Praise for Accounting Best Practices Sixth Edition
"For a comprehensive, yet easy-to-read guide to fixing those
all-too-common shortcomings in your accounting department, look no further than this
excellent book. Steve Bragg provides hundreds of fixes, many of them requiring
surprisingly little time or cost while providing a handy guide to common implementation
pitfalls . . . I would recommend this invaluable book to anyone who is looking to enhance
their existing processes, whether due to growth in their business, compliance with
Sarbanes-Oxley, or just as part of their ongoing improvement process.
—Martyn Webster, CPA, Director of FinanceXenoPort, Inc.
"This book is critical to running an efficient and accurate accounting
department. The use of RFID technology to track documents is one of many valuable tools in
this latest edition. A required read for the demanding accounting manager's role."
—Jason Charet, CPA
"I've used Steve Bragg's Accounting Best Practices books for years as a
source of ideas for improvement. Like the previous editions, the Fifth Edition has a
number of new, actionable best practices as well as refinements of those ideas reported in
previous editions. The books are broad enough in their perspective so that nearly any
organization could find ideas that could pay back the cost of the book many times
over."
—John Temmerman, Controller, Evangelical Lutheran Church in America
"What a great resource! I have been in the accounting field for over
twenty years, and I was still able to gain insight into improving processes within my
office. Thanks for putting it all in one book!"
—Tina M. Thomas, CPA, CTP, Controller, Goodman & Company, LLP
Steven M. Bragg, CPA, has been the chief financial officer or
controller of four companies, as well as a consulting manager at Ernst & Young and an
auditor at Deloitte & Touche. He received a master's degree in finance from Bentley
College, an MBA from Babson College, and a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Maine. He has been the two-time president of the Colorado Mountain Club, is
an avid alpine skier and mountain biker, and is a certified master diver. Mr. Bragg
resides in Centennial, Colorado. He is also the author of Accounting Best Practices and
Accounting Policies and Procedures Manual (both published by Wiley).
Table of Contents
Chapter 1 Introduction.
Chapter 2 How to Use Best Practices.
Chapter 3 Accounts Payable Best Practices.
Chapter 4 Billing Best Practices.
Chapter 5 Budgeting Best Practices.
Chapter 6 Cash Management Best Practices.
Chapter 7 Collections Best Practices.
Chapter 8 Credit Best Practices.
Chapter 9 Commissions Best Practices.
Chapter 10 Costing Best Practices.
Chapter 11 Filing Best Practices.
Chapter 12 Finance Best Practices.
Chapter 13 Financial Statements Best Practices.
Chapter 14 General Best Practices.
Chapter 15 General Ledger Best Practices.
Chapter 16 Internal Auditing Best Practices.
Chapter 17 Inventory Best Practices.
Chapter 18 Payroll Best Practices.
Appendix A Summary of Best Practices.
Index.
512 pages, Hardcover