Available: October 2011

The primary objective of the GAAS Practice Manual is to provide a complete, quick and valuable reference source for the practitioner of the currently effective pronouncements of Statements on Auditing Standards, Statements on Standards for Attestation Engagements, Statements on Standards on Accounting and Review Services, and the new PCAOB Auditing Standards–and the interpretations of those standards.

Although the Sections in this book follow the sequence of sections presented in the AICPA's Professional Standards, the material is presented and analyzed in a different format. Each Section is divided into three major parts:

1. What Every Practitioner Should Know–which discusses the specific standard, its basic requirement and the practitioner's essential responsibilities.
2. Practice Issues and Frequently Asked Questions–which focuses on techniques for applying the standard by using a Q&A format.
3. Illustrations and Practice Aids–which includes checklists, questionnaires, sample working papers, sample correspondence, and sample accountant's reports.

Many of the illustrations and practice aids in the book appear on the free, companion CD-ROM that comes with GAAS Practice Manual. The adaptable sample letters, reports and checklists found in the text can be printed and customized to meet all of your auditing needs.

The Manual includes a cross-reference to the original pronouncements chart and a detailed topical index.

The 2012 edition has been updated for new pronouncements through the issuance of SAS-121 (Revised Applicability of Statement on Auditing Standards No. 100, Interim Financial Information).

The 2012 edition is current through the following pronouncements:

The 2012 edition also provides information on the AICPA's Accounting Standards Board (ASB) Clarity Project, which aims to clarify U.S. GAAS and converge them with international auditing standards.

Extant individual AU Sections that are affected by the ASB's Clarity Project contain Practice Points that address the issuance of (1) exposure drafts of clarified auditing standards, or (2) final clarified auditing standards, as applicable. In addition, as the 2012 GAAS Practice Manual goes to press, the ASB has issued SASs

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Available: March 2012

A handy desktop reference containing succinct explanations and quick-glance charts detailing common sales and use tax ssues for all states and the District of Columbia. It provides easy-to-read multistate overviews of sales taxes and describes for each state the basis, state and local tax rates, principal payment and return due dates, and countless other key facts and figures.

Especially helpful are the multistate quick-answer charts - a CCH exclusive!

OVERVIEW
- Constitutional Issues--Federal Limitations
- Multistate Agreements

CHARTS
- Agricultural Exemptions
- Clothing
- Collection Discounts Allowed Seller
- Components of Basis
- Computers and Computer Services
- Drop Shipments
- Electronic Payment of Sales Tax
- Exemption and Resale Certificates' Validity Periods
- Financial Institutions
- Food and Meals
- Interest Rates on Delinquent or Deficient Payments
- Leases and Rentals
- Mail-Order Sales
- Manufacturing and Machinery
- Medicines, Medical Services and Devices
- Newspapers and Periodicals
- Occasional Sales
- Penalties
- Pollution Control Equipment
- Rates and Basis
- Sales for Resale
- Services
- Statutes of Limitations
- Tax Calendar
- Taxpayer Remedies
- Trade-Ins
- Vending Machine Sales

STATE SUMMARIES
For each state:
- Scope of Tax
- Tax Base
- List of Exemptions, Exceptions and Exclusions
- Rate of Tax
- Local Taxes
- Returns, Payments, and Due Dates
- Prepayment of Taxes
- Vendor Registration
- Sales or Use Tax Credits
- Deficiency Assessments
- Audit Procedures
- Statute of Limitations
- Application for Refund

Additional discussion is included on the Uniform Sales Tax Administration Act and the Streamlined Sales Tax Project.

• Multistate Guide to Sales and Use Tax Audits (with CD-ROM), 2012
• Sales and Use Tax Answer Book (2013) 
• U.S. Master Excise Tax Guide (Seventh Edition)

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Available: November 2011

This book helps accountants solve many complex accounting and disclosure problems. Superior technical analysis and practical explanations of accounting principles are provided. The Guide uses a helpful three-step approach for each topic covered. First, flowcharts illustrate the decision process and accounting procedures. Then, general discussion of the major provisions provides a context for understanding; and, finally, detailed examples show the specific computations and accounting requirements.

To reflect the structure of the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification (ASC), the U.S. Master GAAP Guide is organized into nine chapters that correspond to the areas of the ASC.

• Topically arranged to follow the FASB's Accounting Standards Codification (ASC).
• Three-level approach to explanation and analysis, including flowcharts, general discussion, and detailed examples, makes the official pronouncements easy to understand.
• Serves as a working guide so practitioners can find solutions to complex practice problems quickly.
• Helps prepare CPA Exam candidates for the GAAP pronouncements portion of the Exam.
• Enables clear understanding of the accounting requirements of the pronouncements.

