A Practical Approach To Advanced Financial Accounting

Financial Accounting: A practical approach introduces the principles of financial accounting using straight-forward language and clear design, making this often complex subject easier to understand.

"A Practical Approach is designed in an easy-to-read format and provides students with a comprehensive understanding of financial accounting concepts. It includes detailed, clear and concise explanations of theory, supported by numerous illustrative examples." - product description.

Financial Accounting: A practical approach introduces the principles of financial accounting using straight-forward language and clear design, making this often complex subject easier to understand.

Accounting is the discipline with the oldest historical culture, being the first to be recognized by humanity when Adam and Eve were made to account for what they did in paradise. It is also the only discipline that will come into play in the Hereafter, where everybody would be raised up as an accountant - to account for all they have done during their life time on earth! Accounting is a service-providing discipline, with a rich theoretical background, which makes available information (especially financial) to guide various decision-making processes. Business owners, creditors, managers, prospective investors, government and its agencies, employees and even the general public seek accounting information to guide them when taking various informed decisions about reporting entities and the environment within which they operate. This book addresses the historical accounting culture, its theories as well as its practices. It is made up of fifteen chapters, covering various historical, theoretical and practical aspects of Accounting, ranging from accounting standardization to financial reporting. The book is an attempt to address some of the lacunae in advanced accounting issues, both in theory and in practice. Students of advanced accounting theory and practice at the professional and academic levels in Universities, Polytechnics and Professional Institutes would find the book an essential companion.

Focuses On The Theory Part Of Advanced Accounting. Covers Theories Of Accounting, Accounting Standards, Measurement Of Income, Charging Prices, Human Resource Accounting, Social Responsiblity Accounting, Mechanized Accounting, Valuation Of Shares And Reporting. In Question-Answer Format, Useful For Mcom Students.

Today's enterprises are global in all respects - they trade globally and they raise capital in international markets. This title places an emphasis on interpretation, use and impact of standards in financial reporting.

This title provides a current and comprehensive guide to international accounting standards. Covering both IFRS and IAS, this book adopts a user-friendly structure. By clearly explaining the theory behind each standard, this text makes a technical subject accessible and easy to understand.

Guiding students through the complexities of advanced accounting, Advanced Financial Accounting, helps students to develop a professional approach to accounting issues. This classic text provides everything students need to understand the core issues of advanced accounting. With a focus on the direct method of consolidation this text provides examples and problem material for students to understand this complex and demanding topic.