Accounting and Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference

The easy-to-use, do-it-yourself desk accounting and auditing research database

Focusing on the practical aspects of professional accounting and auditing research and databases, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference is the one-stop reference to help professionals navigate these rapidly evolving systems.

Featuring step-by-step guidance to research resources, Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases provides CPAs, accountants, and finance professionals with the skills they need to achieve maximum results for the organization. The "whats," "whys," and "hows" of practical professional accounting, auditing, and tax research are discussed, with an emphasis on:

• The most effective methods to research
• How to apply a practical research methodology in a timely manner
• The generally accepted accounting principles, auditing standards, and tax authorities
• What constitutes substantial authoritative support
• The available sources of authority for accounting, auditing, and tax
• The databases available for finding relevant authorities or assisting in researching a particular problem
• The role of the Internet in the modern research process
• How to conduct research using databases, including RIA, CCH, AICPA's Online Library, FASB Codification, GARS, and eIFRS

The professional accountant must possess the knowledge and the skills to critically analyze various problems. Acquire these requisite skills with the hands-on guidance found in Accounting & Auditing Research and Databases: Practitioner's Desk Reference.

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.

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 your organization.

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.