Fixed Asset Accounting Third Edition

Fixed Asset Accounting addresses the GAAP and IFRS accounting for all key fixed asset topics, including capital budgeting, interest capitalization, asset retirement obligations, depreciation, impairment, and disposal. The book delves into many other areas of interest to the accountant, including the record keeping, controls, policies and procedures, measurements, asset tracking, and auditing procedures related to fixed assets.

Strategies AND techniques for getting the most out of A COMPANY'Sphysical assets Accounting for Fixed Assets, Second Edition presents comprehensiveguidelines for effectively managing property, plant, and equipmentin order to get the maximum benefits out of investments in theselong-term tangible assets. Enhanced with numerous examples andillustrations, this new edition features essential material ongovernment accounting, not-for-profit accounting, and practicalcomputer programs. Complete, up-to-date coverage of fixed-asset accountingincludes: * Asset classification * Base unit * Asset value * Asset safeguards * Inventories of fixed assets * Extraordinary repairs * Written policies * Self-constructed assets

The third edition of the book, on the lines of the previous editions, provides a thorough and updated study of the text and cases extracted from the real-life shop floors. This comprehensive text gives an in-depth analysis of the fundamental concepts, principles and conventions of accounting. It further dwells onto the topics like reading of annual report, notes to the accounts, shareholding patterns and analysis using ratios, common size statements, trend analysis, in detail. The theory is flawlessly combined with the practical elements taken from the top-notch multinational companies of the country to provide the students an analytical insight into the current market scenario. NEW TO THE THIRD EDITION  Incorporates a new chapter on 'Introduction to IFRS and Ind AS'.  Presents two caselets at the end of chapter on 'Depreciation, Reserves and Provisions'.  Completely revamped chapter on 'Tools of Balance Sheet Analysis'.  Comprises updated sections, and recent cash flow statements, balance sheets as well as fund flow statements, wherever required.  Contains updated Appendix 1 on 'Balance Sheet Abstract of Ingersoll Rand India Ltd. for the Year Ending 2017'. TARGET AUDIENCE • B.Com • BBA • M.Com • MBA/PGDM

Fixed assets can be one of the largest asset groups within an organization, and requires special accounting that differs from the accounting used for any other assets. The Fixed Asset Accounting book comprehensively addresses every GAAP and IFRS accounting rule related to these crucial assets, including interest capitalization, asset retirement obligations, depreciation, impairment, and disposal. The book delves into many other areas of interest to the accountant, including the record keeping, controls, policies and procedures, measurements, asset tracking, and auditing procedures related to fixed assets. In short, Fixed Asset Accounting is the go-to source for all accounting issues related to fixed assets.

This extensively revised, fully updated, third edition includes a wide range of topics with a view to examining the increased challenges that will be faced by academicians, accounting and management professionals in the globally converging dynamic environment of accounting standards. The book is primarily intended as a text for postgraduate students of management (MBA) specializing in accounting and finance, postgraduate students of commerce (M.Com), financial studies, and international business (MIB). In addition, this text will be useful for professional courses offered by institutes such as the Institute of Chartered Accountants (ICAI), the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (ICWAI) and the Institute of Chartered Financial Analysts (ICFAI). DISTINCTIVE FEATURES • The text is supported by numerous problems and case studies. • Comparative financial practices in selected countries are examined. • The impact of global convergence of accounting practices on MNCs, accounting and finance professionals and academicians has been dealt with in a separate chapter. • Problems of transfer pricing for tangibles, intangibles, services and cost sharing arrangements have been analyzed in detail. • Harmful global tax practices such as tax havens, preferential tax regimes and double tax avoidance conventions have been accorded detailed coverage. • The knotty problems of foreign currency translations, international financial reporting and disclosure, Consolidated Financial Statements and performance evaluation of multinational firms are treated in separate chapters.

Fixed Asset Accounting addresses the GAAP and IFRS accounting for all key fixed asset topics, including capital budgeting, interest capitalization, asset retirement obligations, depreciation, impairment, and disposal. The book delves into many other areas as well, including the record keeping, controls, policies and procedures, measurements, and auditing procedures related to fixed assets. There are review questions and answers at the end of every chapter.

Fixed assets can be one of the largest asset groups within an organization, and requires special accounting that differs from the accounting used for any other assets. The Fixed Asset Accounting book comprehensively addresses every GAAP and IFRS accounting rule related to these crucial assets, including interest capitalization, asset retirement obligations, depreciation, impairment, and disposal. The book delves into many other areas of interest to the accountant, including the record keeping, controls, policies and procedures, measurements, asset tracking, and auditing procedures related to fixed assets. In short, Fixed Asset Accounting is the go-to source for all accounting issues related to fixed assets.

As economic crimes continue to increase, accountants and law enforcement personnel must be vigilant in expanding their knowledge of ways to detect these clandestine operations. Written by a retired IRS agent with more than twenty years of experience, Financial Investigation and Forensic Accounting, Third Edition offers a complete examination of the current methods and legal considerations involved in the detection and prosecution of economic crimes. Explores a range of crimes Following an overview of the economic cost of crime, the book examines different types of offenses with a financial element, ranging from arson to tax evasion. It explores offshore activities and the means criminals use to hide their ill-gotten gains. The author provides a thorough review of evidentiary rules as well as the protocol involved in search warrants. He examines the two modalities used to prove financial crime: the Net Worth Method and the Expenditure Theory, and presents an example scenario based on real-life incidents. Organized crime and consumer fraud Additional topics include organized crime and money laundering — with profiles of the most nefarious cartels — consumer and business fraud and the different schemes that befall the unwary, computer crimes, and issues surrounding banking and finance. The book also presents focused and concrete advice on trial preparation and specific accounting and audit techniques. New chapters in the third edition New material enhances this third edition, including new chapters on investigative interview analysis and document examination, as well as advice for fraud examiners working on private cases, including the preparation of an engagement letter. For a successful prosecution, it is essential to recognize financial crime at its early stages. This practical text presents the nuts and bolts of fraud examination and forensic accounting, enabling investigators to stay ahead of an area that is increasingly taking on global importance.