Publisher's Synopsis
Revised annually to reflect changes in accounting regulation, Financial Accounting & Reporting has become a leading text in the field. This fully-updated 8th edition continues to provide students with a clear, well-structured and comprehensive treatment of the subject, combining academic rigour with an engaging and interesting style. It provides a strong balance of theoretical and conceptual coverage, supported by illustrations and exercises designed to help readers apply current standards, whilst critically appraising the underlying concepts and financial reporting standards. Financial Accounting and Reporting is the ideal core textbook for courses in financial accounting, reporting and interpretation at undergraduate and postgraduate level. It is also suitable for use on professional accounting programmes.;- Corporate Governance Material has been updated - An overview of the progress and current position re IASB is included - Fully updated to May 2003 - Comprehensive coverage - Illustrations taken from real published accounts - Excellent range of review questions - Exercises of varying difficulty with solutions to selected exercises provided at the back of the book - Extensive references - Website includes worked solutions to all exercises in the text, case studies with suggested solutions, Extracts from financial press for seminar discussion supporting the Interpretation and Accountability sections of the text.
