The Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP

  • 5h 42m
  • Steven M. Bragg
  • John Wiley & Sons (US)
  • 2011

The Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP is the handy pocket problem-solver that gives today's busy financial executives the GAAP advice they need in a quick-reference format.

Whether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips because it easily goes anywhere-to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting.

  • Provides succinct answers to common GAAP questions
  • Easy-to-use Q & A format offers hundreds of explanations supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and ratios
  • Other titles by Bragg: Running an Effective Investor Relations Department: A Comprehensive Guide, Accounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition, and Just-in-Time Accounting, Third Edition

Convenient and comprehensive, The Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP is the handy reference you'll turn to again and again for quick answers to your GAAP questions.

About the Author

Steven Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young. 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, and is an avid alpine skier, mountain biker, and certified master diver. Mr. Bragg resides in Centennial, Colorado.

In this Book

  • Financial Statements Presentation
  • Operating Segments
  • Earnings per Share
  • Interim Financial Reporting
  • Related Party Disclosures
  • Subsequent Events
  • Receivables
  • Investments–Debt and Equity Securities
  • Investments–Equity Method and Cost Method
  • Inventory
  • Other Assets and Deferred Costs
  • Property, Plant, and Equipment
  • Intangible Assets
  • Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations
  • Contingencies
  • Debt
  • Equity
  • Revenue Recognition
  • Employee Benefits and Benefit Plans
  • Stock Compensation
  • Other Expenses
  • Research and Development Expenses
  • Income Taxes
  • Accounting Changes and Error Corrections
  • Business Combinations
  • Derivatives
  • Fair Value
  • Foreign Currency Matters
  • Interest
  • Leases
  • Nonmonetary Transactions
  • Not‐for‐Profit Entities
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