Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for Not-for-Profit Organizations (Wiley Not for Profit Gaap)

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 is a comprehensive, easy-to-use guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by not-for-profit organizations. It is written with the needs of the financial statement preparer, user, and attestor in mind. It provides a complete review of the authoritative accounting literature that impacts all types of not-for-profit organizations. At the same time, Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 features many examples and illustrations that will assist the reader in applying authoritative literature to real-life situations. Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 excels in providing financial statement preparers, users, and attestors with the most comprehensive and usable information because of these features:

• Easy-to-use information that enables the reader to find needed information quickly
• Coverage of accounting principles specifically related to not-for-profit organizations, as well as accounting principles applicable to all types of organizations
• Specific coverage of accounting issues for different types of not-for-profit organizations
• A comprehensive disclosure checklist that helps financial statement preparers and attestors ensure that all disclosures required by GAAP have been considered
• Many examples and illustrations that make putting accounting theory into practice an easy task

This 2004 Edition also includes new information covering:

• AICPA Technical Practice Aid addressing donor-defined eligibility requirements
• Derivatives Implementation Group Topic B35, Embedded Derivatives: Application of Statement 133 to a Not-for-Profit Organization’s Obligation Arising from an Irrevocable Split-Interest Agreement, which provides guidance for determining whether a split-interest agreement includes an embedded derivative
• FASB Interpretation No. 45, Guarantor’s Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees, Including Indirect Guarantees of Indebtedness to Others, including special discussion of loan guarantees that are accounted for as contributions
• FASB Statement No. 149, Amendment to Statement 133 on Derivative Financial Instruments

Wiley Not-for-Profit GAAP 2004 strives to be a thorough, reliable reference that you’ll use constantly. It’s designed to be kept on your desk rather than on your bookshelf.

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GAAP specific to non-profits, 2008-01-20
Yes, it is 2008. But don't take the 2007 in the book's title too literally. The guidelines in the book are extremely unlikely to change in this year. The book is aimed as readers in US charities and other non-profit organisations. Describing in straightforward fashion how to do your books under GAAP. There is a presumption that you, the reader, are already a bookkeeper or accountant and are already familiar with the basics of bookkeeping.

The book goes into aspects of GAAP that are likely pertinent to many non-profits. Like how to deal with an endowment. Or if a person comes to you and wants to establish a trust that would give distributions to that person while she is alive. And then, after her death, the trust's assets revert to your organisation. These and many other common situations for many established non-profits are well described.

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