Accounting handbook
By: Joel G. Siegel, Jae K. Shim.
Contributors: Shim, Jae K.
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Barron's
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Hauppauge, NY
Language: eng
Subjects: Accounting -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
Genres: Handbooks, manuals, etc.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Preface
pagenum: vii; label: 1
title: Financial Accounting: The Financial Statements
pagenum: 1; title: Income Statement Reporting
pagenum: 1; title: Balance Sheet
pagenum: 14; title: Statement of Cash Flows
pagenum: 34; label: 2
title: Financial Accounting: Financial Reporting Requirements
pagenum: 45; title: Interim Reporting
pagenum: 45; title: Accounting Changes
pagenum: 47; title: Prior Period Adjustments
pagenum: 49; title: Disclosure of Accounting Policies
pagenum: 50; title: Segmental Reporting
pagenum: 50; title: Imputing Interest on Notes
pagenum: 52; title: Business Combinations
pagenum: 53; title: Investments in Securities
pagenum: 54; title: Leases
pagenum: 60; title: Pension Plans
pagenum: 66; title: Postretirement Benefits Other than Pensions
pagenum: 69; title: Income Tax Accounting
pagenum: 70; title: Foreign Currency Translation and Transactions
pagenum: 74; title: Financial Instruments
pagenum: 77; title: Related Parties
pagenum: 80; label: 3
title: Management/Cost Accounting I
pagenum: 81; title: Introduction: The Role of Management Accounting
pagenum: 81; title: Cost Accounting vs. Management Accounting
pagenum: 82; label: Part I
title: Processing Cost Data for Cost Accumulation
pagenum: 89; title: Cost Concepts, Terms, and Classifications
pagenum: 89; title: Cost-Accumulation Systems
pagenum: 93; title: Costing Joint Products and By-products
pagenum: 105; title: Allocation of Service Department Costs to Production Departments
pagenum: 106; title: Activity-Based Costing
pagenum: 109; title: Activity-Based Management
pagenum: 113; title: Just-in-Time (JIT) and Total Quality Management (TQM)
pagenum: 120; title: Life-Cycle Costs and Target Costing
pagenum: 125; label: Part II
title: Using Cost Data for Planning
pagenum: 130; title: Cost Behavior Analysis — Analysis of Mixed Costs
pagenum: 130; title: Cost-Volume-Profit (CVP) and Break-Even Analysis
pagenum: 141; title: Absorption Versus Variable Costing
pagenum: 148; title: Budgeting for Profit Planning
pagenum: 152; title: A Shortcut Approach to Formulating the Budget
pagenum: 163; label: 4
title: Management/Cost Accounting II
pagenum: 165; label: Part III
title: Using Cost Data for Control
pagenum: 165; title: Responsibility Accounting: Introduction
pagenum: 165; title: Standard Costs and Variance Analysis for Cost Centers
pagenum: 166; title: Segmental Reporting for Profit Centers
pagenum: 190; title: Responsibility Accounting for Investment Centers
pagenum: 200; title: Balanced Scorecard
pagenum: 206; title: Transfer Pricing
pagenum: 208; label: Part IV
title: Using Cost Data for Decision Making
pagenum: 213; title: Short-Term and Nonroutine Decisions
pagenum: 213; title: Capital Budgeting Decisions
pagenum: 223; title: How Does MACRS Affect Investment Decisions?
