Accounting Textbooks Are A Great Reference For Complex Transactions

Nearly every professional's college education involved studying courses that were central to their qualification for that field

. Called "gatekeepers," these are the courses that teach the most, and whose materials are the most valuable to those who make it through them and on to their chosen career paths. For engineering majors it may have been a particularly challenging calculus course, while accountants may have stressed over an intermediate accounting course. These courses not only weed out those ill fit for the major and profession that it leads to, but they teach valuable lessons. To successfully complete these courses, students' textbooks are their constant companion.

For courses whose content is likely to be updated constantly, such as a computer course, a student may opt to rent a textbook. For most students, however, books on materials that will be central to their profession become reference materials that line their office shelves after college graduation. Accountants in particular often reference their accounting textbooks for guidance on complex transactions, such as mergers and acquisitions, unusual journal entries, and even esoteric generally accepted accounting principles for pension accounting.

Accountants often pursue the certified public accounting (CPA) designation after they graduate from college. These accountants will find themselves relying upon their college textbooks, as well as additional books, to prepare for this challenging exam. While these accountants likely have obtained jobs in the accounting field, whether it is public or private, it is doubtful that their job encompasses all of the various elements that the CPA exam will test. For areas outside of their daily work, accountants will study their accounting books to prepare for the exam. Auditors will find corporate income tax and personal income tax textbooks useful for studying for the CPA exam. Accountants specializing in corporate income tax will reference personal income tax textbooks and textbooks on general accounting concepts, individual tax law and auditing.

Even accountants who engage in both auditing and tax accounting will need to reference finance materials, and college textbook providing valuable information on business law, including the uniform commercial code. Textbooks containing information that is subject to change, such as tax laws that are constantly updated by the Federal government, may be more valuable to students as a textbook rental than as purchased books. Other topics, such as economic theories and basic concepts, which are included in the CPA exam, can be found in books that the accountant used during college, or can be purchased as reference materials to be used for both studying and for use in the future as the accountant moves through his or her career.

by: Christine Harrell

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