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This guide is a selected list of resources that will be useful
for locating tax and accounting.&; These resources include
print materials available in the Stewart Library, and electronic
resources, some of which may be available only to WSU students,
faculty, and staff.
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For publicly-held corporations, the two most
commonly published sources of information are:
1) Annual reports to the shareholders. include descriptions of the
company's operations, goals and financial statistics. Publicly owned
companies are required to file annual reports with the SEC. These
reports are excellent sources of detailed information about the operations
of these companies.
2) SEC Reports (10-K Reports) - the official financial reports filed
with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.Information in the
annual report is often duplicated from the 10K. This is one of the
most comprehensive sources of company information.
- EDGAR
Database
Click on Search for Company Filings, then Companies
and other Filers to look up forms for a specific company.
The Descriptions of SEC Forms link will give short descriptions
of the most common corporate filings made with the SEC. Filings
are posted to this site 24 hours after the date of filing.
- FreeEDGAR
Requires free registration to access reports. Search by
ticker or company name.
- Lexis-Nexis
Academic Universe
Select the 'Business' category from the main menu, then choose
'SEC Filings & Reports'. Search by company name, SIC, or ticker
symbol.
- Annual Report
Gallery
Many reports available in PDF format
- Public Register's Annual
Report Service
- Annual
Report Service
- How to read a financial report: Wriging vital
signs out of the numbers HF5681.B2T733 2004
- How to read a financial report: Wriging vital
signs out of the numbers Davis Campus HF5681.B2T733
1999
- Tips
for Reading an Annual Report
- The Analysis and Use of Financial Statements
HF5681.B2W4678 1998
A good reference on how to use and interpret the footnotes. (It
is a good idea when analyzing financial statements to check the
"footnotes" for explanations on how various numbers were contrived.)
- Financial statement analysis HF5681.B2B46
2001
- How to Use Financial Statements: A Guide to the Numbers
HF5681.B2B285 1994
A good source for novice investors or accountants to understand
the balance sheet.
Many periodicals publish company lists. This listing contains only
a few selected sites. Select Price's List of Lists to access more.
- CCH
Tax Research Network - Searchable full-text coverage
of primary/secondary federal/state tax publications. Includes:
Internal Revenue Code, Federal Income Tax Reporter, IRS Publications,
Federal Tax Regulations, Federal & State tax cases, legislative
and news items. Coverage is from 1978 - present. Must have a password
to use.
- RIA:
Checkpoint Tax Database - Provides information pertaining
to complex tax, accounting and bank trust issues. Must have a
password to use.
- CCH
Internet Tax Research Network (Securities)
- Lexis/Nexis
To access accounting journals and literature in Lexis, select
'Business' from the main menu, then 'Accounting'. Includes AICPA
publications, GAAP guides, Miller European Guide, and others.
- ABI/Inform
Coverage includes accounting, advertising, business conditions,
economics, finance, trends, corporate strategies, management techniques,
marketing, taxation, and product information. Selected full-text.
Early 80's-date.
- Business
Source Premier
Coverage includes management, economics, finance, accounting,
and international business topics. Selected full-text
- FARS: Financial Accounting Research System
This database is available on-campus only. Look for the
FARS icon available in the library reference terminals or Wattis
building computer labs. Includes full-text original
pronouncements, current text, EITF Abstracts, Implementation Guides,
and a topical index.
- Dictionary of Taxation Reference HJ2305.J328
1998
- Dictionary of Accounting Reference HF5621
.D53 1999
- Handbook on Taxation Reference HJ2362
.H36 1999
- Dictionary of Accounting Terms Reference
HF5621 .S54 1995
- International Encyclopedia of Business & Management
Reference HF1001.I53 1996 v.1
Volume 1 of this set entries on accounting in various countries,
including Australia, central and eastern Europe, France, Germany,
Japan, the UK, USA, and a general entry on international accounting
that includes several countries.
