Wiley GAAP for Governments 2013: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments

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John Wiley & Sons, Feb 19, 2013 - Study Aids - 672 pages
The most practical, authoritative guide to governmental GAAP

Wiley GAAP for Governments 2013 is a comprehensive guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by state and local governments as well as other governmental entities. Designed with the needs of the user in mind, this comprehensive resource presents the important developments in governmental GAAP during the past year.

  • Full coverage of authoritative accounting standards
  • Extremely useful and user-friendly examples, illustrations, and helpful practice hints
  • A comprehensive guide to the accounting and financial reporting principles used by state and local governments as well as other governmental entities
  • Provides a look ahead to the status of current and future Governmental Accounting Standards Board standards and projects
  • Offers information on the very latest in standard-setting activities
  • Also by Warren Ruppel: Governmental Accounting Made Easy

Wiley GAAP for Governments 2013 is a thorough, reliable reference financial professionals will consistently keep on their desks rather than on their bookshelves.

 

Contents

Preface
Pension and OPEB Plan Financial Statements
Foundations of Governmental Accounting
Standards Setting
Codification of Certain FASB and AlCPA Accounting
Fund Accounting Fundamentals
Expenditures
General Fund and Special Revenue Funds
Definition of the Reporting Entity
Cash and InvestmentsValuation
GASB Statement 52 Land and Other Real Estate Held
Responsibility for Landfill Closure and Postclosure Care
Derivative Instruments
Capital Assets
Debt and Other Obligations
Postemployment BenefitsPension and Other

Measurement Focus
Summary
Capital Proiects Funds
Revenues and Other Financing Sources
Debt Service Funds
Proprietary Funds
Summary
Financial Statements Prepared
The Importance of Budgets to Governments
GASB Technical Bulletin 20061 Accounting and Financial
Compensated Absences
Accounting for Leases
Nonexchange Transactions
Risk Financing and InsuranceRelated
Educational and Other Governmental Entities
Disclosure Checklist
Index
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