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This newsletter is essential reading for anyone concerned with environmental issues and this rapidly developing field of legal study. Legal practitioners, policy advisors, academics, scientists, planners, and business people will find informative articles on essential topics related to environmental law, policy, and key business issues such as climate change/ global warming, environmental remediation, new technologies, and other business opportunities, legislation, regulations, enforcement, and events.

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Available: November 2011

A practical guide designed for CPAs who service public companies, whether internally or externally. It identifies disclosure requirements for financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This product is both for preparers and reviewers of financial statements that will be included in SEC 1933 or 1934 Act filings. It can be used to prepare and review the financial statement disclosures of non-small business, domestic registrants.

The checklists are organized by question, disclosure requirement and reference source. First, the reader is prompted with a question, such as "Does the company have restrictions on its cash?" If the answer is yes, the reader proceeds to the disclosure requirement. The reader can also obtain more in-depth information by reading the excerpts from SEC reference material that is provided in the book and supports the requirement.

Once the reader is satisfied that the company has met the disclosure requirements, the response to the question and the workpaper reference can be entered into the book or on the checklist, which is available on the free, companion CD included with the volume.

The free, back-of-the-book CD contains three checklists covering the same disclosure questions and requirements in the book.        

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Available: September 2011

Author: George Georgiades, CPA

The 2011-2012 GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements. Specifically, the Manual:

• Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once you’ve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, and then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as well as references to pre-Codification FASB literature. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

 

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Available: October 2011

The primary objective of the GAAS Practice Manual is to provide a complete, quick and valuable reference source for the practitioner of the currently effective pronouncements of Statements on Auditing Standards, Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements, Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services, and the new PCAOB Auditing Standards–and the interpretations of those standards.

Although the Sections in this book follow the sequence of sections presented in the AICPA's Professional Standards, the material is presented and analyzed in a different format. Each Section is divided into three major parts:

1. What Every Practitioner Should Know–which discusses the specific standard, its basic requirement and the practitioner's essential responsibilities.
2. Practice Issues and Frequently Asked Questions–which focuses on techniques for applying the standard by using a Q&A format.
3. Illustrations and Practice Aids–which includes checklists, questionnaires, sample working papers, sample correspondence, and sample accountant's reports.

Many of the illustrations and practice aids in the book appear on the free, companion CD-ROM that comes with GAAS Practice Manual. The adaptable sample letters, reports and checklists found in the text can be printed and customized to meet all of your auditing needs.

The Manual includes a cross-reference to the original pronouncements chart and a detailed topical index.

The 2012 edition has been updated for new pronouncements through the issuance of SAS-121 (Revised Applicability of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information).

The 2012 edition is current through the following pronouncements:

- SAS-121 (Revised Applicability of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information)

- SSAE-17 Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence Is Impaired)

- SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

The 2012 edition also provides information on the AICPA's Accounting Standards Board (ASB) Clarity Project, which aims to clarify U.S. GAAS and converge them with international auditing standards.

Extant individual AU Sections that are affected by the ASB's Clarity Project contain Practice Points that address the issuance of (1) exposure drafts of clarified auditing standards, or (2) final clarified auditing standards, as applicable. In addition, as the 2012 GAAS Practice Manual goes to press, the ASB has issued SASs

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Available: October  2011

The GAAS Guide describes today's engagement standards, practices, and procedures in use today, including Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs) and their relationship to the PCAOB's standards. The latest interpretations of all the standards are also included.

The 2012 Edition includes coverage of the following:

• SAS-121 (AU 722) (Revised Applicability of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information)
• SSAE-17 (AT 301) (Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence is Impaired)
• SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

The book is organized to follow the arrangement of the AICPA's Professional Standards. Each section begins with a list of authoritative pronouncements and an Overview. A Promulgated Procedures Checklist identifies the essential professional responsibilities that must be satisfied in each phase of an engagement followed by an Analysis and Application of Reporting Standards, which explains how each specific promulgated procedure should be applied. Practitioner's Aids provide additional guidance on how to apply the promulgated standards to specific engagements.

