[.ca] Policies and Procedures Manual for Accounting and ... (ISBN 0735544328)

excellent:
Very useful guide to financial controls! We instituted several new controls at our company as a result of reading this book.

Not helpful at all:
Only had one to two pages on broad topics such as Accounts Receivable. I purchased this book and sent it back.

Good book for manual systems:
I was shocked when I read this book. I am an accounts payable supervisor and this was recommended in an accounting newletter I receive. The book is written for a company using a manual accounting system (there are pictures of columnar pads). We are on an integrated accounting software so this book so not apply at all. I am in the process of sending the book back.

Good Examples, But Not Very Easy to Use:
People are busy and time is short. This book provides moderate coverage of a wide range of accounting controls, good procedure examples and some sample forms. But it stops short of being truly helpful. The book contains a little but of everything including payroll and EDP (Does anyone really call it EDP anymore?). It was originally released in 1992 so it's a little outdated today and it does not go into enough detail on the core functions. The enclosed CD only provides pdf versions of the forms. How come they didn't provide the text versions to save more time editing? Forms are one of the most helpful parts of a procedure, but they only provide 36 forms. If you need to create controls then you will not save that much time using this product. What you need are editable WORD versions of all the procedures and forms. More complete references to laws or standards to simplify future maintenance. And more detailed coverage of the core accounting cycles for cash, revenue, purchasing, inventory & assets, and general management & administration. Now that would be a truly helpful product that would save you a lot of time. But Amazon.com does carry such a product. Accounting Policies, Procedures & Forms - ISBN 1931591059. Released at the end of 2002, its up-to-date. It contains 600 pages with detailed coverage of the core accounting functions, a sample accounting manual and procedures in-sync with today's accounting software operations, plus additional coverage on embezzlement prevention. You will save more time, find more relevant material and be a lot happier.