The 2013 - 2014 GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements. Specifically, the Manual: Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement. ? Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes. ? Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual. ? Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities. All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once youve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, and then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as well as references to pre-Codification FASB literature. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual, (w/CD-ROM), 2014-2015

A complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures. Completely revised to be consistent with the broad structure of the FASB Accounting Standards CodificationTM; includes over 750 examples of realistic footnote disclosures; facilitates compliance with authoritative pronouncements; and includes a CD-ROM with a comprehensive financial statement disclosures checklist.

The GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements. Specifically, the Manual provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement. It facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes and provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual. The manual also incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

The GAAP Guide Level A, in both the text and on the accompanying easy-to-use CD-ROM, analyzes authoritative GAAP literature contained in Level A of the GAAP hierarchy, established by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 69, which include FASB Statements and Interpretations, as well as APB Opinions and Accounting Research Bulletins. It is written in clear, comprehensible language. Each pronouncement is discussed in a comprehensive format that makes it easy to understand and apply. Practical illustrations and examples demonstrate and clarify specific accounting principles.

The GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual provides a complete, quick, and valuable reference source for financial statement disclosures and key presentation requirements. Specifically, the Manual: Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement. Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes. Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual. Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities. All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once youve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist (annual and interim) that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed. This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with

Reducing the technical language of official pronouncements to simple advice and procedures, this guide provides a straightforward approach for conducting high-quality compilations and reviews. Designed for CPA practitioners, the CD-ROM contains over 900 sample disclosures in a range of areas.