By Daniel Drescher. Apress Business, 2017, ISBN 978-1-4842-2604-9. As blockchain and, its derivative, virtual currency become ubiquitous in commerce, business, and Main Street, there have…
Book Review: Ethical Obligations and Decision Making in Accounting: Text and Cases, Sixth Edition
By Steven M. Mintz, and William F. Miller
The day I finished reading this ethics textbook, I saw a school bus full of kids traveling at least 40 miles per hour on a…
Book Review: Advice for a Successful Career in the Accounting Profession
Wiley, ISBN: 978-1119855286 by Jerry Maginnis
Jerry Maginnis has written a book that should be on the bookshelf of anyone in the accounting profession, from interested students to experienced practitioners. Advice for…
Book Review | Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm: Reconstructing Corporations, Shareholders, Directors, Owners, and Investors (The Economics of Legal Relationships)
By Wm. Dennis Huber; Routledge, 2020, ISBN 978-0367895532
In Corporate Law and the Theory of the Firm, author Wm. Dennis Huber, an attorney and CPA with graduate degrees in economics and finance, challenges…
The Volunteer Treasurer’s Handbook
Book Review
Howard Levy has done a great service to both the nonprofit community and to those who serve it. So few resources are available to provide…
By Steven Mintz and Roselyn Morris McGraw-Hill Education, 2019, ISBN 978-1259969461, $287.30 (Hardcover) Reviewed by Edward Mendlowitz Before I begin my review of this casebook…
The Once and Future Worker
A Vision for the Renewal of Work in America
The Once and Future Worker by Oren Cass will be of interest to CPAs on at least three important fronts. First, in running CPA firms, a…
Lies, Damned Lies, and Cost Accounting
How Capacity Management Enables Improved Cost and Cash Flow Management
By Reginald Tomas Lee, Sr. Business Expert Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1631570650, $34.95 (paperback) Reviewed by Ronald J. Baker One of the 20th century's most influential…
CPAs all share a common background. Each CPA must complete some type of education program that includes a minimum number of accounting credits; unfortunately, practice…
More Accounting Changes
Financial Reporting through the Age of Crisis and Globalization
This book is part autobiography and part chronicle of recent events in accounting standards setting. The book follows Herz's role as the chair of FASB…