Chapters:

• General principles
• Presentation
• Assets
• Liabilities
• Equity
• Revenue
• Expenses
• Broad transactions
• Industry

Also contains:

• Conceptual framework
• Accounting Standards Updates
• Exposure Drafts
• How to cross-reference the Codification and pre-Codification standards
• Present value factors

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Available: December 2011

This book is a concise and reliable handbook for both tax advisors and estate representatives involved in federal estate and gift tax planning, return preparation and tax payment. It provides clear explanations of the laws relating to federal estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes to give readers the solid understanding they need to understand and apply today's complex wealth transfer tax rules.

• Concise, up-to-date discussions of recent statutory and regulatory law changes, court decisions, and IRS rulings affecting the estate, gift and generation-skipping transfer taxes.
• Pertinent tax tables, such as the unified rate and credit, state death tax credit and pre-1977 gift tax rates for easy reference to key tax figures.
• Sample filled-in forms in the 706 and 709 series, as well as various generation-skipping transfer tax forms, that illustrate practical compliance application of the tax law.
• Citations to Internal Revenue Code, regulations, IRS rulings and court decisions to help practitioners further research  the estate and gift tax law.
• Code Finding List for quick reference to the IRC sections cited.
• Forms Finding List referencing where key IRS forms and worksheets are reproduced and discussed.

The Quick Tax Facts card is bound into the book for at-a-glance reference to key estate and gift tax rates and credits, figures, filing deadlines and other valuable information. 

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Available: September 2011

Author: Dr. Leo Troy

Determine a company's true measure of performance and value. The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin.

The Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and religious, grant making, civic, and professional organizations)

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Available: September 2010

Author: Leo Troy Ph. D.

CCH's Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios is the first step in helping to determine a company's true measure of performance and value.  The comprehensive resource puts 50 comparative performance indicators at the practitioner's command and covers all of North America (U.S., Canada, and Mexico) using NAICS data. The Almanac provides financial information that is calculated and derived from the latest available IRS data on nearly 5 million U.S. and international companies. The Almanac gives you accurate performance data for 50 operating and financial factors in 199 industries.

Data for each industry is divided into 13 categories based on company size, so you'll find a precise benchmark against which to measure any company's performance. One quick glance at the appropriate field of business and company-size category and you've found the definitive starting point for competitive performance analysis. The Almanac provides competitive norms in actual dollar amounts for revenue and capital factors, such as net receivables, net property, inventories, total assets, portfolio income, and more. It then gives you important average operating costs in percent of net sales, including cost of operations, pensions and benefits, interest, and more.

The Almanac provides ratios for industry-wide results for inventory turnover, current assets to working capital, quick ratio, asset turnover, and others. It also provides other critical financial factors in percentages, including debt ratio, return on assets, and return on equity, and profit margin. 

The Almanac of Business and Industrial Financial Ratios comes complete with a CD that contains a special Excel Spreadsheet Template that can be used to input data on a given company to see how a company compares with the data provided in the Almanac.

The book is organized by the following major industry sectors, which in turn cover 199 industries, including:

• Agriculture, forestry, fishing, and hunting
• Mining
• Utilities
• Construction
• Manufacturing
• Wholesale trade
• Retail trade
• Transportation and warehousing
• Information
• Finance and insurance
• Real estate and rental leasing
• Professional, scientific and technical services
• Management of companies (holding companies)
• Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
• Health care and social assistance
• Arts, entertainment and recreation
• Accommodation and food services
• Other services (including repair and maintenance, automotive repair and maintenance, personal and laundry services, and reli

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Available: October 2011

A handy desktop reference containing concise explanations on major corporate tax issues that are readily accessible and easy to understand. It's an excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

Provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state. It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income.

Key elements of this helpful and annually updated publication are:

CHARTS–designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation.

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS–offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:

In addition, since most practitioners prepare federal forms first, easy access to state law differences makes filling out state returns easier. The Guide provides helpful comparisons of federal and state tax laws for each state.

HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY NEW DEVELOPMENTS–presents a summary of key legislative and regulatory changes affe

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Softcover Book #5952 - Available: November 2011   

Hard Cover Book #5882 - Available: December 2011    

The U.S. Master Tax Guide (MTG) provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 95th Edition reflects all pertinent federal taxation changes that affect 2011 returns and provides fast and reliable answers to tax questions affecting individuals and business income tax.

