Accounting and Auditing Research helps prepare students to conduct research in their future practice, for the CPA exam, or other professional designations. Dramatic changes continue to take place in the accounting and auditing environments, both in the United States and worldwide. Developing applied professional research skills in accounting, auditing, and tax has become even more important for the successful future professional.
Accounting and Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies, Eighth Edition by Weirich, Pearson, and Churyk is designed to serve both as an educational and reference tool for the practitioner or the student who strives to become proficient in conducting professional research. The authors integrate teaching and learning capabilities through tools and strategies, enabling users to find justifiable, authoritative solutions to accounting, auditing, tax, and business problems.
New To This Edition
- Demonstrates how to research U.S. GAAP in the updated FASB Codification, and explains how to research international financial reporting standards issued by IASB.
- Updated presentation of financial accounting and legal databases, such as LexisNexis Academic, which included up-to-date company comparisons and insightful secondary sources.
- Additional discussion of the Auditing Standards Board’s clarified auditing standards and the importance of professional skepticism.
- Discussion of the updated AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct and the utilization of the AICPA’s professional online library for conducting research.
- The latest on fraud investigative techniques and additional tools and Websites are provided.
Contents
- Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION TO APPLIED PROFESSIONAL RESEARCH
- Chapter 2 CRITICAL THINKING AND EFFECTIVE WRITING SKILLS FOR THE PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANT
- Chapter 3 THE ENVIRONMENT OF ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
- Chapter 4 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING RESEARCH TOOLS
- Chapter 5 THE ENVIRONMENT OF INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH
- Chapter 6 OTHER RESEARCH DATABASES AND TOOLS
- Chapter 7 TAX RESEARCH FOR COMPLIANCE AND TAX PLANNING
- Chapter 8 ASSURANCE SERVICES AND AUDITING RESEARCH
- Chapter 9 REFINING THE RESEARCH PROCESS
- Chapter 10 FORENSIC ACCOUNTING RESEARCH
- Index
About the Author
- Thomas R. Weirich, Ph.D., CPA, is currently the Jerry & Felicia Campbell Endowed Professor at Central Michigan University and was also a former chair of its School of Accounting. He earned a Doctorate in Accountancy from the University of Missouri-Columbia, as well as an M.B.A. and B.S. degrees from Northern Illinois University. He has served on special assignment as the Academic Accounting Fellow to the Office of Chief Accountant at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He has completed a Faculty in Residence position with Arthur Andersen, LLP in their Business Fraud & Investigative Services Division whereby he participated in various fraud and background investigations. He also served as a consultant to the Public Oversight Board’s Panel on Audit Effectiveness, and as an expert witness for the SEC and other organizations. Dr. Weirich was recently appointed by the Governor of the State of Michigan to serve on the Michigan State Board of Accountancy. Dr. Weirich has public accounting experience with an international firm as well as with a local firm.
- Thomas C. Pearson, LL.M., J.D., CPA is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and former Director of its School of Accountancy. He has earned two Masters of Letters of Law in taxation, the first from the University of Denver and the second from New York University. He has a Doctorate of Jurisprudence and M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College. Professor Pearson has previously taught at the University of Wyoming and National Taiwan University. Professor Pearson has previously worked at Hospital Corporation of America.
- Natalie Tatiana Churyk, Ph.D., CPA, is the Caterpillar Professor of Accountancy at Northern Illinois University. She earned her Doctorate in Accounting with a Finance Cognate from the University of South Carolina. She received her B. S. in Accounting and her M.B.A. with a specialization in Finance from California State University, Long Beach. Dr. Churyk has public accounting experience with a local California firm. She teaches in the undergraduate and M.A.S. programs. In addition to teaching accountancy for NIU, Professor Churyk develops and delivers continuing professional education in Northern Illinois University’s CPA and CIA Review programs.
Book Details
- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Wiley; 8 edition (September 23, 2013 ; ©2014)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1118027078
- ISBN-13: 978-1118027073
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 7.9 x 0.5 inches
- List price: $83.95