Throughout the book Risk Assessment Points, Engagement Strategies, Planning Aid Reminders, and Observations provide helpful, practical tips. Fraud Pointers alert practitioners to issues affecting auditor responsibility for fraud and fraud risks throughout the audit engagement. To keep CPAs abreast of potential changes affecting AICPA professional standards, this edition contains new overviews of outstanding exposure drafts, which highlight key elements of possible changes to existing professional standards.

The sample letters, reports, and checklists found in the text are included on a CD-ROM that accompanies the book and can be printed and customized to meet all of your auditing needs.

The GAAS Guide meets accounting industry standards as overseen by the AICPA's peer review system (the book reproduces a letter by the book's peer reviewer).

• AU 100: Introduction
• AU 200: General Standards
• AU 300: Standards of Field Work
• AU 400: First, Second, and Third Standards of Reporting
• AU 500: Fourth Standard of Reporting
• AU 600: Other Types of Reports
• AU 700: Special Topics
• AU 800: Compliance Auditing
• AU 900: Special Reports of the Committee on Auditing Procedure
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Author: Daniel M. Davis, MBA (Taxation), CPA, CFE

Provides state-specific material for preparing for and handling an audit in all states that impose sales and use taxes. Readers will gain an increased understanding of why their businesses or clients were selected for audit, how their audits will proceed, what the audit staff will be looking for, and how assessments are developed.

Instead of enacting tax increases, taxing agencies are quietly encouraged to mine every possible dollar from the existing tax structures. As a result, a sales and use tax audit notice generally may be regarded as the first step in a state civil action intended to extract additional funds from a specific taxpayer. Since this may often result in unfavorable consequences for the taxpayer, this book is intended to improve the taxpayer's chances of prevailing in what is often a losing battle. It aims to assist taxpayers in proactively avoiding paying more than their legal share of taxes.

This guide comes with a CD-ROM, containing approximately 200 state and local exemption certificates.

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• U.S. Master Sales and Use Tax Guide (2012)
• Sales and Use Tax Answer Book 2013 
• California Sales and Use Tax Answer Book 2011

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Author: Paul A. Mackey, CPA

SEC Disclosures Checklists is a practical guide designed for CPAs who service public companies, whether internally or externally. It identifies disclosure requirements for financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis (MD&A), and the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This product is both for preparers and reviewers of financial statements that will be included in 1933 or 1934 Act domestic filings, including those on Forms 10-Q, 10-K, and 8-K. It can be used to prepare and review financial statement disclosures of most domestic registrants.

The checklists are organized by question, disclosure requirement and reference source. First, the reader is prompted with a question, such as "Does the company have restrictions on its cash?" If the answer is yes, the reader proceeds to the disclosure requirement. The reader can also obtain more in-depth information by reading the excerpts from SEC reference material that is provided in the book and supports the requirement.

Once the reader is satisfied that the company has met the disclosure requirements, the response to the question and the workpaper reference can be entered into the book or on the checklist, which is available on the free, companion CD included with the volume. The completed checklists can be placed in quarterly or annual workpapers to provide support for review and compliance procedures.

The free, back-of-the-book CD contains three checklists covering the same disclosure questions and requirements in the book:

1. SEC Disclosures Checklist--Financial Statements for Commercial Companies and Specialized Industries. This checklist outlines the required SEC disclosures for financial statements included in 1933 and 1934 Act domestic filings that are incremental to U.S. GAAP. The checklist for commercial companies is organized by accounting topic.
2. SEC Disclosures Checklist Mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This checklist outlines the certification, disclosure, and reporting requirements resulting from the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
3. MD&A Disclosures Checklist. This checklist outlines SEC disclosures required in MD&A that are included in 1933 and 1934 domestic filings.

PART I: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
- General Disclosures
- Cash
- Accounts and Notes Receivable
- Financial Instruments
- Inventory
- Other Investments
- Fixed Assets, Repairs and Maintenance, and Depreciation
- Intangible Assets and Amortization
- Accounts and Notes Payable
- Debt and Guarantors of Debt
- Leases
- Income Taxes
- Common Stock, Preferred Stock, and Noncontrolling Interests
- Revenue Recognition
- Share-Based Payment
- Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Plans, and ESO

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Author: Ronald G. Pippin, CPA

A practical guide designed for CPAs who service public companies, whether internally or externally. It identifies disclosure requirements for financial statements, Management's Discussion and Analysis, and the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This product is both for preparers and reviewers of financial statements that will be included in SEC 1933 or 1934 Act filings. It can be used to prepare and review the financial statement disclosures of non-small business, domestic registrants.
 
