Available: September 2011

Author: George Georgiades, CPA

• Provides over 750 examples of realistic sample footnote disclosures to assist in the preparation of financial statements for an audit, a review, or a compilation engagement.
• Facilitates compliance with U.S. GAAP by integrating, in each chapter, the specific disclosure and key presentation requirements with the sample footnotes.
• Provides sample disclosures that are technically sound, understandable, and comprehensive and that cover a variety of scenarios, from the most common to the most unusual.
• Incorporates all currently effective accounting standards, including those that cover areas of unusual difficulty, such as financial instruments, fair value, business combinations, consolidation, income taxes, pensions, accounting changes, and variable interest entities.

All of the sample disclosures in the GAAP Financial Statement Disclosures Manual are included on the accompanying CD-ROM. Therefore, once you’ve identified the disclosure suited to your specific needs, you can simply select it from the CD-ROM, place it into your financial statements, and then modify it as necessary. Also included is a financial statement disclosures checklist that provides a centralized resource of the required and recommended GAAP disclosures and key presentation items currently in effect, using the style referencing under the FASB Accounting Standards Codification as well as references to pre-Codification FASB literature. It is designed to assist the user in determining whether the required financial statement disclosures and key presentation matters have been addressed.

This Manual is arranged into the following major parts, consistent with the Codification’s broad structure:

• Part 1 General Principles (Topic Codes 100s)
• Part 2 Presentation (Topic Codes 200s)
• Part 3 Assets (Topic Codes 300s)
• Part 4 Liabilities (Topic Codes 400s)
• Part 5 Equity (Topic Codes 500s)
• Part 6 Revenue (Topic Codes 600s)
• Part 7 Expenses (Topic Codes 700s)
• Part 8 Broad Transactions (Topic Codes 800s)
• Part 9 Other

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International Financial Reporting Standards IFRS 2011 is the only official printed edition of the consolidated text of the IASB's authoritative pronouncements as issued on January 1st  2011.

This edition includes the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), IFRIC and SIC Interpretations and the supporting documents—illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions - as issued by the IASB on  January 1st  2011.

For convenience, this RED book edition is presented in two parts:

• Part A (the Conceptual Framework and requirements) contains the latest version of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs), International Accounting Standards (IASs), and IFRIC and SIC Interpretations.
• Part B contains the accompanying documents, such as illustrative examples, implementation guidance, bases for conclusions and dissenting opinions.

This edition also includes the IFRS Foundation Constitution, the IASB Conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting, the Preface to International Financial Reporting Standards, the Due Process Handbooks for the IASB and IFRIC, an updated Glossary of Terms, and a comprehensive Index.

This edition does not contain documents that are being replaced or superseded but remain applicable if the reporting entity chooses not to adopt the newer versions early.

Part A is 1344 pages (one book) containing the standards/interpretations
Part B is 1984 pages (one book) containing the accompanying documents, bases for conclusions etc.

Published:  March 2011

Related Titles

• Accounting Research Manager
• CCH's IFRS for Canada
• International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide (2012)
• iGAAP: IFRS for Canada Online

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Bundled for comprehensive coverage that saves time and improves accuracy

Canadian Tax Library with Provincial Tax Reporters and Canadian GST/HST Reporter is ideally suited to the tax practitioner who must have up-to-the-minute federal, provincial and commodity tax information.

Content includes:

• Canadian Tax Reporter commentary
• Income Tax Act and Regulations
• Dominion Tax Cases – 2013
• Dominion Tax Cases – 1920-2012
• Tax Treaties and Social Security Agreements
• Canadian Master Tax Guide
• Income Tax Folios, Bulletins, Circulars, and Technical News
• Federal Income Tax forms and guides
• Canadian GST/HST Reporter
• GST/HST forms and guides
• GST/HST Headquarters Letters
• Provincial Tax Reporters (all provinces)
• Special reports and dispatches

Bonus features:

• CCH Smart Charts®
  Using exclusive technology, this time-saving interactive research tool integrates your subscription content to quickly create federal-provincial tax comparisons in an easy-to-read chart format. CCH Smart Charts lets you move easily between explanations, analysis, and primary source documents. You choose the topics. You choose the jurisdictions. You choose the year. Smart Charts does the rest.
• CCH newsletters provide timely, pragmatic articles written by high-profile tax practitioners, as well as synopses of recent government developments. Included in your subscription:
  • Tax Topics
  • Dominion Tax Cases
  • Canadian GST/HST Monitor
• Free training and technical support

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Available: March 2012

This comprehensive volume provides full text of the California personal and corporate income (franchise) tax law and Franchise Tax Board regulations as amended through January 1, 2011.

