Student's Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards

Students' Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards, 8th edition is ideal for students of accounting and business studies at undergraduate level or those who are taking professional or technician level accounting courses. It will also be of use to postgraduate students and professional accountants. It is the market leading accounting standards text for students. Previous editions have gained the text a reputation for its up-to-date, comprehensive and accessible coverage of accounting standards. This new edition has been thoroughly revised to include all new standards up to and including FRS 19. Many actual company examples are used and the background to the standard setting process is explained.Key Features *Accounting standards are made accessible by highlighting the key points of each standard. *Numerous flow charts illustrate key features and processes, and chapter summaries are included. *Specially selected examination questions and answers are included throughout. *Further discussion questions and suggested responses are included for every chapter.;*The text covers the main requirements of every standard at levels appropriate for all finance and accounting students. - New material on international standards and the surrounding debate is included and analysed.- Students' Guide to Accounting and Financial Reporting Standards will be updated every other year to keep it as current as possible and any major changes to standards in between will be available at www.booksites.net/black Geoff Black is a Chartered Accountant. He has been Senior Lecturer and Head of Professional Accounting courses at Anglia Polytechnic University, Cambridge. Currently he is Senior Lecturer in Business Finance at Harper Adams University College. He is the author of Introduction to Accounting, also published by Financial Times/Prentice Hall.