Product Description: Financial Accountingis the ideal introductory book to anyone with little prior knowledge or new to this subject area. Its clear writing style and unique international focus builds on the success of the previous editions. This fully updated text uses the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as its framework to explain key concepts and practices while linking them with contemporary and real world examples from Europe, US and beyond...read more

Product Description: Firmly established as the leading text in the field, this new edition of Comparative International Accounting has been fundamentally updated to reflect the changes that are occurring in financial accounting and reporting as a result of the introduction of IFRS...read more

Product Description: The most up-to-date and authoritative dictionary of accounting available A new addition to the Penguin reference list, The Penguin Dictionary of Accounting focuses on financial reporting with coverage of the relevant terms in tax, auditing and management accounting...read more

Product Description: Accounting lies at the very heart of business and an understanding of the practice and principles of subject is essential for anyone who wants to get ahead Good accounting is vital to successful business. POCKET ACCOUNTING demystifies this crucial but often confusing area of business and management through: Concise essays on * accounting standards * accounting for goodwill and brands * international differences in accounting and the prospect of international harmonisation * where the line is drawn between legal and illegal creative accounting An A-Z of key accounting terms and jargon * From Above the line and Absorption costing to Working capital and Zero-based budgeting Lists and appendixes * Leading accountancy firms * Accountancy standards * Abbreviations and useful addresse...read more

Product Description: Aimed at undergraduate/ MBA students worldwide taking a first course in financial accounting.Traditionally, local language texts have been used to teach this first course in financial accounting, as English language texts from the UK and US tend to focus exclusively on their respective standards and are generally too low level in their approach or place too much emphasis on bookkeeping...read more

Product Description: This text combines a balanced explanation and analysis of the economic principles of taxation with a broad-based description and evaluation of the policy and practical aspects of the tax system operating in the UK, and also highlights some international comparisons...read more

Product Description: Accounting explained from A to Z.

Product Description: This volume brings together contributions from the world's most renowned scholars in accounting and celebrates the academic achievements of Bob Parker. Reflecting his multi-faceated contribution to the history of accountancy, the volume studies the development of accounting in an international context...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Continues to provide non-specialist students of financial accounting with a comprehensive and relevant approach to the subject that takes on board the increasing impact of international accounting standards.

Product Description: This new edition presents an analysis of the economic principles of taxation with a thorough and recently updated explanation and evaluation of the policy and practical aspects of the UK tax system. The computation of specific taxes is illustrated by integrated worked examples and end-of-chapter questions and exercises, which include suggested answers to allow for flexible study and self-assessment...read more

Product Description: An innovative introductory text providing a complete foundation in the principles and practice of financial accounting within the unique context of the accounting rules of the EU and the IASC rather than the traditiional single-country perspective; it also includes material on international reporting differences and analysis, and moves towards harmonisation...read more

Product Description: Financial reporting practices differ widely between countries and this has far-reaching implications for multinational business. With the growing integration of the international economy, the need for established systems of classification in financial reporting becomes all the more important...read more

Product Description: This book explains essential international differences in financial practices and reporting and suggests sensible methods for comparison. The author outlines the practices in individual countries and supplies company figures for illustration...read more

Product Description: As we move towards an integrated Europe, more and more British companies are merging with, acquiring or investing in companies in other European countries. This book examines the differences in financial reporting between the UK and other European countries...read more

Product Description: This informative book defines, sometimes with a little irreverence, the complex words, phrases and concepts used in the often mysterious world of high finance and accountancy. What exactly is 'accelerated depreciation', what goes 'below the line', and what is a 'conceptual framework'? These and many other such questions are answered in 'The Economist Pocket Accountant'...read more