Accounting & Auditing Research: Tools and Strategies » (6th Edition)

Thomas R. Weirich, Ph.D, CPA, received his B.S. and MBA degrees from Northern Illinois University, and a Doctorate in Accountancy form the University of Missouri-Columbia. He is currently the Arthur Andersen & Co. Alumni Professor of Accounting and Central Michigan University. Dr. Weirich has served on special assignment as the Academic Fellow to the Office of the Chief Accountant as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission in Washington, D.C. He has public accounting experience with an international firm as well as with a local firm. He has served on the Editorial Advisory board to the Journal of Accountancy as well as a committee member on the American Accounting Association's Education Committee and the SEC Liaison Committee. He is completing an assignment on the AICPA's SEC Regulation's Committee. Professor Weirich has written numerous articles in professional journals and has served as a business consulting to a manufacturing concern. Dr. Weirich has also served eleven years on the Mt. Pleasant, Michigan City Commission and as mayor of the city. Professor Weirich has been the recipient of the School of Accounting's Outstanding Teacher Award, the College of Business Dean's Teaching Award and the Michigan Association of Governing Boards' Distinguished Faculty Award. HE has served as an expert witness for the SEC and other cases.

Thomas C. Pearson, LL.M., J.D., CPA is a Professor of Accounting at the University of Hawaii at Manoa and former Director of its School of Accountancy. He earned his Masters of Letters of Law in tax from the University of Denver, Doctorate of Jurisprudence and M.B.A. from Vanderbilt University, and an A.B. from Dartmouth College. Professor Pearson has previously taught at the University of Wyoming and National Taiwan University. While on sabbatical, he is also affiliated with New York University. Professor Pearson has previously worked at Hospital Corporation of America. Professor Pearson has published numerous articles, mostly in professional publications such as Taxes and the Tax Advisor. He has also published inleading academic publications such as Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting Education, and Journal of the American Taxation Association. Professor Pearson has received numerous teaching awards including the University of Hawaii's Board of Regents Teaching Excellence Award. He has served as President of the College of Business Faculty Senate and on numerous university committees. He has also served on Hawaii's tax Review Commission and is involved in several professional organizations.

Alan Reinstein, DBA, CPA, received his B.A. and M.S. degrees from the State University of New York (New Paltz), an M.B.A. degree form the University of Detroit , and a Doctorate in Accounting form the University of Kentucky. He is a Professor in the Department of Accounting, School of Business at Wayne State University. Professor Reinstein conducts many seminars for the AICPA, MACPA, may other state CPA societies and professional groups. An author of more than 100 articles, Dr. Reinstein serves on the editorial boards of several academic and professional journals and on the boards of the Michigan Associations of CPAs, and the Detroit Chapters of the Institute fi Internal Auditors and the National Associations of Accountants. He also chaired the Professional Examination Committee of the American Accounting Association and served on the Task Force on Professional Examinations and Regulations of the Accounting Education Change Commission. Formerly with an international CPA firm, he now functions as a research and educational consultant for many CPAs and attorneys.

More user-friendly, interactive, and powerful than ever before, this step-by-step guide to professional research is integrated with a NEW online suite of research tools, tutorials, demos, research cases, and links to accounting and business research sites and standards-setting organizations. Users can test their knowledge and research strategies with NEW, active-learning mid-chapter Practice Exercises and a NEW section of end-of-chapter Exercises in each chapter. Completely updated for the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and principles- and rules-based standard setting. The fraud chapter 10 has been updated for the new SAS 99 fraud auditing standards and explains the AICPA's new anti-fraud program.

1. Introduction to Professional Research. 2. Critical Thinking & Effective Writing Skills for the Professional Accountant. 3. Web Based Professional Research. 4. The Environment of Accounting Research. 5. Major Accounting Research Tools. 6. Other Research Databases and Tools. 7. Tax Research for Compliance and Tax Planning. 8. Assurance Services and Auditing Research. 9. Refining the Research Process. 10. Fraud and Other Investigative Techniques.