Wiley IAS 98

📖 The Scoop

The international movement toward harmonization of accounting standards has gained momentum in the past several years, and international accounting standards will soon be recognized for cross-border securities registrations. To prepare for compliance with these standards, enterprises involved in the global marketplace need practical guidance and advice from an authoritative source.

International Accounting Standards is a hands-on guidebook for those who do the actual work of preparing financial statements, and who must interpret and apply IAS on a daily basis. It provides extensive and detailed interpretation of those complex rules along with a vast number of real-world examples to help explain how the standards are applied. The book also includes a disclosure checklist to help accounting firms and corporate preparers ensure compliance with IAS disclosure requirements.

Topics covered include:

• Researching IAS problems
• Cash, receivables, short-term investments, and financial instruments
• Special revenue recognition areas
• Long-lived assets
• Business combinations and consolidated financial statements
• Accounting for income taxes and pensions
• Specialized industry GAAP
• And much more

This timely, practical, easy-to-use guide is an indispensable tool of the international accounting trade.

Genre: Business & Economics / International / Accounting (fancy, right?)