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Accounting principles for lawyers
Author
Title
Accounting principles for lawyers [electronic resource] / Peter Holgate.
ISBN
9780511140358 (electronic bk.)
0511140355 (electronic bk.)
9780511139383
0511139381
9780511139604
0511139608
0521607221 (Cloth)
Published
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xv, 209 pages) : illustrations.
Notes
Description based on print version record.
Summary
This book explains those aspects of accounting that lawyers need to understand, such as how accounting in the UK interacts with companies legislation, and the move to international accounting standards. For the general practitioner as well as lawyers working in corporate and commercial law and tax.
Other formats
Print version: Holgate, Peter, 1953- Accounting principles for lawyers. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 02, 2013
Series
Law practitioner series.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
UK GAAP and international harmonisation
The legal framework for accounting
Substance over form
The accounting profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing
Communicating accounting information
Current trends in accounting
Individual entity accounts and consolidated accounts
Mergers and acquisitions
Interaction of accounting with tax
Assets
Liabilities
Leases
Pensions
Financial instruments, including capital instruments
Realised and distributable profits
Disclosures in published accounts
Use of financial information in contracts and agreements.
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