The 2012 MTG contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates and trusts, as well as new rules established by key court decisions and the IRS.  Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The Master Tax Guide's explanations are meticulously researched and footnoted to provide tax practitioners with the most accurate and legally sound guidance to help them understand, apply and comply with today's complex federal tax laws.

The U.S. Master Tax Guide is built for speed with numerous time-saving features, including a tax calendar, taxpayer-specific return flowcharts, lists of average itemized deductions, selected depreciation tables, rate tables, checklists of income, deduction and medical expense items, and more. These features help users quickly and easily determine how particular tax items and situations should be treated and provides quick and clear answers to client questions.

MTG comes complete with the popular Quick Tax Facts card that can be detached for at-a-glance reference to key tax figures and other often referenced amounts used in preparing 2011 income tax returns, and a special bonus CPE course supplement entitled "Top Federal Tax Issues for 2012," which focuses in on the most significant and thorniest new tax developments affecting practitioners for the year.  The Top Federal Tax Issues Course allows professionals to earn CPE credit while keeping up-to-date on the most important tax issues (grading fee additional).

The 2012 U.S. Master Tax Guide's updated explanations cover:

• Highlights of New Tax Developments
• Tax Rates and Tax Tables
• Individuals
• Corporations
• S Corporations
• Partnerships
• Trusts and Estates
• Exempt Organizations
• Income
• Exclusions from Income
• Business Expenses
• Non-Business Expenses
• Losses and Bad Debt
• Depreciation, Amortization and Depletion
• Tax Credits
• Minimum Tax
• Tax Accounting
• Basis for Gain or Loss
• Sales, Exchanges and Capital Gains
• Installment Sales/Deferred Payment Sales
• Securities Transactions
• Tax Shelters/At-Risk Rules/Passive Losses
• Retirement Pla

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Available: December 2010

Old depreciation systems do not die - or even fade away very fast. Businesses and the practitioners that serve them must operate with three coexisting depreciation systems -Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), the Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) and the Treasury Department's Asset Depreciation System (ADR).CCH's U.S.

Master Depreciation Guide offers tax and accounting professionals who work with businesses a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets. This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. This book pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

The U.S. Master Depreciation Guide includes several useful "quick reference tables." These include a list of trucks, SUVs, and vans that are exempt from the luxury car caps because they weigh more than 6,000 pounds, trucks with a bed-length under six feet which are subject to a $25,000 section 179 depreciation cap, a list of states that conform to the federal bonus depreciation and section 179 expensing rules, and a comprehensive table of assets and corresponding recovery periods with cross references to the location of the related U.S. Master Depreciation Guide explanation.

Published annually, this new edition is completely updated to reflect all depreciation rule changes through press time in December. A special Highlights section provides a quick overview of any new legislation, cases, rulings, and regulations occurring since last year's edition, with cross-references to the explanation paragraph in which they are reflected.

CONTENTS:

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :
  1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
  2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
  3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
  4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system which dates back to 1971;
  5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
  6. Amortization of intangibles, including section 197 intangibles
• Listed property depreciation rules
• Depreciation of vehicles subject to "luxury" car caps
• Handling vehicle trade-ins, including luxury car caps and carryover basis
• Ve

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Available: October 2010

This book is an indispensable resource for professionals who work with multiple state tax jurisdictions. This CCH "Master Guide" serves as a handy desktop reference containing concise explanations on major corporate tax issues that are readily accessible and easy to understand.  It's an excellent resource for quick answers to the most-asked questions and at-a-glance state-to-state comparisons.

The U.S. Master Multistate Corporate Tax Guide provides return preparation guidance for use by taxpayers subject to corporate income or income-based taxes in more than one state.  It provides an efficient means for practitioners to understand the rules and guidelines relevant to filing corporate income tax returns in all of the 47 states (plus New York City and the District of Columbia) that impose a corporate income tax or that impose a franchise or other tax (such as the Michigan Business Tax) at least partially measured by income. 

Key elements of this helpful and annually updated publication are:

CHARTS - designed to provide quick answers to the most often asked questions regarding state corporate income taxation. 

STATE BY STATE DISCUSSIONS - offer practical explanations of major corporate tax topics, including:

• Tax Rates
• Tax Credits
• Apportionment of Income
• Combined Reporting
• Consolidated Returns
• Nexus
• Net Operating Loss Carryforwards and Carrybacks
• Return Filing Requirements
• Alternative Minimum Taxes
• Treatment of Flow-through Entities

In addition, since most practitioners prepare federal forms first, easy access to state law differences makes filling out state returns easier. The Guide provides helpful comparisons of federal and state tax laws for each state. 

