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Author Holgate, Peter, 1953-

Title Accounting principles for lawyers / Peter Holgate.

Publication Info. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006.

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 209 pages) : illustrations.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Law practitioner series
Law practitioner series.
Note Includes index.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents UK GAAP and international harmonisation -- The legal framework for accounting -- Substance over form -- The accounting profession and the regulatory framework for accounting and auditing -- Communicating accounting information -- Current trends in accounting -- Individual entity accounts and consolidated accounts -- Mergers and acquisitions -- Interaction of accounting with tax -- Assets -- Liabilities -- Leases -- Pensions -- Financial instruments, including capital instruments -- Realised and distributable profits -- Disclosures in published accounts -- Use of financial information in contracts and agreements.
Summary This book explains those aspects of accounting that lawyers need to understand, such as how accounting in the UK interacts with companies legislation, and the move to international accounting standards. For the general practitioner as well as lawyers working in corporate and commercial law and tax.
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Subject Accounting -- Great Britain.
Accounting.
Great Britain.
Accounting -- Standards -- Great Britain.
Accounting -- Standards.
Accounting -- Wales.
Wales.
Accounting -- Law and legislation -- England.
Accounting -- Law and legislation.
England.
Accounting -- Law and legislation -- Wales.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Holgate, Peter, 1953- Accounting principles for lawyers. Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2006 0521607221 (DLC) 2005020132 (OCoLC)61115505
ISBN 0511140355 (electronic book)
9780511140358 (electronic book)
0511139381
9780511139383
0511139608
9780511139604
9780511494772 (ebook)
0511494777 (ebook)
9780521607223 (hardback)
0521607221 (hardback)
9786610417292
6610417296
0521607221 (Cloth)