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Contemporary issues in accounting / Michaela Rankin; Patricia Stanton; Susan McGowan; Kimberly Ferlauto; Matthew Tilling

By: Contributor(s): Publication details: Milton, Qld. : John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd, 2012.Description: xiv, 426 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780730300267
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5636 .R185 2012
Contents:
Chapter 1. Contemporary issues in accounting -- ch. 2. The conceptual framework for financial reporting -- ch. 3. Standard setting -- ch. 4. Measurement -- ch. 5. Theories in accounting -- ch. 6 Products of the financial reporting process -- ch. 7. Corporate governance -- ch. 8. Capital market research and accounting -- ch. 9. Earnings management -- ch. 10. Fair value accounting -- ch. 11. Sustainability and environmental accounting -- ch. 12. International accounting -- ch. 13 Corporate failure -- ch. 14. Special reporting issues.
Summary: Contemporary Issues in Accounting is written for upper level, advanced financial accounting subjects. The text explores advanced accounting concepts and policies by applying them to a range of contemporary accounting issues. The accounting topics discussed reflect the issues that are being considered in professional practice such as approaches to measurement, fair value accounting, the Conceptual Framework for financial reporting, corporate governance, environmental accounting and sustainability, earnings management and the financial indicators of corporate collapse.
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Chapter 1. Contemporary issues in accounting --
ch. 2. The conceptual framework for financial reporting --
ch. 3. Standard setting --
ch. 4. Measurement --
ch. 5. Theories in accounting --
ch. 6 Products of the financial reporting process --
ch. 7. Corporate governance --
ch. 8. Capital market research and accounting --
ch. 9. Earnings management --
ch. 10. Fair value accounting --
ch. 11. Sustainability and environmental accounting --
ch. 12. International accounting --
ch. 13 Corporate failure --
ch. 14. Special reporting issues.

Contemporary Issues in Accounting is written for upper level, advanced financial accounting subjects. The text explores advanced accounting concepts and policies by applying them to a range of contemporary accounting issues. The accounting topics discussed reflect the issues that are being considered in professional practice such as approaches to measurement, fair value accounting, the Conceptual Framework for financial reporting, corporate governance, environmental accounting and sustainability, earnings management and the financial indicators of corporate collapse.