pagenum: 232; label: 5
title: Financial Statement Analysis
pagenum: 238; title: Importance
pagenum: 238; title: Horizontal Analysis
pagenum: 239; title: Ratio Analysis
pagenum: 243; title: Summary and Limitations of Ratio Analysis
pagenum: 260; label: 6
title: Individual Income Taxation: Preparation and Planning
pagenum: 272
authors: Nicky Andrew Dauber, C.P.A.; title: How to Postpone Taxes
pagenum: 272; title: Sources of Tax-Exempt Income
pagenum: 273; title: How to Delay Paying Tax on Interest
pagenum: 275; title: Gains or Losses on Securities Transactions
pagenum: 276; title: Tax Strategies When Children Are Involved
pagenum: 277; title: Itemized Deductions
pagenum: 278; title: Self-Employment
pagenum: 283; title: Personal Exemptions
pagenum: 283; title: Standard Deduction
pagenum: 284; title: Tax Implications of Pension Plans
pagenum: 284; title: Real Estate Transactions
pagenum: 286; title: Gifts
pagenum: 287; title: Determination of Tax
pagenum: 288; title: Estate Planning
pagenum: 289; title: Advantages of Having a Trust
pagenum: 291; title: Alternative Minimum Tax
pagenum: 292; label: 7
title: Dictionary of Accounting Terms
pagenum: 295; label: 8
title: Information Technology in Accounting
pagenum: 736; title: Accounting Packages
pagenum: 736; title: Activity-Based Costing (ABC) Software
pagenum: 739; title: Spreadsheets (Electronic Worksheets)
pagenum: 744; title: Auditing Tasks
pagenum: 747; title: Spreadsheet-Program-Assisted Auditing
pagenum: 750; title: Tax Preparation and Planning
pagenum: 752; title: Using Database Management Systems (DBMS)
pagenum: 753; title: Decision Support Systems (DSS)
pagenum: 755; title: The Applications of Expert Systems to Accounting
pagenum: 757; title: Local Area Networks
pagenum: 760; title: Software Systems That Impact Value Chain Management
pagenum: 762; title: Wireless Technology
pagenum: 763; label: 9
title: Quantitative Methods for Accounting
pagenum: 779; title: Decision-Making
pagenum: 779; title: Linear Programming and Shadow Pricing
pagenum: 784; title: Learning Curve
pagenum: 790; title: Inventory Planning
pagenum: 791; title: Program Evaluation and Review Technique (PERT)
pagenum: 798; label: 10
title: Auditing and Internal Control Over Financial Reporting
pagenum: 804
authors: Nicky Andrew Dauber, C.P.A.; title: Sarbanes-Oxley Act and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB)
pagenum: 804; title: Audit Reports
pagenum: 806; title: Compilation of Financial Statements
pagenum: 814; title: Review of Financial Statements
pagenum: 816; title: Reports on Prospective Financial Statements
pagenum: 818; title: Audit Documentation
pagenum: 826; title: Internal Auditing
pagenum: 826; label: 11
title: Personal Financial Planning
pagenum: 829; title: Objectives of Personal Financial Planning
pagenum: 829; label: 12
title: Governmental and Nonprofit Accounting
pagenum: 863; title: Characteristics of Nonbusiness Organizations
pagenum: 863; title: Governmental Accounting
pagenum: 865; title: Nonprofit Organizations and Financial Reporting
pagenum: 878; label: 13
title: International Accounting
pagenum: 890; title: Introduction: Accounting Dimensions of International Business
pagenum: 891; title: Foreign Currency Exchange Rates
pagenum: 892; title: OECD Countries
pagenum: 901; title: Third World (Developing) Countries
pagenum: 905; title: East Bloc (Planned Economy) Countries
pagenum: 908; title: Problems Created for the Multinational Enterprise (MNE)
pagenum: 910; title: The Feasibility of Complete Standardization
pagenum: 911; title: Harmonization of Standards
pagenum: 912; label: 14
title: Forensic Accounting
pagenum: 915; title: Why Is Forensic Accounting Necessary?
pagenum: 916; title: When Does One Employ a Forensic Accountant?
pagenum: 917; title: Where Is a Forensic Accountant Used?
pagenum: 918; title: How Does a Forensic Accountant Work?
pagenum: 919; title: A Case in Forensic Accounting
pagenum: 920; title: Appendices
pagenum: 936; label: Appendix A
title: Summary of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
pagenum: 936; label: Appendix B
title: Financial Reporting Differences Among the United States, Canada, and Mexico
pagenum: 948; label: Appendix C
title: Accounting Cycle—Journal Entries; Job Order Costing Entries; Process Costing Entries
pagenum: 958; title: Accounting Cycle—Journal Entries
pagenum: 958; title: Job Order Costing Entries
pagenum: 976; title: Process Costing Entries
pagenum: 980; title: Index
pagenum: 985