Advanced Accounting

  This text has been written to reflect the new FASB standards per the exposure draft that was passed in 2003.

·      Partial Equity method employed throughout consolidation chapters (cost versus partial method compared in an appendix)

·      Four chapters covering important topic of business consolidations, one chapter on Foreign Currency Transactions, one chapter on Foreign Currency Financial Statements, two chapters on Partnerships, four on Government and Not-for-profit accounting plus supplements on Special Purpose Entities and Accounting Research

·      Intercompany Transactions efficiently covered in one chapter

·      Empasis on Accounting Research (end of chapter material icon and separate appendix at back of book)

·         Integrated use of databases, like FARS, throughout the text – written with a practical approach.

·         Appropriate chapters include questions on FARS and Internet research.

·         Mini and Comprehensive Cases are included at the end of selected chapter.

·      Instructors’ Manual, PowerPoints, Solutions Manual and Test Bank all written by the authors; all solutions diligently worked by authors and proven to be accurate.

·         Effective pedagogy with glossary in the margins and a professional writing style that will benefit students as they move into the accounting profession.

·      Continuous consolidations case Pratt and Sterling in chapters 1 - 4