N Ramachandran,
Formerly Professor, IIM, Calcutta Ram Kumar Kakani,
Associate Professor, XLRI, Jamshedpur
ISBN: 007133341x Copyright year: 2011
With the objective of providing conceptual clarity and connecting learners to
accounting in practice, this new edition continues to focus on building the concepts
in financial accounting from a decision-making perspective.
The major highlights of this new edition are that it gives an updated status on
Schedule VI of the Indian Companies Act, Indian Accounting Standards as well as
summarizes the key places of difference between Indian Accounting Standards (Ind
AS) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). As in the previous
editions, this text prepares the managers’ ability to understand and evaluate
accounting reports with the help of real-world examples and cases.
New features
Addition of new cases and real-life illustrations
Introduction to Indian GAAP, along with IAS and IFRS
Inclusion of an annexure on India’s roadmap of convergence with IFRS
Chapters on ‘Accounting Records’ and ‘Financial Statement Analysis’ drastically
revised and made more reader friendly
New glossary section and revised web resources
Inclusion of new appendices :
* Indian Accounting Standards, IndAS, and the IFRS
* Two comprehensive tests
* Entering accounting records in a software