Advances in accounting education, Volume 9 : teaching and curriculum innovations

xi, 326 p. S.

Advances in Accounting Education Ser. ; v.9

Advances in accounting education ; v. 9

Includes bibliographical references

Front cover; Advances in Accounting Education: Teaching and Curriculum Innovations; Copyright page; Contents; List of contributors; Chapter 1. Teaching the income statement: Framing the discussion within the context of earnings quality; Comprehensive income; Income from continuing operations; Operating income and earnings quality; Nonoperating income and earnings quality; Separately reported items; Other topics; Exams; Resources; Earnings quality and other intermediate topics; Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 2. Using SEC enforcement releases to teach auditing and ethics-related concepts

Literature reviewCompilation of AAERs; The auditing profession; The auditing process: Planning; Applications of the auditing process; Completing the audit and evaluating findings; Incorporating AAERs in the classroom; Conclusion; Future uses; Note; Acknowledgment; References; Appendix A. Sample assignment - SEC accounting and auditing enforcement releases (AAERs) relating to independence and professional ethics; Appendix B. Sample assignment - SEC accounting and auditing enforcement releases (AAERs) relating to confirmations

Chapter 3. Tax software versus paper return: the effect of a computerized decision aid on cognitive effort and student learningLiterature review; Hypotheses development; Research methodology; Results; Results and implications; Potential limitations; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 4. Revisiting hiring decisions by public accounting: the impact of educational path, age and gender; Literature review; Research questions; Methodology and research design; Results and discussion; Limitations; Summary and implications; Acknowledgments; References

Chapter 5. Learning to interpret and reconcile tax authorityLiterature review; Institutional context; Introduction to tax research tools; The evaluating tax authority resource; Innovation assessment; Conclusion; Acknowledgments; References; Chapter 6. A new approach to improving and evaluating student workplace writing skills; Prior research-structured writing programs in accounting classes; Development of research questions; The design of the writing improvement program; Overall evaluation of the memo; Conclusions and limitations; Acknowledgment; References

Appendix A. Schedule of assignments intermediate accounting IAppendix A. (Continued); Appendix B. Schedule of assignments intermediate accounting II; Appendix C. Pre-test assignment; Appendix D. Post-test assignment; Appendix E. Evaluation instrument provided to business advisory board members; PART I; PART II; Chapter 7. Integrating tax and financial accounting: three exercises for use in tax and financial accounting classes; Purpose; Educational objectives; Implementation guidance; Student feedback; Alternative uses; Conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References

Appendix A. Exercise A - Identifying differences between tax and financial accounting

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