Accounting Best Practices, Seventh Edition

  • 10h 25m
  • Steven M. Bragg
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2013

Today's accounting staffs are called on to work magic: process transactions, write reports, improve efficiency, create new processes—all at the lowest possible cost, using an ever-shrinking proportion of total corporate expenses. Sound impossible? Not if your staff is using the best practices for accounting.

Fully updated in a new edition, Accounting Best Practices, Seventh Edition draws from renowned accounting leader Steven Bragg's extensive experience in successfully developing, operating, and consulting various accounting departments. This invaluable resource has the at-your-fingertips information you need, whether you've been searching for ways to cut costs in your accounting department, or just want to offer more services without the added expense.

The best practices featured in this excellent step-by-step manual constitute need-to-know information concerning the most advanced techniques and strategies for increasing productivity, reducing costs, and monitoring existing accounting systems. This new edition boasts over 400 best practices, with fifty new to this edition in the areas of taxation, finance, collections, general ledger, accounts payable, and billing.

About the Author

STEVEN M. BRAGG, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and an auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master's degree in finance from Bentley College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Maine. He has been the two-time president of the Colorado Mountain Club, is an avid alpine skier and mountain biker, and is a certified master diver. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado. He is also the author of Accounting Control Best Practices and Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual (both published by Wiley).

In this Book

  • Overview of Best Practices
  • How to Use Best Practices
  • Accounts Payable Best Practices
  • Billing Best Practices
  • Budgeting Best Practices
  • Cash Management Best Practices
  • Collections Best Practices
  • Credit Best Practices
  • Commissions Best Practices
  • Costing Best Practices
  • Filing Best Practices
  • Finance Best Practices
  • Financial Statements Best Practices
  • General Best Practices
  • General Ledger Best Practices
  • Internal Auditing Best Practices
  • Inventory Best Practices
  • Payroll Best Practices
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