The easy-to-use, do-it-yourself desk accounting and auditing research database 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.
- Highlights each specific database
- Step-by-step guidance to research resources
- Explains how to conduct research using databases including AICPA's Online Library, FASB Codification, and eIFRS
- Enables you to understand accounting and auditing research to reach solutions
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.
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 An Introduction to Applied Professional Research 1
What Is Research? 2
Research Questions 4
The Nature of Professional Research 7
Critical Thinking and Effective Communication 9
The Economic Consequences of Standard Setting 14
The Role of Research in the Accounting Firm 15
Remaining Current in Knowledge and Skills 27
International Complexities in Practice 29
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