Mastering Accounting Research for the CPA Exam, 2nd Edition

  • 3h 44m
  • Anita L. Feller
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2008

The first CPA review product of its kind to address the three research components of the CPA Exam

You're a CPA Exam candidate. You've survived all those technical accounting courses and advanced courses on systems, auditing, cost accounting, and tax, and now you're ready to take the big exam. But perhaps in those intermediate or advanced courses, you didn't receive enough exposure to research in the accounting standards, the auditing standards, or the tax code. Help has arrived.

Now in a fully revised second edition, Mastering Accounting Research for the CPA Exam provides CPA candidates with a thorough foundation of the authoritative literature, knowledge of the standards, and strategies for researching the infobases for FAR (Financial Accounting and Reporting), AUD (Audit and Attestation), and REG (Regulation).

Easy to follow and apply, the new edition of this concise, user-friendly guide brings CPA Exam candidates up to speed quickly on the research component of the Exam and:

  • Updates all references to Web addresses and information on obtaining infobases
  • Informs readers on changes to accounting standards
  • Helps students review on the spot with quick study lists for FAR, AUD, and REG
  • Offers new coverage and discussion of FAS 155 - 159
  • Includes new practice review problems at the end of each chapter

Without over-your-head technical jargon, author and CPA Anita Feller clearly explains and illustrates the research strategies for FAR, AUD, and REG that every CPA Exam candidate needs to ace the simulation sections of the CPA Exam.

About the Author

Anita L. Feller, PhD, CPA, has taught accounting at the University of Illinois since 1990. She is contributing author to Wiley CPA Exam Review: Financial Accounting and Reporting annuals and contributing author, with David Ziebart, of Introduction to Applied Professional Research for Accountants, Second Edition. She has also coauthored multimedia training products for CPA review materials and teaches both financial accounting and reporting and business and economics concepts for CPA Exam preparation.

In this Book

  • Research and the CPA Exam
  • Financial Accounting Research System (FARS)
  • FARS—The ARBS and the APBS
  • The FASB Statements
  • Financial Accounting
  • Auditing and Attestation Research
  • Tax Research
  • Understanding Search Engines
  • Getting Ready for the Exam