUVs, and vans that are exempt from the luxury car caps because they weigh more than 6,000 pounds, trucks with a bed-length under six feet which are subject to a $25,000 section 179 depreciation cap, a list of states that conform to the federal bonus depreciation and section 179 expensing rules, and a comprehensive table of assets and corresponding recovery periods with cross references to the location of the related U.S. Master Depreciation Guide explanation.

Published annually, this new edition is completely updated to reflect all depreciation rule changes through press time in December. A special Highlights section provides a quick overview of any new legislation, cases, rulings, and regulations occurring since last year's edition, with cross-references to the explanation paragraph in which they are reflected.

CONTENTS:

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :
  1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
  2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
  3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
  4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system which dates back to 1971;
  5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
  6. Amortization of intangibles, including section 197 intangibles
• Listed property depreciation rules
• Depreciation of vehicles subject to "luxury" car caps
• Handling vehicle trade-ins, including luxury car caps and carryover basis
• Ve

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Available: October 2010

This book is an indispensable resource for professionals who work with multiple state tax jurisdictions. This CCH "Master Guide" serves as a handy desktop reference containing concise explanations on major corporate tax issues that are readily accessible and easy to understand.  It's an excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

The U.S. Master Multistate Corporate Tax Guide provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state.  It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income. 

Key elements of this helpful and annually updated publication are:

CHARTS - designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation. 

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS - offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:

• Tax Rates
• Tax Credits
• Apportionment of Income
• Combined Reporting
• Consolidated Returns
• Nexus
• Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks
• Return Filing Requirements
• Alternative Minimum Taxes
• Treatment of Flow-through Entities

In addition, since most practitioners prepare federal forms first, easy access to state law differences makes filling out state returns easier. The Guide provides helpful comparisons of federal and state tax laws for each state. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY NEW DEVELOPMENTS - presents a summary of key legislative and regulatory changes affecting state corporate income taxation during the previous year, so readers are aware of those developments and can respond accordingly when completing tax returns for the coming year.

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• U.S. INCOME TAX REGULATIONS, Winter 2011 Edition  

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Available: December 2011

This book offers a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets.  This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. CCH's U.S. Master Depreciation Guide pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

The U.S. Master Depreciation Guide includes several useful "quick reference tables." These include a list of trucks, SUVs, and vans that are exempt from the luxury car caps because they weigh more than 6,000 pounds, trucks with a bed-length under six feet which are subject to a $25,000 section 179 depreciation cap, a list of states that conform to the federal bonus depreciation and section 179 expensing rules, and a comprehensive table of assets and corresponding recovery periods with cross references to the location of the related explanation.

CONTENTS:

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :
  1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
  2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
  3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
  4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system which dates back to 1971;
  5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
  6. Amortization of intangibles, including section 197 intangibles
• Listed property depreciation rules
• Depreciation of vehicles subject to "luxury" car caps
• Handling vehicle trade-ins, including luxury car caps and carryover basis
• Vehicle depreciation using the standard mileage rate, FAVR allowances, and other mileage based methods
• Like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions
• Rev. Proc. 87-56 class life and depreciation period table reproduced in full text
• All MACRS depreciation tables reproduced in full text plus CCH-prepared Indian reservation property depreciation tables and tables that incorporate the effect of the first-year 30

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Canadian Master Tax Guide provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 70th edition reflects federal tax changes in 2014 to the date of publication and provides fast, reliable answers to tax questions affecting individual and business income tax.

Canadian Master Tax Guide contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates, and trusts, as well as changes established by key court decisions and the Canada Revenue Agency. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The book's explanations provide tax practitioners with accurate and sound guidance to help them understand, apply, and comply with today's complex tax laws.

Canadian Master Tax Guide is conveniently cross-referenced to the Income Tax Act, Income Tax Regulations, court decisions, and CRA technical publications. This reliable reference is a must for anyone involved with federal taxation.

Topical Coverage:

• Tax Rates and Credits
• Tax-Free Savings Account
• Income from Business and Property
• Deferred Income Plans
• Capital Gains and Losses
• Dividends
• Capital Cost Allowance
• Charitable Donations
• SR&ED Expenses
• Returns and Assessments
• Tax Planning for Individuals - 2015/2016

The 2015 edition provides timely and precise explanations of recent developments including legislative changes affecting the following:

• Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 No. 2 legislative amendments including items such as:
  • Lifetime capital gains exemption increase (2013 Budget)
  • Labour Sponsored Funds Tax Credit phase out (2013 Budget)
  • Synthetic dispositions (2013 Budget)
  • Character conversion transactions (2013 Budget)
  • Trust & corporate loss trading (2013 Budget)
  • SR&ED information requirements (2013 Budget)
  • Restricted farm losses (2013 Budget)
  • Leveraged insurance arrangements (2013 Budget)
  • Pre-production mine development expenses (2013 Budget)
  • Thin capitalization (2013 Budget)
  • Technical amendments contained in draft legislation released on Dec. 21, 2012, including corporate reorganizations and transfer pricing relief
  • amendments relating to stapled securities contained in draft legislation released on July 25, 2012,
• Bill C-31, Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 legislative amendments including items such as:
  • Tax credits for adoption and medical e

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The 2015 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them comply with today's complex federal tax laws

MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2014 income tax returns, and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Federal Tax Issues for 2015," which focuses in on the most significant new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year.