This book presents the following divisions of the Revenue and Taxation Code in the order in which they appear in the California Code: 

• Personal Income Tax
• Administration of Franchise and Income Tax
• Senior Citizens Property Tax Assistance and Postponement Law
• Taxpayers' Bill of Rights
• Corporation Tax
• Multistate Tax Compact

Each Code section is annotated with significant rulings, court decisions, and decisions of the State Board of Equalization, organized according to pertinent sections of the law.  

Related Products of Interest

- State Tax Handbook (2013)
- New York State Corporation Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)
- New York State Personal Income Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)
- New York State Sales and Use Tax Law and Regulations (As of January 1, 2012)

CCH's Guidebooks to State Taxes 2013:
- California
- Connecticut
- Florida
- North Carolina
- Ohio Taxes
- Pennsylvania
- Illinois
- New Jersey
- New York
- Massachusetts
- Maryland
- Michigan
- Texas

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Canadian Tax Library with Canadian GST/HST Reporter and Tax Window Library is ideally suited to those practitioners who depend on up-to-the-minute federal and income tax information, and who are looking for insight into the Canada Revenue Agency's approach to the law.

Content includes:

• Canadian Tax Reporter commentary
• Income Tax Act  and Regulations
• Dominion Tax Cases – 2013
• Dominion Tax Cases – 1920-2012
• Tax Treaties and Social Security Agreements
• Canadian Master Tax Guide
• Income Tax Folios, Bulletins, Circulars, and Technical News
• Federal Income Tax forms and guides
• Tax Window Files
• Canadian GST/HST Reporter
• GST/HST forms and guides
• GST/HST Headquarters Letters
• Provincial Tax Reporters (all provinces)
• Special reports and dispatches

• CCH newsletters provide timely, pragmatic articles written by high-profile tax practitioners, as well as synopses of recent government developments. Included in your subscription:
  • Tax Topics
  • Dominion Tax Cases
  • Canadian GST/HST Monitor
  • Window on Canadian Tax
  • Provincial Tax News
• Free training and technical support

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Available: August 2011

Authors: Dominic Daher, Joshua Rosenberg and Steve Johnson

Offers practitioners current and practical explanation and analysis on corporations, giving them the guidance needed to manage the C Corporation election, compliance, tax planning, and life cycle needs. In addition to thorough coverage of how the tax laws impact C corporations, the Practical Guide details corporate formation, distributions, redemptions, liquidations, reorganizations and issues related to corporate tax practice and procedure. Practical Guide to C Corporations provides business entity practitioners with complete coverage of C corporation taxation issues.

• Formation of a Corporation
• Application of Federal Income Tax to Corporations
• Nonliquidating Distributions
• Redemptions
• Liquidations and Partial Liquidations
• Acquisitive Corporate Reorganizations
• Procedural Aspects

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Available: September 2011

The California Sales and Use Tax Answer Book provides extensive citation to important case and statutory law. The varying rates, the changing jurisdictional boundaries, the different tax bases, and the often inconsistent and contradictory interpretations of similarly worded statutes are all covered. The book also includes a chapter on sales tax reforms, particularly the Streamlined Sales Tax.

The California Sales and Use Tax Answer Book provides coverage of topics such as subjects of sales and use tax, taxable persons, taxable transactions, interstate and extraterritorial transactions, constitutional issues and the latest updates on the Streamlined Sales Tax. Also included are case summaries which cover such areas as statistical sampling methodology, nexus, collection of sales tax by remote sellers, sales tax and the requirements of the commerce clause, sales made through independent contractors or brokers, sales and use tax in internet/electronic commerce, collection of use tax by a remote seller and minimum contacts requirements for out-of-state retailers.

