Wiley GAAP: Practical Implementation Guide and Workbook, Edition 2

Barry J. Epstein · Nadira M. Saafir

Jun 2010 · Sold by John Wiley & Sons

About this ebook

Wiley GAAP Workbook provides easy-to-understand guidance and clarity to practical applications of GAAP. Enhancing your comprehension of GAAP to enable practical application of a variety of situations that you may encounter in practice, this workbook and guide simplifies application of GAAP standards and interpretations to specific real-world situations.

• Provides easy-to-understand clarity and guidance on interpretation and application of the overwhelming and voluminous GAAP standards
• Offers explanations supplemented with examples, case studies, solutions, and illustrations for enhanced understanding of GAAP
• Includes newly issued accounting pronouncements and information on the GAAP codification

Wiley GAAP: Practical Implementation Guide and Workbook is a quick reference guide on Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and their application with easy to understand outlines of FASB standards, practical insights, case studies with solutions, illustrations, and multiple choice questions with solutions. It greatly facilitates understanding of the practical implementation issues involved in applying these complex rules-based standards.

About the author

BARRY J. EPSTEIN, PhD, CPA, the lead coauthor of Wiley GAAP and Wiley IFRS, is a partner with Russell Novak & Company LLP in Chicago. His work is centered on technical consultations on GAAP, IFRS, and auditing standards, and he serves as a consulting and testifying expert on commercial litigation, accountants' liability, and white-collar criminal matters.

NADIRA M. SAAFIR, CPA, is a senior litigation consultant with Chicago-based Russell Novak & Company LLP. Prior to joining the firm in 2009, she served as a senior auditor at Deloitte, where she gained an extensive knowledge base regarding the theory and practical application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and International Financial Reporting Standards, with particular emphasis on accounting and auditing for complex financial instruments.