This book will concretely flesh out the readers's knowledge in many key areas such as :

- Financial accounting and methods of disclosure

- Important aspects of internal reporting to aid in management decision making. planning and controll

- SEC regulations pertaining to the form and content of reports filed with the commission, updated by recent legislation including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and by the need for curent cost disclosure regarding inventories and fixed assets.

- Department of Labor legislation concerning labor-management reporting plus pension plans disclosure under ERISA

- Municipality accounting

- Options available to managemnt of firms in distress conditions and accounting implications under FASB 15

- Corporate social responsibilities and human resource accounting

- Small business administration and accounting practices

- Accounting procedures for accomplishing a change-over from the individual proprietorship to partnership

- Effective use of computer technology in business environment

- Justifying a management information system on a cost verseus benefits basis

- Guidelines influencing the work of the independent auditor

- Objecttives of audit procedures in view of the FCPA and resulting re sponsiblities of the Board of Directors

- Audit tests expected in assesing the system of internal control

- Guidelines on organizing and developing audit workpapers requirements for audit reports and special reports such as cash basis accounting systems, nonprofit organizations and engagements where the standard short form is not applicable

- Using profit performance monitors in decentralized business atmosphere to maintain control and keep profits max-effective

- Requirements for improved external reporting , including supplementary infation orientation reporting

- Constant dollar and current cost disclosure under FASB statement 33