The checklists are organized by question, disclosure requirement and reference source. First, the reader is prompted with a question, such as "Does the company have restrictions on its cash?"  If the answer is yes, the reader proceeds to the disclosure requirement. The reader can also obtain more in-depth information by reading the excerpts from SEC reference material that is provided in the book and supports the requirement. 

Once the reader is satisfied that the company has met the disclosure requirements, the response to the question and the workpaper reference can be entered into the book or on the checklist, which is available on the free, companion CD included with the volume.  The completed checklists can be placed in quarterly or annual workpapers to provide support for review and compliance procedures.  

The CD contains three checklists covering the same disclosure questions and requirements in the book:

1. SEC Disclosures Checklist--Financial Statements for Commercial Companies and Specialized Industries. This checklist outlines the required SEC disclosures for financial statements included in 1934 and 1933 Act domestic filings that are incremental to U.S. GAAP. The checklist for commercial companies is organized by accounting topic.
2. SEC Disclosures Checklist Mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. This checklist outlines the certification, disclosure, and reporting requirements resulting from the SEC rules mandated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.
3. MD&A Disclosures Checklist. This checklist outlines the required SEC disclosures from MD&A included in 1934 and 1933 domestic filings.

CONTENTS:
PART I: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS--COMMERCIAL COMPANIES
- General Disclosures
- Cash
- Accounts and Notes Receivable
- Inventory
- Other Investments
- Fixed Assets, Repairs and Maintenance, and Depreciation
- Intangible Assets and Amortization
- Accounts and Notes Payable
- Debt and Guarantors of Debt
- Leases
- Income Taxes
- Common and Preferred Stock and Noncontrolling Interests
- Revenue Recognition
- Share-Based Payment
- Pension Plans, Other Postretirement Plans, and ESOPs
- Bankruptcy
- Business Combinations
- Quasi-Reorganizations
- Subsidiary's or Division's Separate Financial Statemen

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When structuring mergers and acquisitions, there's only one way to be sure that you've thought of all the tax and legal consequences: rely on Martin D. Ginsburg, Jack S. Levin and Donald E.Rocap as you plan, develop, and execute your M&A strategy.

In this five volume print set and CD-ROM combo, these expert practitioners offer you:

• Solutions to real-life M&A problems as they arise in negotiations
• Step-by-step analysis of typical and non-typical mergers transactional permutations
• Checklists, flow charts, and other at-a-glance mergers practice materials

Whether you represent the buyer, the seller, or another interested party, you can go straight to a model M&A agreement that gives you:

• A complete document structured to embody your client's M&A interests
• Clauses addressing a wide variety of specific mergers situations
• Specific language for even the smallest mergers and acquisitions variations you're likely to encounter
• Includes CD-ROM containing Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts: Sample Acquisition Agreements

Mergers, Acquisitions, and Buyouts is recently updated with:

• New step-by-step methods for structuring transactions, with tax, SEC, corporate, HSR, accounting and other mergers considerations
• New table summarizing and contrasting terms of pro-buyer, pro-seller, and neutral stock & asset purchase agreements
• New mergers legislation, M&A regulations, rulings, and court decisions impacting M&A transactions

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Authors: Mark S. Beasley, Ph.D., CPA, and Joseph V. Carcello, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CMA

CCH's GAAS Guide describes the engagement standards, practices, and procedures in use today, including Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) and their Interpretations, Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs) and their Interpretations, and Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARS) and their Interpretations.

The 2015 Edition of the GAAS Guide reflects the latest available professional standards. Most importantly, changes in auditing standards and the related Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards resulting from the Auditing Standards Board’s (ASB) Clarity and Convergence Project.