-    Highlights of New Tax Developments
-    Tax Rates and Tax Tables
-    Individuals
-    Corporations
-    S Corporations
-    Partnerships
-    Trusts and Estates
-    Exempt Organizations
-    Income
-    Exclusions from Income
-    Business Expenses
-    Non-Business Expenses
-    Losses and Bad Debt
-    Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
-    Tax Credits
-    Minimum Tax
-    Tax Accounting
-    Basis for Gain or Loss
-    Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
-    Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
-    Securities Transactions
-    Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
-    Retirement Plans
-    Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations
-    Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers
-    Returns and Payment of Tax
-    Withholding and Estimated Taxes
-    Examination of Returns - Collection of Tax
-    Penalties and Interest
-    Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax

The U.S. Master Tax Guide is conveniently cross-referenced to the Internal Revenue Code and Regulations and certain other important tax law sources.

Soft cover: Nov 17, 2014   9780808038733   5-7/8" x 9"   1,008 p.
Hard Cover: Nov 30, 2014   9780808039099   6-1/4" x 9"

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Hardbound Edition available in December 2013.

The 2014 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws.

The 2014 U.S. Master Tax Guide's updated explanations cover:

• Highlights of New Tax Developments
• Tax Rates and Tax Tables
• Individuals
• Corporations
• S Corporations
• Partnerships
• Trusts and Estates
• Exempt Organizations
• Income
• Exclusions from Income
• Business Expenses
• Non-Business Expenses
• Losses and Bad Debt
• Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
• Tax Credits
• Minimum Tax
• Tax Accounting
• Basis for Gain or Loss
• Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
• Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
• Securities Transactions
• Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
• Retirement Plans
• Corporate Acquisitions/Reorganizations
• Taxation of Foreign Activities/Taxpayers
• Returns and Payment of Tax
• Withholding and Estimated Taxes
• Examination of Returns – Collection of Tax
• Penalties and Interest
• Estate, Gift and Generation-Skipping Tax

This book is conveniently cross-referenced to the IRC, Income Tax Regulations, certain other important tax law sources, and CCH's Standard Federal Tax Reports for further research.

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A practical, quick-answer resource to the key issues and concepts that professionals who deal with state and local property taxes need to know. This handy desktop reference contains concise explanations on major property tax areas in a readily accessible, easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format. It provides an overview of the property tax and valuation assessment methods used by the different taxing jurisdictions, and provides readers with the key definitions, concepts and procedures necessary to understand the application of local property taxes.

Supported by multistate charts and discussions of the state and local property tax systems, helpful state-by-state coverage includes:

• property subject to tax
• exemptions and exclusions available for different classes of property and taxpayers
• how property taxes are determined, including the classification, valuation, equalization, assessment and levy of tax
• currently available credits and abatements of property tax
• options available to taxpayers prior to the state court system
• property tax due dates
• key contacts in the various taxing jurisdictions, and more.

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U.S. Master Depreciation Guide (2015)
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Tax and Estate Planning with Real Estate, Partnerships and LLCs, 2015 (U.S.)

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Available: March 2012

Contains concise explanations on major property tax areas in a readily accessible, easy-to-use and easy-to-understand format. It provides an overview of the property tax and valuation assessment methods used by the different taxing jurisdictions, and provides readers with the key definitions, concepts and procedures necessary to understand the application of local property taxes.

Supported by multistate charts and discussions of the state and local property tax systems, helpful state-by-state coverage includes:

- property subject to tax
- exemptions and exclusions available for different classes of property and taxpayers
- how property taxes are determined, including the classification, valuation, equalization, assessment and levy of tax
- currently available credits and abatements of property tax
- options available to taxpayers prior to the state court system
- property tax due dates
- key contacts in the various taxing jurisdictions, and more.

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An excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

The U.S. Master Multistate Corporate Tax Guide provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state. It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income.

CHARTS–designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation.

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS–offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:

• Tax Rates
• Tax Credits
• Apportionment of Income
• Combined Reporting
• Consolidated Returns
• Nexus
• Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks
• Return Filing Requirements
• Alternative Minimum Taxes
• Treatment of Flow-through Entities

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An excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

The U.S. Master Multistate Corporate Tax Guide provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state. It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income.

CHARTS–designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation.

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS–offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:
- Tax Rates
- Tax Credits
- Apportionment of Income
- Combined Reporting
- Consolidated Returns
- Nexus
- Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks
- Return Filing Requirements
- Alternative Minimum Taxes
- Treatment of Flow-through Entities

A free link to the online version (PDF) of Multistate Corporate Tax Course for CPE 2014 is included.

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Multistate Corporate

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Authors: Richard H. Gesseck, CPA, and Lawrence Gramling, Ph.D., CPA

Helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided in this insightful volume. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered. First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures. Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding; and, finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

This one comprehensive volume provides you with new insights into, and practical understanding of, the standards that constitute U.S. GAAP. To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), the U.S. Master GAAP Guide is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Three-level approach to explanation and analysis, including flowcharts, general discussion, and detailed examples, makes the official pronouncements easy to understand.
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

1. General principles
2. Presentation
3. Assets
4. Liabilities
5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

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Authors: Richard H. Gesseck, CPA, Lawrence Gramling, Ph.D., CPA

Helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided in this insightful volume. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered.

• First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures.
• Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding.
• Finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

This one comprehensive volume provides you with new insights into, and practical understanding of, the standards that constitute U.S. GAAP. To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), it is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC. With its summaries, explanations, and applications of generally accepted accounting principles for nongovernmental entities in the United States of America, this book is the most powerful working guide available to accounting practitioners today.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

Chapters:

1. General principles
2. Presentation
3. Assets
4. Liabilities
5. Equity
6. Revenue
7. Expenses
8. Broad transactions
9. Industry

Also contains:

• Conceptual framework
• Accounting Standards Updates
• Exposure Drafts
• How to cross-reference the Codification and pre-Codification standards
• Present value factors

1,112 pages

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