- The international dictionary of accounting acronyms
Reference HF5621.M67 1998
- Encyclopedic dictionary of accounting and finance
Reference HF1001.S525 1989
Accounting
Ethics
- Accounting ethics HF5625.15.D87 2003
- Ethics for CPAs: Meeting expectations in challenging
times HF5625.15.G89 2003
- Unaccountable: How the accounting profession forfeited
a public trust HF5625.15.B74 2003
- Ethics and the CPA: Building trust and value-added
services HF5387.C33 1999
- Ethical issues in accounting HF5625.15.E85
1998
- Tax Management Portfolios Reference Table
6 KF6289.A1T35
- Business Operations in [name of country] Reference
Table 6 KF6289.A1T35
- Federal taxation refresher course quizzer KF6272.5.C592
- Income taxation of trusts and estates Reference
Table 6 KF6289.A1T35 no.852-2nd
- International taxation : corporate and individual
KF6445.P67 1994
- Tax & Accounting
Sites
This meta-site site presents two simple tables with links to tax
and accounting sites. Academic focus.
- FTA
State Tax Rates and Structure
Provides tables comparing the tax rates and structure for all
fifty U.S. states. State income, sales,
- and excise taxes are covered along with other related items.
- Tax Forms
- Americans for Fair
Taxation
A non-profit, diverse, non-partisan, inclusive organization dedicated
to replacing our current, complicated federal income tax system
with a simple, single rate National Retail Sales Tax.
- Tax
History Museum
Online museum covering American tax history from 1660 to the present.
Divided into chronological periods, each exhibit contains a narrative
history of American taxes, complete with images of documents,
portraits of some of the key figures, and illustrations.
- U.S.
Tax Code Online
- Income
Tax Law
From Cornell University, this site provides a background of taxation
from the U.S. Constitution, Federal Statutes, Federal Regulations,
Federal Judicial Decisions, State Statutes & Judicial Decisions,
and other relevant information.
- Tax Resources on the
Web
This site provides tax topics by category.
- 1040.com
Contains federal and state income tax forms, links to state Department
of Revenue sites, current news for tax professionals, general
tax info for current year.
- Resources
on Taxation of Electronic Commerce
- Overview
of Internet Taxation. A PDF Guide
December 2000. By Annette Nellen, CPA
- E-Commerce
Tax Links
By Annette Nellen. Includes background papers on E-commerce
taxation issues, statistics, work being done on the issues by
various groups, and several points to consider in examining how
various tax rules should (or should not) apply to e-commerce.
Below are various links to several other e-commerce taxation papers,
and well as legislative information.
- Utah Association of
CPA's
Contains Utah accounting information, including career information,
resources for small businesses, governmental resources, finance
and stock market information, calculators, and tax resources.
A good explanation of the sites contents is provided on the home
page.
- Rutger's Accounting
Web
One of the largest accounting sites on the Internet. Included
is information about professional associations, journals and publications,
FASB, EDGAR, software, international publishers, accounting education,
and homepages of accounting professors, to name a few.
- CpaTeam.com
Choose the Accounting Directory, Business Directory, Investment
Directory, or Tax Directory for a list of relevant sites.
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Price Waterhouse Coopers Global
PricewaterhouseCoopers serves clients in both mature markets and
developing regions globally. Select a country from the pull down
menu to learn more their practices in countries around the world.
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Venture Capital Resource Library
This site provides links to venture capitalists, law firms, accounting
firms, investment banks, and securities regulators, among others.
There are informative articles about investment practices, a collection
of texts of SEC and UCC rules and regulations, a business plan
template, and a form for submitting a business plan for evaluation
and possible forwarding to venture capital firms.
- Tax & Accounting
Sites
This meta-site site presents two simple tables with links to tax
and accounting sites. Academic focus.
*(See Country
Guides for Accounting Profession Books on individual countries)
- Best resumes for accountants and financial professionals
Reference Table 1B HF5627.M33 1994
- Careers in public accounting HF5616.U5C29
- Careers in accounting HF5616.U5G39 1998
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