This edition includes coverage of

• SAS-122 (essentially all of the AU-C sections) (Clarification and Recodification), issued in October 2011,
• SAS-123 (AU-C 200, AU-C 230, AU-C 260, AU-C 705, AU-C 720, AU 915, and AU-C 935) (Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards — 2011), issued in October 2011,
• SAS-124 (AU-C 910) (Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with a Financial Reporting Framework Generally Accepted in Another Country), issued in October 2011,
• SAS-125 (AU-C 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication), issued in December 2011,
• SAS-126 (AU-C 570) (The Auditor’s Consideration of the Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern), issued in July 2012, and
• SAS-127 (AU-C 600 and AU-C 800) (Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2013), issued in January 2013.

SAS-122 is particularly noteworthy as it represents the culmination of the ASB’s efforts to clarify the auditing standards and to largely converge its standards with the standards of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB). Designated by the new “AU-C” section numbering, the recodified, clarified standards numbers are the same as the equivalent ISA numbers for clarified SASs that are based on equivalent ISAs (AU-C section numbers for clarified SASs with no equivalent ISAs have been assigned new numbers). The GAAS Guide incorporates these new requirements throughout the affected auditing standards and includes coverage of AICPA pronouncements for the following standards:

• SAS-127 (AU-C 600 and AU-C 900) (Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards—2013)
• SSAE-17 (AT 301) (Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence Is Impaired)
• SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

All the exhibit materials in the book appear on the accompanying CD-ROM. All the sample letters, reports, and checklists found in this guide can be printed and customized to meet all your auditing, attestation, compilation, and review engagement ne

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Authors: Mark S. Beasley, Ph.D., CPA, and Joseph V. Carcello, Ph.D., CPA, CIA, CMA

The GAAS Guide describes today's engagement standards, practices, and
procedures in use today, including:

• Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs) and AU-C Sections,
• Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs),
• Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs) and their relationship to the PCAOB's standards.

The latest interpretations of all the standards are also included. Most importantly, it has been updated to reflect changes in auditing standards and the related Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards resulting from the Auditing Standards Board’s Clarity and Convergence Project.

The 2014 Edition includes coverage of the following:

• SAS-125 (AU 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication)
• SSAE-17 (AT 301) (Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence is Impaired)
• SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

The book is organized to follow the arrangement of the AICPA's Professional Standards. Each section begins with a list of authoritative pronouncements and an Overview. A Promulgated Procedures Checklist identifies the essential professional responsibilities that must be satisfied in each phase of an engagement followed by an Analysis and Application of Reporting Standards, which explains how each specific promulgated procedure should be applied.

Throughout the book Risk Assessment Points, Engagement Strategies, Planning Aid Reminders, and Observations provide helpful, practical tips. Fraud Pointers alert practitioners to issues affecting auditor responsibility for fraud and fraud risks throughout the audit engagement. To keep CPAs abreast of potential changes affecting AICPA professional standards, this edition contains new overviews of outstanding exposure drafts, which highlight key elements of possible changes to existing professional standards.

The sample letters, reports, and checklists found in the text are included on a CD-ROM. They can be customized.

• AU 200: General Principles and Responsibilities
• AU 300: Risk Assessment and Response to Assessed Risks
• AU 500: Audit Evidence
• AU 600: Using the Work of Others
• AU 700: Audit Conclusions and Reporting

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The GAAS Guide describes today's engagement standards, practices, and procedures in use today, including Statements on Auditing Standards (SASs), Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements (SSAEs), and Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services (SSARSs) and their relationship to the PCAOB's standards. The latest interpretations of all the standards are also included. Most importantly, it has been updated to reflect changes in auditing standards and the related Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards resulting from the Auditing Standards Board’s Clarity and Convergence Project. This edition includes coverage of SAS-122 (essentially all AU sections) (Clarification and Recodification), issued in October 2011, SAS-123 (AU 200, AU 230, AU 260, AU 705, AU 720, AU 915, and AU 935) (Omnibus Statement on Auditing Standards — 2011), issued in October 2011, SAS-124 (AU 910) (Financial Statements Prepared in Accordance with a Financial Reporting Framework Generally Accepted in Another Country), issued in October 2011, and SAS-125 (AU 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication), issued in December 2011.

