{"product_id":"the-vest-pocket-guide-to-gaap-isbn-9780470767825","title":"The Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP","description":"\u003cb\u003eQuick answers to your GAAP questions\u003c\/b\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP\u003c\/i\u003e is the handy pocket problem-solver that gives today's busy financial executives the GAAP advice they need in a quick-reference format.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhether in public practice or private industry, professionals will always have this reliable reference tool at their fingertips because it easily goes anywhere-to a client's office, on a business trip, or to an important lunch meeting.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eProvides succinct answers to common GAAP questions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEasy-to-use Q \u0026amp; A format offers hundreds of explanations supported by a multitude of examples, tables, charts, and ratios\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOther titles by Bragg: \u003ci\u003eRunning an Effective Investor Relations Department: A Comprehensive Guide\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAccounting Best Practices, Sixth Edition,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eJust-in-Time Accounting, Third Edition\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eConvenient and comprehensive, \u003ci\u003eThe Vest Pocket Guide to GAAP\u003c\/i\u003e is the handy reference you'll turn to again and again for quick answers to your GAAP questions.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Author vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Book Will Do for You ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I The Financial Statements 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOne Financial Statements Presentation 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwo Operating Segments 27\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Earnings per Share 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFour Interim Financial Reporting 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFive Related Party Disclosures 59\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSix Subsequent Events 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Assets, Liabilities, and Equity 67\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeven Receivables 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEight Investments–Debt and Equity Securities 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNine Investments–Equity Method and Cost Method 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTen Inventory 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEleven Other Assets and Deferred Costs 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwelve Property, Plant, and Equipment 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirteen Intangible Assets 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFourteen Asset Retirement and Environmental Obligations 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFifteen Contingencies 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSixteen Debt 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSeventeen Equity 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Revenue and Expenses 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEighteen Revenue Recognition 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNineteen Employee Benefits and Benefit Plans 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty Stock Compensation 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-One Other Expenses 257\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Two Research and Development Expenses 265\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Three Income Taxes 269\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Special Transactions 289\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Four Accounting Changes and Error Corrections 291\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Five Business Combinations 299\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Six Derivatives 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Seven Fair Value 329\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Eight Foreign Currency Matters 341\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTwenty-Nine Interest 353\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty Leases 363\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty-One Nonmonetary Transactions 385\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThirty-Two Not-for-Profit Entities 393\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 411\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSTEVEN M. 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