CONTENTS:

Chapter 1 Overview of Sales and Use Taxation
Chapter 2 Constitutional Principles Impacting State and Local Taxation
Chapter 3 Sales Tax
Chapter 4 Use Tax
Chapter 5 Exclusions from Gross Receipts/Sales Price
Chapter 6 Special Treatment Afforded to Various Business Activities
Chapter 7 Vehicles, Vessels and Aircraft
Chapter 8 Exemptions
Chapter 9 Other Exemptions
Chapter 10 Subjects of Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 11 Permits, Security and Tax Rates
Chapter 12 Returns and Payment
Chapter 13 Records and Audits
Chapter 14 Assessment and Appeals
Chapter 15 Penalties and Interest
Chapter 16 Refunds and Credits
Chapter 17 Court Actions and Related Matters
Chapter 18 State Tax Collection Procedures
Chapter 19 Organization of State Sales and Use Tax Administration

Table of Authorities
Table of California Revenue and Taxation Code Sections
Table of Cases
Index

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Ensure consistent and accurate compliance with financial statement disclosure requirements.

With the increasing complexity of and changing requirements for financial reporting compliance the need for efficient, consistent, and accurate application of accounting standards has never been greater.

The Financial Statement Notes Library contains up-to-date, easily customizable templates for financial statement disclosures. Notes are easy to find and can be quickly cut and pasted into the financial statement you are working on.

Now you can save time and ensure consistent application of financial statement disclosures for all your private enterprise clients’ financial statements.

Why the Financial Statement Notes Library?

• Time saved - no need to create notes from scratch; notes are quick and easy to find.
• Consistency Maintained - all statement preparers use the same notes.
• Accuracy Ensured - notes are up to date and prepared by an expert.
• Notes Customized - easily add information specific to your corporate clients’ industry.
• Transition Made - between previous GAAP and new ASPE.

Some key areas updated with changes under new ASPE include:

• Financial Instruments
• Employee Benefits
• Asset Retirement Obligations
• Intangible Assets
• Impairment
• Income Taxes
• Interests in Associated Companies and Joint Ventures
• Stock-based Compensations
• Business Combinations

Updated for compliance with new standards:

• All disclosures in the Library have been recently reviewed and updated for compliance with the new Canadian GAAP Accounting Standards for Private Enterprises (ASPE), effective for fiscal years beginning on or after January 1, 2011.
• Notes are regularly reviewed and updated as necessary.
• A "Recent Update" page keeps you apprised of updates as they occur.

To learn more, download the Financial Statement Notes Library brochure.

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Bundled for comprehensive coverage that saves time and improves accuracy

Canadian Tax Library with Provincial Tax Reporters and Tax Window Library is ideally suited to tax practitioners who need up-to-the-minute federal and provincial tax information, as well as insight into the CRA’s approach to the law.

The Internet version is updated frequently.

Content includes:

• Income Tax Bulletins, Circulars, and Rulings
• Income Tax Act and Regulations
• Canadian Tax Reporter commentary
• Current Dominion Tax Cases
• Archival Dominion Tax Cases
• Tax treaties and Social Security agreements
• Canadian Master Tax Guide
• Federal Income Tax forms and guides
• Tax Window Files
• Provincial Tax Reporters (all provinces)
• Special reports

• Wolters Kluwer CCH newsletters provide timely, pragmatic articles written by high-profile tax practitioners, as well as synopses of recent government developments. Included in your subscription:
  
  • Tax Topics
  • Dominion Tax Cases
  • Window on Canadian Tax (commentary on Tax Window Files)
  • Provincial Tax News
• Roadmaps
  Roadmaps are a practical jumping-off point for tax research that help you navigate tax issues and related commentary more efficiently. Each roadmap provides a summary of relevant tax considerations to specific types of transactions, events, issues, or topics, as well as links to Wolters Kluwer CCH commentary and other key references for further research.
• CCH Smart Charts^® (with CCH Online only)
  Using exclusive technology, these time-saving interactive research tools integrate your subscription content to quickly create federal-provincial tax comparisons in an easy-to-read chart format. CCH Smart Charts let you move easily between explanations, analysis, and primary source documents. You choose the topics. You choose the jurisdictions. You choose the year. Smart Charts do the rest.
• Quick Links
  Convenient links to related content such as charts and tables. Enables you to instantly connect to current, accurate information.
• Free training and technical support

Wolters Kluwer CCH research subscriptions deliver the most timely, relevant and reliable tax i

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Fair Value Measurements Answer Book (formerly the FAS 157 Answer Book) is the most comprehensive and authoritative resource for getting quick and accurate information about the adoption, planning, and implementation of ASC Topic 820's fair value measurement standards.