SAS-122 is particularly noteworthy as it represents the culmination of the ASB’s efforts to clarify the auditing standards and to largely converge its standards with the standards of the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board. As such, SAS-122 supersedes most of the existing auditing standards and recodifies the clarified and converged standards in one place (essentially similar to the design of SAS-1 many years ago). In addition, as part of its efforts, the ASB has issued these new standards using a new codification numbering sequence. We adopt this new numbering sequence in this year’s Guide.

The 2013 Edition includes coverage of the following:

• SAS-125 (AU 905) (Alert that Restricts the Use of the Auditor’s Written Communication)
• SSAE-17 (AT 301) (Reporting on Compiled Prospective Financial Statements When the Practitioner’s Independence is Impaired)
• SSARS-20 (Revised Applicability of Statements on Standards for Accounting and Review Services)

The book is organized to follow the arrangement of the AICPA's Professional Standards. Each section begins with a list of authoritative pronouncements and an Overview. A Promulgated Procedures Checklist identifies the essential professional responsibilities that must be satisfied in each phase of an engagement followed by an Analysis and Application of Reporting Standards, which explains how each specific promulgated procedure should be applied. Practitioner's Aids provide additional guidance on how to apply the promulgated standards to specific engagements.

Throughout the book Risk Assessment Points, Engagement Strategies, Planning Aid Reminders, and Observations provide helpful, practical tips. Fraud Pointers alert practitioners to issues affect

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This practical reference contains all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP with references to ASC codification, and the corresponding references to the original literature, including APB Opinions, Accounting Research Bulletins, FASB Statements, Staff Positions, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts, as well as AICPA Statements of Position as an aid. Securities and Exchange Financial Reporting Releases and EITF Issues are also covered when appropriate.

This volume contains accounting principles, financial reporting presentation requirements, required and recommended disclosures, and specialized accounting topics. The book includes examples, tables, exhibits, and practice aids that demonstrate how to apply GAAP in practice. In some cases, flowcharts are presented to explain, in clearer terms, the practitioner's decision process in applying a pronouncement. Current footnotes from annual reports provide clear examples of reporting.

The book also comes with a free companion CD-ROM that contains an electronic version of the book.

The 2013 GAAP Handbook covers the following topics:

PART I:       FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
PART II:      MAJOR ACCOUNTING AREAS AND REPORTING
PART III:     FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS
PART IV:     GAAP IN SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIES

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The GAAP Handbook provides many rules of thumb. Its content includes informative rules, policies, and procedures applicable to CPAs and may be used as a training medium.
    
This practical reference contains all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP with references to ASC codification, and the corresponding references to the original literature, including APB Opinions, Accounting Research Bulletins, FASB Statements, Staff Positions, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts, as well as AICPA Statements of Position as an aid. Securities and Exchange Financial Reporting Releases and EITF Issues are also covered when appropriate.
        
The book also comes with a free companion CD-ROM that contains an electronic version of the book.

PART I: FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

• Reporting, Presentation, and Disclosures for the Income Statement
• Revenue Recognition
• Balance Sheet Reporting and Disclosures: Assets
• Balance Sheet Presentation and Disclosures: Liabilities
• Balance Sheet Reporting: Stockholders' Equity
• Statement of Cash Flows
• Other Financial Statement Types and Related Items
• Disclosures

PART II: MAJOR ACCOUNTING AREAS AND REPORTING

• Accounting Changes and Error Corrections
• Investments in Equity and Debt Securities
• Business Combinations
• Consolidation
• Leases
• Pension Plans and Other Postretirement Benefit Plans
• Income Tax Accounting

PART III: FOREIGN OPERATIONS AND DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

• Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
• Derivatives, Repurchase Agreements, and Disclosures of Credit Risk and Fair Values: Accounting,  Reporting, and Disclosures
• International Financial Reporting Standards: An Examination of Accounting Convergence

PART IV: GAAP IN SPECIALIZED INDUSTRIES

• Accounting in Specialized Industries

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 Author: George Georgiades, CPA,

Provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements.

