Advanced Accounting

WELL-BALANCED APPROACH TO ADVANCED ACCOUNTING

The ninth edition of Advanced Accounting allows students to gain a well-balanced appreciation of the accounting profession through integrated real-world examples while focusing on issues from the past and the present. The text continues to show the development of financial reporting as a product of intense and considered debate that continues today and into the future. Additionally, the authors have made every effort to ensure that the writing style remain lively and consistent, producing a text with a conversational tone and engaging writing style that students can easily comprehend.

Some Highlights from the New Edition:

• Two new financial accounting standards, SFAS 141(R), "Business Combinations" and SFAS 160,
  "Noncontrolling Interests and Consolidated Financial Statements," are fully integrated into the ninth edition. These two statements will significantly affect the accounting and financial reporting for business combinations.
• The ninth edition's up-to-date references to the Uniform Partnership Act and other relevant tax laws absorb the current changes that are taking place in accounting, presenting and analyzing each of the updates to make it easier for students to understand.
• Web-based simulations built by Kaplan Schweser CPA Review allow students to practice textbook concepts in an interface identical to that of the actual CPA Exam, ensuring they l be ready when they sit for the real thing.