by Joel G. Siegel, Marc H. Levine, Anique A. Qureshi, Jae K. Shim
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The 2008 GAAP Handbook of Policies and Procedures is the most complete and user-friendly source of on-the-job help for applying generally accepted accounting principles in practice. It provides guidance in resolving any issues and problems that the accountant may face day-to-day in applying GAAP. The GAAP Handbook provides many rules of thumb. Its content includes informative rules, policies, and procedures applicable to CPAs and may be used as a training medium. This practical reference contains all of the important authoritative pronouncements on GAAP, including APB Opinions, Accounting Research Bulletins, FASB Statements, Staff Positions, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Concepts, as well as AICPA Statements of Position. Securities and Exchange Financial Reporting Releases and EITF Issues are also covered when appropriate. This volume contains accounting principles, financial reporting presentation requirements, required and recommended disclosures, and specialized accounting topics. The book includes examples, tables, exhibits, and practice aids that demonstrate how to apply GAAP in practice. In some cases, flowcharts are presented to explain, in clearer terms, the practitioner's decision process in applying a pronouncement. Current footnotes from annual reports provide clear examples of reporting. The book also comes with a free companion CD-ROM that contains an electronic version of the book.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
 More about policy than procedure, 2008-06-14
First, don't be misled by the title. You won't get much help if you're trying to write accounting procedures at your company.
The thick "Handbook of Policies and Procedures" has quite a bit of padding, in the form of (often old) annual report excerpts from various companies. These occupy too much of the book, in my opinion, and they are of limited value anyway in this day and age of electronically available SEC filings. If I wanted the 2004 AICPA Trends and Techniques, I would have bought it :(
In fairness, the handbook does have broad coverage of many GAAP topics, logically structured around the financial statements, and it's a useful part of my desk library. And I like the CD that comes with it.
As an industry CPA involved in external disclosure, I find myself referring to Wiley GAAP 2008 a little more often, though, for more in-depth, interpretative guidance - without the lazily copied filler ;)
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
 Really Bad, 2008-04-25
This has to be the most worthless GAAP book ever written. OMG. Don't be fooled by the title.
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