Includes all the ASC Topic 820 support materials you need to remain in compliance with all requirements, including common Q&A's, helpful practice aids, official FASB documents, and sample SEC filings.

• Accounting Research Manager - ARM

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Available: August 2011

Australia’s number one tax reference is designed to help practitioners, businesses, other organizations and students quickly locate accurate answers to their tax questions.

Whether it is being used to help prepare tax returns for the current tax year or to work out the tax issues and implications of decisions and transactions in the immediate future years, the Australian Master Tax Guide is an essential resource for anyone working in or dealing with tax. Up-to-date through June 30, 2011.

• Cross referenced at the end of each CCH paragraph to more detailed information in key CCH updating services
• Handy checklists and tables, complete effective life (depreciation) tables and a calendar of key tax dates
• Entirely new chapter of handy tax checklists
• A practical way to keep up to date on the changes to Australia’s complex tax system

The CCH Australian Master Tax Guide is written and updated by CCH's team of tax accountants and lawyers, and a select group of top tax professionals.

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Available: August 2011

Authors: Michael S. Schadewald, Ph.D., CPA and Robert J.Misey, Jr., J.D., MBA and LL.M.

Provides readers with a practical command of the tax issues raised by international transactions and how those issues are resolved by U.S. tax laws. The book emphasizes those areas generally accepted to be essential to tax practice.

The book is written primarily as a desk reference for tax practitioners and is organized into four parts.

Part I provides an overview of the U.S. system for taxing international transactions, and also discusses the U.S. jurisdictional rules and source-of-income rules.

Part II explains how the United States taxes the foreign activities of U.S. persons, and includes chapters on the foreign tax credit, deemed paid foreign tax credit, anti-deferral provisions, foreign currency translation and transactions, export tax benefits, planning for foreign operations, and state taxation of foreign operations.

Part III describes how the United States taxes the U.S. activities of foreign persons, including the taxation of U.S.-source investment-type income and U.S. trade or business activities, as well as planning for foreign-owned U.S. operations.

Finally, Part IV covers issues common to both outbound and inbound activities, including intercompany transfer pricing, tax treaties, cross-border mergers and acquisitions, and international tax practice and procedure.

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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: November 2011

Provides extensive citation to important case and statutory law. Forty-five states and the District of Columbia impose a sales tax on the retail sale of tangible personal property and selected services. In addition, there are 7,500 cities, municipalities, towns, school districts, counties, and other special taxing districts that levy sales and use taxes. The varying rates, the changing jurisdictional boundaries, the different tax bases, and the often inconsistent and contradictory interpretations of similarly worded statutes are all covered. The book also includes a chapter on sales tax reforms, particularly the Streamlined Sales Tax and a chapter on the gross receipts taxes recently enacted in several states.

The 2012 edition of the Sales and Use Tax Answer Book continues to provide coverage of topics such as subjects of sales and use tax, taxable persons, taxable transactions, interstate and extraterritorial transactions, constitutional issues and the latest updates on the Streamlined Sales Tax. Also included are case summaries which cover such areas as statistical sampling methodology, nexus, collection of sales tax by remote sellers, sales tax and the requirements of the commerce clause, sales made through independent contractors or brokers, sales and use tax in internet/electronic commerce, collection of use tax by a remote seller and minimum contacts requirements for out-of-state retailers.

Chapter 1 Nature and Purpose of Sales and Use Taxation
Chapter 2 Constitutional Rights
Chapter 3 Taxable Persons
Chapter 4 Taxable Transactions
Chapter 5 Interstate and Extraterritorial Transactions  
Chapter 6 Subjects of Sales and Use Taxes
Chapter 7 Amount of Tax
Chapter 8 Accounting Methods
Chapter 9 Rates of Tax
Chapter 10 Returns or Reports
Chapter 11 Payment
Chapter 12 Refunds and Credits
Chapter 13 Organization of State Sales and Use Tax Administrations
Chapter 14 License and Registration
Chapter 15 Audits
Chapter 16 Assessment and Appeals Process
Chapter 17 Collection of Tax by Seller
Chapter 18 Collection of Tax by State
Chapter 19 Penalties
Chapter 20 Local State Taxes
Chapter 21 Sales Tax Reform and the Streamlined Sales Tax
Chapter 22 Gross Receipts Tax 

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Author: Daniel M. Davis, MBA (Taxation), CPA, CFE

Provides state-specific material for preparing for and handling an audit in all states that impose sales and use taxes. Readers will gain an increased understanding of why their businesses or clients were selected for audit, how their audits will proceed, what the audit staff will be looking for, and how assessments are developed.

