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Applying GAAP 2008-2009: A Practical Guide to Financial Reporting isbn 9781847980014

Applying GAAP 2007/08: A Practical Guide to Financial Reporting

Subjects:
Company Law
Contents:
Accounting Principles
General Requirements
The Directors' Report and Directors' Remuneration Report
Revenue Recognition
Reporting Financial Performance
Segmental Reporting
Staff Costs
Taxation
Earnings Per Share
Foreign Currency Translation
Fixed Assets
Government Grants
Investments, Capital Instruments and Financial Instruments

ISBN13: 9781841409030
ISBN: 1841409030
New Edition ISBN: 9781847980014
Published: June 2007
Publisher: CCH Editions
Country of Publication: UK
Binding: Paperback
Price: Out of print

Applying GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Practice) is now in its fourteenth edition and has earned its position as the established, reliable and easy-to-use guide to all UK Accounting Standards. This annual guide has been written and revised to help you put the latest standards into day-to-day practice; it will also prove a useful reference to forthcoming changes and developments.

Up to date with all extant documents issued by the Accounting Standards Board up to 30 April 2007 including:

  • An amendment to FRS 17 * Retirement Benefits
  • FRED 40 - Accounting for Heritage Assets
  • A Review of Narrative Reporting by Listed Companies in 2006
  • Reporting Statement: Retirement Benefits * Disclosures
  • FRSSE (effective January 2007)
  • Looking at the Companies Act 2006
  • The effect of continuing convergence with International Financial Reporting Standards.