• Over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assis in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

Each chapter consists of the following parts:

1. Executive Summary.
2. Authoritative Accounting Literature.
3. Disclosure and Key Presentation Requirements.
4. Examples of Financial Statement Disclosures.

The GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual is current through FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) — Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05.

Part I General Principles
Part II Presentation
Part III Assets
Part IV Liabilities
Part V Equity
Part VI Revenue
Part VII Expenses
Part VIII Broad Transactions
Part IX Other
Accounting Resou

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George Georgiades, CPA

Provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements.

• Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once you’ve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist (annual and interim) that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

Current through FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-05, Service Concession Arrangements.

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Author: George Georgiades, CPA

Provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements.

• Over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM.

Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist.

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets  (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

Each chapter consists of the following parts:

1. Executive Summary.
2. Authoritative Accounting Literature.
3. Disclosure and Key Presentation Requirements.
4. Examples of Financial Statement Disclosures

 The GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual is current through FASB Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-12, Comprehensive Income (Topic 220) — Deferral of the Effective Date for Amendments to the Presentation of Reclassifications of Items Out of Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income in Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-05.

CONTENTS:

Part I General Principles  
Part II Presentation
Part III Assets
Part IV Liabilities
Part V Equity
Part VI Revenue
Part VII Expenses
Part VIII Broad Transactions
Part IX Other
Accounting Resources on the Web  
Cross-Reference to Original Pronouncements    
Index  
CD-ROM Instructions  

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Author:  Bert L. Swain, CPA

Developed through 30 years of experience in auditing practice for clients in a broad spectrum of industries, the CPA's Guide to Management Letter Comments provides literally hundreds of management comment examples for numerous situations that that are encountered by real firms working with real clients. Beginning with an example of the actual opening paragraph of a management letter, this compendium continues through all critical areas encountered during an audit and ends with suggested closing paragraphs so that even a first-time management letter preparer can produce a high-quality final product like a well-seasoned auditor.

All of the management comment letter text in the book is provided on a free companion CD-ROM in folders that correspond to the chapters in the book where the text appears.

• Opening for Letter
• Cash
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• Accounts Receivable
• Inventory
• Fixed Assets
• Sales, Invoicing, and Revenue
• Purchasing and Expenses
• Accounts Payable
• Payroll
• Taxes
• Insurance Coverage
• Equity
• Grants
• Organizational/Governance Structure
• Administrative Issues
• Computer Systems
• Annual Audit and Client Cooperation
• Miscellaneous (e.g., Accrual Basis of Accounting, Restricted Funds Review Needed)
• SAS-99 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Closing for Letter
• The Auditor's Communication with Those Charged with Governance

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Author: Bert L. Swain, CPA

Developed through 30 years of experience in auditing practice for clients in a broad spectrum of industries, the CPA's Guide to Management Letter Comments provides literally hundreds of management comment examples for numerous situations that that are encountered by real firms working with real clients. Beginning with an example of the actual opening paragraph of a management letter, this compendium continues through all critical areas encountered during an audit and ends with suggested closing paragraphs so that even a first-time management letter preparer can produce a high-quality final product like a well-seasoned auditor.

All of the management comments letter text in the book is provided on a free companion CD-ROM in folders that correspond to the chapters in the book where the text appears.

• Opening for Letter
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• Accounts Receivable
• Inventory
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• Sales, Invoicing, and Revenue
• Purchasing and Expenses
• Accounts Payable
• Payroll
• Taxes
• Insurance Coverage
• Equity
• Grants
• Organizational/Governance Structure
• Administrative Issues
• Computer Systems
• Annual Audit and Client Cooperation
• Miscellaneous (e.g., Accrual Basis of Accounting, Restricted Funds Review Needed)
• SAS-99 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Closing for Letter
• The Auditor's Communication with Those Charged with Governance

312 pages

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The Handbook covers important developments in government rules, accounting procedures, taxation and information technology. It includes references to relevant topics of the FASB Accounting Standards Codification references, as well as Accounting Standards Updates. The practical, hands-on guidance helps diagnose a firm's financial health, boost financial results, avoid unpleasant surprises, cut costs, and make financial decisions with confidence.

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