Instead of enacting tax increases, taxing agencies are quietly encouraged to mine every possible dollar from the existing tax structures. As a result, a sales and use tax audit notice generally may be regarded as the first step in a state civil action intended to extract additional funds from a specific taxpayer. Since this may often result in unfavorable consequences for the taxpayer, this book is intended to improve the taxpayer's chances of prevailing in what is often a losing battle. It aims to assist taxpayers in proactively avoiding paying more than their legal share of taxes.

This guide comes with a CD-ROM, containing approximately 200 state and local exemption certificates.

• U.S. Master Sales and Use Tax Guide (2012)
• Sales and Use Tax Answer Book 2013 
• California Sales and Use Tax Answer Book 2011

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Available: November 2011

This book organizes accounting pronouncements into two parts: general standards and industry-specific standards. The Practice Pointers featured throughout this edition point out, in plain English, how to apply the standards just discussed.

The 2012 International Accounting/Financial Reporting Standards Guide includes the following topics:

Part I: Overview (a recap of the International Accounting Standards Board and the formation of IFRAC)

Part II: General Standards

• Accounting Policies, Changes in Accounting Estimates, and Errors
• Borrowing Costs
• Business Combinations
• Cash Flow Statement
• Changing Prices and Hyperinflationary Economies
• Consolidated Financial Statements
• Construction Contracts
• Earnings Per Share
• Employee Benefits
• The Equity Method
• Events After the Balance Sheet Date
• Financial Instruments
• Foreign Currency Translation
• Government Grants and Government Assistance
• Impairment of Assets
• Income Taxes
• Intangible Assets
• Interim Financial Reporting
• Inventories
• Investment Property
• Leases
• Non-Current Assets Held for Sale and Discontinued Operations
• Property, Plant, and Equipment
• Provisions, Contingent Liabilities, and Contingent Assets
• Related-Party Disclosures
• Revenue
• Segment Reporting
• Share-Based Payment

Part III: Industry-Specific Standards

• Agriculture
• Insurance Contracts
• Mineral Resources: Exploration and Evaluation  

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CCH's Guidebook to California Taxes is the classic handbook on California taxation. Widely used by practitioners and all those involved in California taxes, this time-saving aid is accepted as the premier source for quick reference to all taxes levied by the state, including personal and corporate income, inheritance and gift, sales and use, and property taxes. The 2011 Guidebook is the 62nd Edition, reflecting significant new legislation, regulations, court decisions, and State Board of Equalization decisions through press time in December. It is authored by CCH Tax Law Editors with additional editorial commentary provided by highly-regarded tax practitioners, Bruce Daigh and Christopher Whitney of PricewaterhouseCoopers.

This practical resource includes a guide to the preparation of California personal income tax returns--for residents, non-residents, and part-year residents. This special return preparation section discusses who must file, filing status, exemptions, deductions, rates, credits, where and when to file, extensions, and estimated taxes, as well as compliance procedures and requirements relevant to return preparation.  A special summary of key new legislative, regulatory and judicial developments provides at-a-glance awareness of changes and the impact on taxpayers. The Guidebook also compares state taxes with federal taxes and illustrates the differences. Cross references make it easy to trace comparable California and federal provisions.

The CCH Guidebook to California Taxes is designed to accomplish four main objectives
:

1. Give an updated and comprehensive picture of the impact and pattern of all taxes levied by the state of California and also the general property tax levied by local governmental units.
2. Provide quick and reliable step-by-step guidance to the preparation of individual resident, nonresident, and part-year resident income tax returns.
3. Present a readable quick reference to the personal income tax and taxes on corporate income.
4. Tell you quickly what the California tax law provides, whether the provision is the same as the federal and, if so, the significance of the difference.

• State Tax Handbook 2011
• Guidebook to Illinois Taxes (2011)
• Guidebook to Connecticut Taxes (2011)
• Guidebook to Florida Taxes (2011)
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