FASB's online GAAP Codification system. The convergence of U.S. GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. EDGAR filing and research system. RIA Checkpoint and CCH. Accounting professionals and practitioners need to understand these research databases to reach solutions and achieve maximum results for the organization. Highlighting each pertinent database, Accounting and Auditing Research Databases shows you how to conduct research using a host of databases including RIA, CCH, AICPA's Online Library, FASB Codification, GARS, and eIFRS.
- Highlights each specific database
- Step-by-step guidance to research resources
- Explains how to conduct research using databases including AICPA's Online Library, FASB Codification, and eIFRS
- Enables you to understand accounting and auditing research to reach solutions
Accounting and Auditing Research & Databases: A Practitioner's Desk Reference focuses on the practical aspects of professional accounting and auditing research with step-by-step guidance to research resources to provide you with the skills you need to improve within yourorganization.
THOMAS R. WEIRICH, PhD, CPA, is the Jerry and Felicia Campbell Endowed Professor of Accounting at Central Michigan University and former chair of its School of Accounting. He has served in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; as a consultant to the Public Oversight Board's Panel on Audit Effectiveness; and as an expert witness for the SEC and several other organizations. He has written numerous articles in professional journals.
NATALIE TATIANA CHURYK, PhD, CPA, is the Caterpillar Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University. She is a contributor to the annual Wiley CPA Exam Review: Financial Accounting and Reporting and Wiley Focus Notes: Financial Accounting and Reporting. A frequent contributor to academic and professional journals, Dr. Churyk has received research grants from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Institute of Management Accountants.
THOMAS C. PEARSON, LLM, JD, MBA, CPA, is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and former director of its School of Accountancy. Pearson has published a number of articles in professional and leading academic accounting journals and has won numerous teaching awards.
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THOMAS R. WEIRICH, PHD, CPA, is the Jerry and Felicia Campbell Endowed Professor of Accounting at Central Michigan University and former chair of its School of Accounting. He has served in the Office of the Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission; as a consultant to the Public Oversight Board's Panel on Audit Effectiveness; and as an expert witness for the SEC and several other organizations. He has written numerous articles in professional journals.
NATALIE TATIANA CHURYK, PHD, CPA, is the Caterpillar Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University. She is a contributor to the annual Wiley CPA Exam Review: Financial Accounting and Reporting and Wiley Focus Notes: Financial Accounting and Reporting. A frequent contributor to academic and professional journals, Dr. Churyk has received research grants from PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Institute of Management Accountants.
THOMAS C. PEARSON, LLM, JD, MBA, CPA, is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and former director of its School of Accountancy. Pearson has published a number of articles in professional and leading academic accounting journals and has won numerous teaching awards.
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Answering the need for an accessible, hands-on reference book, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference provides CPAs, accountants, and finance professionals with an invaluable guide to practical, professional research.
Written by an esteemed team of accounting professors and CPAs, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases provides professionals with the tools to effectively and efficiently research auditing methodologies and databases. Highlighting online databases, supplemented with information on essential tools for research and analysis, this handy desk reference enables practitioners/researchers to discover justifiable authoritative solutions to accounting or auditing problems.
Featuring extensive discussions of the FASB and IASB structures, including the advisory boards, detailed research methods for the Codification and eIFRS, tax research sources, and types of audits, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases examines:
- A complete overview of the research process
- Financial research in the United States through the impact of the FASB and SEC
- International research through the IASB
- International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) research
- Researching industries and companies
- Tax research for compliance and tax planning
- Original jurisdiction courts
- Steps in conducting tax research
- Assurance and auditing research
- A search example utilizing the SEC's Edgar database
- SEC accounting for public companies
- The Levels of U.S. GAAP and FASB Accounting Standards Codification™
- Public Company Accounting Oversight Board
Inhalt
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Applied Professional Research 1
What Is Research? 2
Research Questions 4
The Nature of Professional Research 7
Critical Thinking and Effective Communication 9
The Economic Consequences of Standard Setting 14
The Role of Research in the Accounting Firm 15
Remaining Current in Knowledge and Skills 27
International Complexities in Practice 29
Summary 29
Notes 30
Appendix: Abbreviations Commonly Used in Citations 31
Chapter 2 The Environment of U.S. Researchthe SEC and the FASB 37
The Accounting Environment 37
SEC Accounting for Public Companies 38
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) 47
U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (U.S. GAAP) 49
The Financial Accounting Standards Board, Advisory Boards, and the Emerging Issue Task Force 52
The Levels of U.S. GAAP and FASB
Accounting Standards Codification 61
Locating U.S. GAAP 65
The FASB Accounting Standards Codification Research System (the Codification) 65
Codification Access 66
Navigating the Codification 68
The Research Process 73
Email, Print, and Copy/Paste Functions 81
Summary 85
Notes 85
Chapter 3 The Environment of International Research 87
The International Accounting Environment 87
Other Regional and National Standard-Setting
Bodies and Organizations In fluencing IFRS 94
IASB Authorities 95
The IASB's Conceptual Framework 101
IFRS Funding, Regulation, and Enforcement 103
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Research 106
Summary 119
Notes 120
Chapter 4 Other Research Databases and Tools 121
Governmental Accounting Sources (FASAB and GASB) 121
Other Databases for Accounting Authorities 127
Researching Industries and Companies 131
Industry Research 133
Major Databases 135
Researching Corporate News 149
Research Tools 154
Research Strategies 156
Summary 157
Appendix 1: Checklist for Industry Research 158
Appendix 2: Checklist for Company Research…