Copley’s Essentials of Accounting for Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 9e is best suited for those professors whose objective is to provide more concise coverage than what is available in larger texts. There is more comprehensive coverage of accounting for governmental and not-for-profit organizations than what is available in an advanced text but concise enough to be used effectively in a semester, quarter, or even a half term course focusing on just these areas. The main focus of this text is on the preparation of external financial statements which is a challenge among governmental reporting. This edition incorporates all of the FASB, GASB, GAO and AICPA pronouncements passed since the last edition.
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The worst accounting book I've read to date!,
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This is the first textbook that I haven't been able to read through all the assigned chapters. That's saying a lot since I already have one degree and working on a second.
Wow! The text is extremely dry! No book should have 6 or 7 bolded terms in a row and not bother to explain the terms. Also it makes no distinction between some terms. For instance, appropriations vs. emcumbrance vs. expenditure. I had to figure that out on my own. As someone else said, this is NOT a self-study book! Granted no accounting book should baby you, but if nobody in the class understands what the hell the book is saying, then there's something wrong. If you're using the book for a class and want to use the PowerPoint slides on the publisher's website, don't bother! They're just as bad as the textbook. They don't have a logical flow to them. They don't even flow with the book. What is at the beginning of a chapter in the book may be at the end of the PowerPoint slides for that chapter. There are big chunks of the chapters missing from the slides. I can't believe this is the 7th edition of this book! It's written like it was the first edition. The author has no concept of how people study. McGraw-Hill should have stopped publishing this horrendous book after the first edition.
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Absolutely one of the WORST accounting textbooks,
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This book is perhaps the most poorly thought out text I've ever had the displeasure to read... The authors write this book in high level language and do a very poor job of explaining just what it is that they are attempting to convey to the reader. I think that I would actually rather read GASB doctrine than attempt to decode this text. If you are reading this review and you are a professor, please do NOT choose this text for your course.
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The worst accounting book I have ever came across...,
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Of all of the accounting books that I have read, this is the worst. Very very dry... Can you imagine that the author writes journal entries in paragraph form. There is absolutely no structure for the book, no summaries, no examples, no questions and answers.This book would only be useful if you have other references to go to. Otherwise, by itself, it will just confuse and discourage you from study governmental accounting.
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Governments differ from business organizations discussed in other accounting courses in that governments have no stockholders or other owners, they commonly render services with no expectation of earning net income, and they have the power to require taxpayers to support financial operations whether or not the taxpayers receive benefits in proportion to taxes paid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
motor fuel tax fund, uncollectible delinquent taxes, estimated other financing, fiduciary net assets, beginning trial balance, debt service accounting, net asset class, plant acquisition restrictions, cemetery perpetual care fund, governmental activities column, budgetary fund balance reserved, governmental fund types, nonexchange transactions, governmental fund statements, interfund services, modified accrual accounting, financial resources measurement focus, major enterprise funds, internal service funds, eligible infrastructure assets, interfund transactions, proprietary fund statement, flow statement category, net assessed valuation, special revenue funds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Debits Credits, Village of Elizabeth, Budgetary Fund Balance, Encumbrances Control, Statement of Financial Position, Expenditures Control, City of Everlasting Sunshine, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Government Auditing Standards, Health Care Guide, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Accounting Standards Board, United States, Assets Cash, Codification Sec, Contracts Payable, General Accounting Office, New York, Northern State University, Statement of Functional Expenses, Concepts Statements, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, Government Finance Officers Association, Technical Bulletins, City Hall Annex Construction Fund New!
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Governments differ from business organizations discussed in other accounting courses in that governments have no stockholders or other owners, they commonly render services with no expectation of earning net income, and they have the power to require taxpayers to support financial operations whether or not the taxpayers receive benefits in proportion to taxes paid. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
motor fuel tax fund, uncollectible delinquent taxes, estimated other financing, fiduciary net assets, beginning trial balance, debt service accounting, net asset class, plant acquisition restrictions, cemetery perpetual care fund, governmental activities column, budgetary fund balance reserved, governmental fund types, nonexchange transactions, governmental fund statements, interfund services, modified accrual accounting, financial resources measurement focus, major enterprise funds, internal service funds, eligible infrastructure assets, interfund transactions, proprietary fund statement, flow statement category, net assessed valuation, special revenue funds Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Debits Credits, Village of Elizabeth, Budgetary Fund Balance, Encumbrances Control, Statement of Financial Position, Expenditures Control, City of Everlasting Sunshine, Governmental Accounting Standards Board, Government Auditing Standards, Health Care Guide, American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Financial Accounting Standards Board, United States, Assets Cash, Codification Sec, Contracts Payable, General Accounting Office, New York, Northern State University, Statement of Functional Expenses, Concepts Statements, Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board, Government Finance Officers Association, Technical Bulletins, City Hall Annex Construction Fund New!
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- Government auditing standards by United States on page 388, and Back Matter
- Health Care (Careers Without College) by Susan Gordon on page 349
- Introduction to Accounting (Banking Certificate) on page 21
- Accounting for Governmental and Nonprofit Entities with City of Smithville CD-ROM by Earl Wilson in Front Matter
- Financial Accounting by P. Barnes on page 349
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- Handbook of Government Budgeting (Jossey-Bass Nonprofit & Public Management Series) by Roy T. Meyers in Front Matter, and page 118
- Performance Auditing: A Measurement Approach by Ronell B. Raaum in Back Matter
- Certified Government Auditing Professional (CGAP) Examination Study Guide, 2nd Ed. by James K. Kincaid on page 20
- Does Government Need to be Involved in Primary and Secondary Education: Evaluating Policy Options Using Market Role Assessment (New Directions in Public Administration) by Michael T. Peddle in Back Matter
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