HIGHLIGHTS OF KEY NEW DEVELOPMENTS - presents a summary of key legislative and regulatory changes affecting state corporate income taxation during the previous year, so readers are aware of those developments and can respond accordingly when completing tax returns for the coming year.

Related Books:

• U.S. Master Tax Guide®, 2011
• ProSystem fx Tax: for U.S. Tax Returns
• INTERNAL REVENUE CODE: Income, Estate, Gift, Employment
• U.S. INCOME TAX REGULATIONS, Winter 2011 Edition  

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Available: December 2011

This book offers a one-stop resource for guidance in understanding and applying the complex depreciation rules to their fixed assets.  This area is especially challenging, because bits and pieces of applicable information must be gathered from a maze of Revenue Procedures, IRS Tables and IRS Regulations. These sources are frequently old and include some materials which may be non-applicable. CCH's U.S. Master Depreciation Guide pulls the pieces together, so practitioners can make sense of all the corresponding information and put the information into practice.

The U.S. Master Depreciation Guide includes several useful "quick reference tables." These include a list of trucks, SUVs, and vans that are exempt from the luxury car caps because they weigh more than 6,000 pounds, trucks with a bed-length under six feet which are subject to a $25,000 section 179 depreciation cap, a list of states that conform to the federal bonus depreciation and section 179 expensing rules, and a comprehensive table of assets and corresponding recovery periods with cross references to the location of the related explanation.

CONTENTS:

• Discussion of the historical background of depreciation and depreciation fundamentals.
• Coverage of :
  1. Modified Accelerated Cost Recovery System (MACRS), which was introduced by the Tax Reform Act of 1986, and is applicable to most tangible depreciable property in service after 1986;
  2. Accelerated Cost Recovery System (ACRS) introduced by the Economic Recovery Act of 1981;
  3. General rules for pre-1981 property;
  4. Asset Depreciation Range (ADR) system which dates back to 1971;
  5. Code Sec. 179 expensing rules; and
  6. Amortization of intangibles, including section 197 intangibles
• Listed property depreciation rules
• Depreciation of vehicles subject to "luxury" car caps
• Handling vehicle trade-ins, including luxury car caps and carryover basis
• Vehicle depreciation using the standard mileage rate, FAVR allowances, and other mileage based methods
• Like-kind exchanges and involuntary conversions
• Rev. Proc. 87-56 class life and depreciation period table reproduced in full text
• All MACRS depreciation tables reproduced in full text plus CCH-prepared Indian reservation property depreciation tables and tables that incorporate the effect of the first-year 30

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Canadian Master Tax Guide provides helpful and practical guidance on today's federal tax law. This 70th edition reflects federal tax changes in 2014 to the date of publication and provides fast, reliable answers to tax questions affecting individual and business income tax.

Canadian Master Tax Guide contains timely and precise explanations of federal income taxes for individuals, partnerships, corporations, estates, and trusts, as well as changes established by key court decisions and the Canada Revenue Agency. Significant new tax developments are conveniently highlighted and concisely explained for quick reference and understanding. The book's explanations provide tax practitioners with accurate and sound guidance to help them understand, apply, and comply with today's complex tax laws.

Canadian Master Tax Guide is conveniently cross-referenced to the Income Tax Act, Income Tax Regulations, court decisions, and CRA technical publications. This reliable reference is a must for anyone involved with federal taxation.

Topical Coverage:

• Tax Rates and Credits
• Tax-Free Savings Account
• Income from Business and Property
• Deferred Income Plans
• Capital Gains and Losses
• Dividends
• Capital Cost Allowance
• Charitable Donations
• SR&ED Expenses
• Returns and Assessments
• Tax Planning for Individuals - 2015/2016

The 2015 edition provides timely and precise explanations of recent developments including legislative changes affecting the following:

• Bill C-4, Economic Action Plan 2013 No. 2 legislative amendments including items such as:
  • Lifetime capital gains exemption increase (2013 Budget)
  • Labour Sponsored Funds Tax Credit phase out (2013 Budget)
  • Synthetic dispositions (2013 Budget)
  • Character conversion transactions (2013 Budget)
  • Trust & corporate loss trading (2013 Budget)
  • SR&ED information requirements (2013 Budget)
  • Restricted farm losses (2013 Budget)
  • Leveraged insurance arrangements (2013 Budget)
  • Pre-production mine development expenses (2013 Budget)
  • Thin capitalization (2013 Budget)
  • Technical amendments contained in draft legislation released on Dec. 21, 2012, including corporate reorganizations and transfer pricing relief
  • amendments relating to stapled securities contained in draft legislation released on July 25, 2012,
• Bill C-31, Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 1 legislative amendments including items such as:
  • Tax credits for adoption and medical e

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