Essentials of Accounting for Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organizations

Anon said Shockingly wonderful textbook!!!. The vast majority of people purchasing or renting this book are doing so because they have to for a class, so reviews won't be a huge deciding factor. However, this book was exceptional enough to warrant one. It's very compact and easy to tote around - considerably smaller than any other textbook I've had. More importantly, the material is pre. Can't wait for this to be over. Sgt.Slum Terrible book. Hard to follow. Everyone in my class is struggling to truly grasp the text. It's an online class, so the teacher is nonexistent. Luckily we have access to power points that simplify the material. This book is not written to easily teach yourself, which is what we have to do in my class. Like other accounting texts, this book wil. I feel this book is probably more like a refresher for someone who have had a governmental Wai Chi Wong This book should not be used as the first-time learner of governmental accounting; I feel this book is probably more like a refresher for someone who have had a governmental accounting background. With no governmental accounting before, I was assigned to this book by our teacher. OMG, I thought I was going to fail this class because I read one

This approach has two advantages: (1) it is the approach most commonly applied in practice, and (2) it is an approach familiar to students who have studied the process of consolidation in their advanced accounting classes. Copley’s Essentials of Accounting for Governmental and Not-for-Profit Organizations, 10e is best suited for those professors whose objective is to provide more concise coverage than what is available in larger texts. Governmental activities are recorded using the modified accrual basis. The fund-basis statements are then used as input in the preparation of government-wide statements. The approach in this edition is similar to that used in practice. Specifically, day to day events are recorded at the fund level using the basis of accounting for fund financial statements. The main focus of this text is on the preparation of external financial statements which is a challenge among governmental reporting. State and local government reporting is illustrated using an ongoing example integrated throughout Chapters 3 through 8 and 13.This edition incorpora