Financial Reporting Project & Readings e3

This text requires users to obtain and analyze "live" financial statements from publicly-traded firms. Accounting textbooks often use uncomplicated, make believe examples that isolate specific issues to illustrate a specific point. The result is that readers do not "learn" that "real" financial statements do not always appear as neat and tidy as those in textbook examples. The authors explain how to obtain a financial statement and other information from the Internet, and writing assignments are included in the text. Most assignments require students to compose 50- or 100-word responses to questions about the information that they have obtained. This requires students to think carefully about what they want to say before they start writing. The book has been updated to include new readings and examples.