Advanced Accounting - Hardcover

1. Business Combinations: New Rules for a Long-Standing Business Practice. 2. Consolidated Statements: Date of Acquisition. 3. Consolidated Statements: Subsequent to Acquisition. 4. Intercompany Transactions: Merchandise, Plant Assets, and Notes. 5. Intercompany Transactions: Bonds and Leases. 6. Cash Flows, EPS, and Taxation. 7. Special Issues in Accounting for an Investment in a Subsidiary. 8. Subsidiary Equity Transactions; Indirect and Mutual Holdings. Special Appendix 1. Leveraged Buyouts. Special Appendix 2. Equity Method for Unconsolidated Investments. 9. The International Accounting Environment. Module: Derivatives and Related Accounting Issues. 10. Foreign Currency Transactions. 11. Translation of Foreign Financial Statements. 12. Interim Reporting and Disclosures about Segments of an Enterprise. 13. Partnerships: Characteristics, Formation, and Accounting for Activities. 14. Partnerships: Ownership Changes and Liquidations. 15. Governmental Accounting: The General Fund and the Account Groups. 16. Governmental Accounting: Other Governmental Funds, Proprietary Funds, and Fiduciary Funds. 17. Financial Reporting Issues. 18. Accounting for Private Not-for-Profit Organizations. 19. Accounting for Not-for-Profit Colleges and Universities and Health Care Organizations. 20. Estates and Trusts: Their Nature and the Accountant's Role. 21. Debt Restructuring, Corporate Reorganizations, and Liquidations.

Paul M. Fischer is the Jerry Leer Professor of Accounting and Accounting Area Chair at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. He teaches intermediate, advanced financial, and management accounting at the undergraduate and graduate levels. He has received the AMOCO Outstanding Professor Award, the Outstanding Executive MBA Professor Award, and the School of Business Administration Advisory Council Teaching Award. He also teaches continuing education classes and provides executive training courses for several large corporations. He earned his undergraduate accounting degree at Milwaukee and earned an M.B.A. and Ph.D. at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Dr. Fischer is a CPA and member of the American Institute of CPAs, the Wisconsin Institute of CPAs, and the American Accounting Association. Dr. Fischer has co-authored numerous texts and journal articles, as well as computer software. He actively pursues research and consulting interests in the areas of leasing, pension accounting, and business combinations.