ACCOUNTING STANDARDS

• Main Author: Blake, John 1950- (Author)
• Other Authors: Norkett, Paul (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Essex Longman Group Limited London 1981
• Series: Longman professional education series
• Subjects: Accounting > Standards
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 Twice a year over 100,000 students sit professional accountancy examinations. The standards are very high and the average pass rate is often below 35 per cent. The examination standards are getting higher and the competition tougher as the professional accountancy bodies attract more graduates into their student programmes. Traditional accountancy textbooks are often inadequate for the professional students' needs because one chapter on an accounting topic cannot provide sufficient depth and breadth to meet the high standards of the professional examinations. Each book in the Professional Education Series has been designed to cover a specific subject area in sufficient detail to meet the accountancy students' needs. To further aid the student, each book includes questions and detailed answers for examination practice. The subject coverage of this book is extremely important for accountancy students and qualified accountants. Accounting standards now cover a wide area of accounting practice and can therefore become part of a required answer to many types of accountancy examination question. The author has written concise, authoritative descriptions of each accounting standard with additional background information and illustrations that will be useful for qualified accountants and essential for the serious accountancy student. The book is ideally suited as a study text with examination practice questions and detailed answers. It can also be used as a reference book for the tremendous amount of detail that is associated with accounting standards.   GENERAL EDITOR PAUL NORKETT