Accounting Handbook (Barron's Accounting Handbook) [Hardcover]

Joel G. Siegel Ph.D. CPA (Author), Jae K. Shim Ph.D (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 2006 | Series: Barron's Accounting Handbook

The new edition of this authoritative reference volume belongs on the bookshelf of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, business manager, and student majoring in business administration. Its early chapters present an overview of financial accounting with focus on financial statements, reporting requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate governance, management/cost accounting, analysis of financial statements, and up-to-date information on taxation. The major section that follows is a nearly-500-page A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms, defining everything from Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Zero-Base Budgeting. Concluding chapters cover information technology (IT), quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, forensic accounting, and international accounting. Added features include tables, diagrams, and extensive appendices.

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(back cover)
Accounting
Handbook
Fourth Edition

An overview of financial accounting

An A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms

Accounting and Information Technology

Quantitative accounting methods

Auditing

Personal financial planning . . . and much more

Tables, Diagrams, and Appendices

(front jacket flap)
Accounting Handbook
Fourth Edition

Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, and Jae K. Shim, Ph.D.

The fourth edition of this authoritative reference volume belongs on the bookshelf of every accountant, bookkeeper, accounting manager, business manager, and student majoring in business administration. Its early chapters present an overview of financial accounting with focus on financial statements, reporting requirements such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and Corporate governance, management/cost accounting, analysis of financial statements, and up-to-date information on taxation. The major section that follows is a nearly-500-page A-to-Z dictionary of accounting terms, defining everything from Accelerated Cost Recovery System to Zero-Base Budgeting. Concluding chapters cover information technology (IT), quantitative methods for accounting, auditing, personal financial planning, governmental and nonprofit accounting, forensic accounting, and international accounting. Added features include tables, diagrams, and extensive appendices.

(back jacket flap)
Joel G. Siegel, Ph.D., CPA, is Professor of Accounting at Queens College in the City University of New York.

Jae K. Shim, Ph.D., is Professor of Accounting, School of Business Administration, California State University, Long Beach.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1008 pages
• Publisher: Barron's Educational Series; 4 edition (January 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764157760
• ISBN-13: 978-0764157769
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.6 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,225,660 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Got me through college, July 30, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Accounting Handbook (Hardcover)

The Accounting Handbook was very helpfull during my time in college accounting courses. It has since be a very helpfull desk reference in my practice. One can't go wrong with the price of this very handy volume. There are chapters on various topics ranging from basic accounting to value added accounting. There is also a very handy glossary/dictionary of hundreds of accounting and IT terms.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Book has bad title, April 21, 2001

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Terry M. Griffin (Joppa, MD USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accounting Handbook (Barron's Accounting Handbook) (Hardcover)

I was very unhappy with this accounting textbook. With almost 500 pages devoted to defining accounting terminology out of a 1,000 page book, Siegel/Schim should have titled it "An Accounting Dictionary with some shallow chapters on Accounting." The remaining 500 pages gave only a shallow review of accounting procedures. Space dedicated to business accounting is lost because there is a chapter on doing personal tax returns and one on personal financial planning. This personal aspect doesn't belong since the book's title, "Accounting Handbook" implies business accounting. Now if the authors are trying to connect a business owner's decisionmaking with his personal planning, than why were there no chapters on partnership and corporate tax planning or income tax preparation? The chapter on non-profits was a terribly short 15 pages long. There is no discussion of G/L, AP, AR or other mundane, but required basics of accounting.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best guide ever for students majoring in Accounting!!!, January 15, 2006

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Tamara "Tamara" (Westmont, IL) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Accounting Handbook (Barron's Accounting Handbook) (Hardcover)

I just purchased this book and I am so impressed! I am a college student majoring in Accouting. Sometimes my textbooks do not adequately cover certain topics or we are expected to know more than what is in our text. This is not only a fabulous dictionary of Accounting terms, but it is a fabulous reference for looking up any formulas. It also acts as a study guide and additional reference to help in most Accounting classes. Also various levels of Accounting classes. (Financial, Managerial, Etc.) It already has helped me tremendously in my work for this week. I am so glad I bought it! I highly reccommend it!!!