Customer Reviews

Intermediate Accounting

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1 star:		(9)

 

 

This is NOT an easy book. It would be a complete waste of time for a student who hasn't already taken beginning accounting. It basically goes through the balance sheet and other financial statements line-by-line, as many beginning texts do. BUT, it digs deeper. It's looking for the EXCEPTIONS to the usual, easy-to-learn rules.

It is very comprehensive and the end of chapter questions are extensive. If you can more or less master this book...you're ready for accountancy. If you just can't "get" the material, maybe another career choice is better.

The writing style is hardly "reader friendly" but it isn't too stiff, has lots of examples and charts and tables, and is broken up into many "little" sections. Any instructor / course would be insane to have someone try to get through the material properly in just one semester. It's a 2 semester book, for sure.

This book is difficult for the student to understand. I felt that I had learned nothing in my previous accounting classes. Even though the text seems straightforward in some areas, the chapter problems are difficult - the student needs more knowledge. If it had not been for the Solution Manual, I would have had no idea how to approach the homework problems. Author is presenting information above the student level. It's OK to stretch, but not at the expense of learning. Even our professor strongly suggested that we invest in another author's text in order to understand the material. I ended up dropping the class and taking it again 2 years later. By then, another text was in use.

A relative had the author as an instrtucor in college and told me Kieso was just as obtuse in class and expected students to know more than they should at that level of accounting instruction. Thank goodness there are other, student friendly Intermediate Accounting textbooks. such as the one by Dy Dyckman. Dyckman's book was the best out of the 4 that I purchsed and got me through the 3 Intermediate Accounting classes I have recently completed.

This book (and the course) is the transitional step in becoming an accountant (or not). I feel compelled to say that this book should be considered as a bible for all accountants. It is tedious, but very rewarding for all who can last the journey through inventories, receivables, etc. Eat, sleep, drink with it, do whatever you can because this book is one of the best published pieces on accounting to date. Don't leave home without it.

The book has a big problem in formualing how to go about doing different accounting calcuations. The language is not clear and the diagrams are useless because there is no references as how the calculation came to be. Most of the time it starts on six pages back and if you do not read very carefully, you will miss the whole idea. Had this book for two quarters in college and hated it. All of the students that were in my classes came to the agreement that the authors could not agree and that the exericses were a disaster as well.
If you buy this book and totally understand it Kudos.

As you might know, this book is the most famous book in accounting field. However, there is a problem for a person who
want to do self-studying because only instructors can or is qualified to get solution manuals provided by Wiely Publishing Co. Therefore, I would like to strongly recommend another books especially to self-studying persons. As most accounting guies have recognized, exercises and practice problems without solution or explanation are of no use.

I used the book in my Intermediate Accounting class last semester. This is one of the worst textbooks of any kind I've ever used in my life. The way the authors express their ideas is inaccurate. Some terms mentioned in the book in one place cannot be found in another place in the same book. That means a reader doesn't really know what the book is talking about. The English itself is even no good. I hope this book will be taken out of the academia soon.

This book provides excellent information for intermediate level accounting. I recently took the CPA exam and I used this book to refresh my memory on certain topics. Plus I bought it using a coupon from UnderTag.com, so it was a bargain for me.

This book was a cause of pain and misery for me for three semesters... and now that I'm studying for the CPA it is emerging to haunt me again! NOOOO!

This book is poorly written. Many concepts are presented unclear and more complicated than necessary. There are not enough worked out problems to check yourself on. There is an unacceptable amount of errors throughout the textbook and the online website only works if your teacher sets it up for the class. Individual students cannot access the website.

Yes I am an accountant and this book is poorly written. Effective organization, ha. Reading this book feels like watching a David Lynch films, except the book is non-linear and harder to understand. Stay away if you can. By the way I have use previous editions which were slighty better. It's like they decided, "as long as all the information all between the covers......" The are even paragraphs where the opening sentance is in direct contradiction or is negated by supporting arguments.