International Financial Reporting:A Practical Guide - Softcover

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International Financial Reporting

A Practical Guide

Fourth edition

Alan Melville

With more than 120 countries in the world now using international financial reporting standards (IFRS), knowledge of the standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is vital to students’ success in financial accounting. Melville’sInternational Financial Reporting employs a practical, applied approach in exploring and explaining the key international standards. With a focus on how to implement the standards, this text delivers a focused, user-friendly introduction to international financial reporting.

Renowned for clear and concise language, this fourth edition brings the book completely up-to-date with international standards issued as of 1 January 2013.

Key features

• Unique practical approach
• Class-tested by professional and degree students
• Worked examples with solutions in every chapter
• Chapter-end exercises featuring questions from past exam papers of key professional accountancy bodies

Visit www.pearsoned.co.uk/melville for our suite of resources to accompany this textbook, including a complete solutions guide and Powerpoints slides for each chapter; opportunities for extra practice, and links to relevant web pages.

Alan Melville FCA BSc Cert Ed. is a best-selling author. Previously a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, he has many years’ experience of teaching accounting and financial reporting.