In a single affordable volume, U.S. Master GAAP Guide offers solutions to many complex accounting and disclosure problems by providing accountants with superior technical analysis, new insights, and practical explanations of accounting principles.

Providing an analysis of authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP hierarchy, this resource discusses each pronouncement in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and apply.

Accounting is a vital aspect of business that involves recording, summarizing, analysing, and communicating financial information. It provides a systematic way to track the financial activities of an organization, enabling stakeholders to make informed decisions. Here's an introduction to the fundamental concepts and principles of accounting: Purpose of Accounting: The primary purpose of accounting is to provide relevant financial information about a business entity to internal and external users. Internal users include management and employees who use this information for decision-making, planning, and controlling operations. External users include investors, creditors, government agencies, and the public who rely on financial statements to evaluate the financial health and performance of the business. Key Financial Statements: Balance Sheet: It provides a snapshot of the company's financial position at a specific point in time, showing its assets, liabilities, and equity. Income Statement: Also known as the profit and loss statement, it summarizes the revenues, expenses, and net income (or loss) of a company over a specified period. Statement of Cash Flows: This statement reports the cash inflows and outflows from operating, investing, and financing activities, providing insights into how cash is generated and used by the business. Accounting Principles: GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles): These are a set of standard accounting principles, standards, and procedures that companies use to compile their financial statements in the United States. It ensures consistency, comparability, and transparency in financial reporting. IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards): These are accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), used by companies in many countries outside the United States. IFRS aims to harmonize accounting practices globally. Double-Entry Accounting: This is a fundamental accounting principle that states that for every transaction, there are at least two accounts involved, with one account debited and another credited. This ensures that the accounting equation (Assets = Liabilities + Equity) remains balanced. Types of Accounts: Assets: Economic resources owned or controlled by the company, such as cash, inventory, property, and equipment. Liabilities: Obligations owed by the company to external parties, such as loans, accounts payable, and bonds payable. Equity: Represents the residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting liabilities. It includes contributed capital from owners and retained earnings. Revenues: Income generated from the sale of goods or services. Expenses: Costs incurred in the process of generating revenue. Accounting Cycle: This is the process that accountants follow to record, analyse, and report financial transactions of a business. It typically includes steps such as identifying transactions, journalizing, posting to ledgers, preparing trial balances, adjusting entries, preparing financial statements, and closing entries. Auditing: This is the examination of financial statements and accounting records by an independent auditor to ensure their accuracy and compliance with accounting standards and regulations. Understanding these basic principles and concepts provides a solid foundation for anyone interested in learning more about accounting and its role in business operations and decision-making.

This title gives private or public sector executives, managers, and financial analysts without a strong background in accounting the tools they need to participate in discussions and decisions on the appropriateness or application of International Financial Reporting Standards.

Wiley IFRS® Standards 2020 is a revised and comprehensive resource that includes the information needed to interpret and apply the most recent International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS®) as outlined by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). This accessible resource contains a wide range of practical examples as well as invaluable guidance on the expanding framework for unified financial reporting. The authors provide IFRIC interpretations and directions designed to ensure a clear understanding of the most recent standards. The IFRS® standards are ever evolving, therefore it is essential that professionals and students have the information needed to apply the standards correctly in real-world cases. Wiley IFRS® Standards 2020 offers a complete, up-to-date reference that aids in the application of the latest international standards in a manner that is transparent, accountable and efficient. This edition includes IFRS 9 Financial Instruments; IFRS 15 Revenue from Contracts with Customers; IFRS 16 Leases and amendments issued and effective for annual periods beginning on or after 01 January 2019 as issued by the IASB by 30 June 2019. This edition also includes some introductory guidance for IFRS 17 Insurance Contracts and incorporates the revised Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting 2018. This guide is written by the people passionate about IFRS® at PKF International. PKF International member firms specialise in providing high quality audit, accounting, tax, and business advisory solutions to international and domestic organisations around the globe.

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About the book: Ind AS transition has resulted in high-quality, principles-based, globally comparable financial reporting of large Indian companies. The transition not only impacted the financial results of companies, but also caused far reaching consequential business impact. Since last two years, there have been several changes in Ind AS for example, amendments in the revenue recognition standard and new leases standard has drastically changed the performance reporting in the balance sheet composition of companies. Further, certain Ind AS principles are implicitly complex, for example, the accounting for financial instruments, acquisitions and business combinations are quite nuanced and can get difficult to apply without proper understanding. Towards this end, this book attempts to provide insights and in-depth analysis on interpretative issues and complex principles in the Ind AS standards. Ind AS contains extensive presentation and disclosure requirements. The relevant chapters extensively deal with these requirements with illustrative examples. To simplify the reading experience, the chapters include a brief, easy to understand, summary of the relevant standard, followed by Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the chapter. Coronavirus (COVID-19) has also resulted in widespread economic uncertainty and disruption of businesses. There have been far reaching implications on financial reporting. These circumstances would potentially present entities with several challenges when preparing their financial statements. This Edition covers some of the key financial reporting implications by way of FAQs in related chapters that companies need to consider along with the possible approaches that they may consider to dealing with the same keeping in view the business objectives, financial covenants and the accounting standards. This book is intended to help the companies to identify Ind AS requirements that are relevant to them and evaluate various accounting policy choices available under Ind AS. The disclosure related issues would be useful to benchmark with the Ind AS/IFRS disclosures of major companies. Currently, there is limited literature of the Ind AS application issues. This book endeavors to provide guidance on these issues. The book would be an immensely useful referencer for professionals, practitioners and corporates.