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<b>The newly updated fast-reference problem solver</b> <p><i>The Complete CPA Desk Reference</i>—the convenient, comprehensive reference professionals have relied on for nearly fifteen years—is now updated in a new Fifth Edition to give today's busy executives and accountants the helpful information they need in a quick-reference format. Packed with practical techniques and rules of thumb for solving day-to-day accounting issues, the new edition helps you quickly pinpoint what to look for, what to watch out for, what to do, and how to do it. In an easy-to-use Q & A format, it covers such useful topics as IFRS standards, internal control over financial reporting financial measures, ratios, and procedures.</p> <ul> <li>Includes complete coverage of the Risk Assessment Auditing Standards and Standards of the PCAOB</li> <li>Incorporates Accounting Standards Codification (ASC) throughout the book</li> <li>Adds new chapters on professional ethics and quality controls for CPA firms</li> <li>Features a new section on International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)</li> </ul> <p>Packed with checklists, samples, and worked-out solutions to a variety of accounting problems, this reliable reference tool is a powerful companion for the complex, ever-changing world of accounting.</p>