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Business : Accounting

Guide to information on accounting: standards, articles, news, taxes

Company Information

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Bank Regulatory (via WRDS)
Five databases for regulated depository financial institutions. These databases provide accounting data for bank holding companies, commercial banks, savings banks, and savings and loans institutions. Request an account
COMPUSTAT - North America (via WRDS)
North America - U.S. and Canadian fundamental and market information on active and inactive publicly held companies. It provides more than 300 annual and 100 quarterly Income Statement, Balance Sheet, Statement of Cash Flows, and supplemental data items.
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COMPUSTAT Global (via WRDS)
A database of non-U.S. and non-Canadian fundamental and market information on more than 33,900 active and inactive publicly held companies with annual data history from 1987, normalized to provide comparability across a wide variety of global accounting standards and practices. Request an account
OSIRIS (via WRDS)
Osiris has information on listed, and major unlisted/delisted, companies around the world. The information is very detailed and includes a lot more than financial reports. Different templates are used to show accounts in the correct formats for their company type and location. It covers around 80,000 companies. Request an account

Company Financials

CalcBench
A database and research tool for financial statement analysis, financial accounting, and auditing of public companies using SEC data.

D&B Hoovers
162 million+ public, private, and nonprofit global companies. News, corporate overviews, financial data, market research reports, analyst reports, executive biographies, SWOT analysis, significant developments, strategic initiatives, industry norms, market share. Create lists of companies that match a given set of criteria.
Capital IQ
S&P Capital IQ provides a wealth of information on companies, markets and people. Covers market intelligence, financial analysis, screening and targeting, and relationships between people and organizations. Register for an account.

U.S. Federal Government

Governmental GAAP Update Service
Provides reliable analyses of must-know recently issued pronouncements, including GASB Statements, Interpretations, Exposure Drafts, & more.
Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)
U.S. House Financial Services Committee
U.S. Senate Finance Committee
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)

Taxes

US Code - Tax on Corporations
Legal Information Institute Cornell University Law School
World Tax Database
Historical data on tax revenues, tax rates, government expenditures for countries around the world.
University of Michigan Ross School of Business

Career Resources

AICPA Student Career Site
Occupational Outlook Handbook
From the Bureau of Labor Statistics, offers occupational profiles, with the ability to browse careers by highest paying, most in-demand, and field of degree

Books

Articles

ABI/INFORM Collection
Indexes business and management journals worldwide; covers corporate strategies, marketing, product development, industry conditions, management techniques, business trends, management practice and theory, corporate strategy and tactics, and more. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1923 to present.
Business Source Complete
Indexes business journals worldwide; covers marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance, economics and more. Also includes financial data, case studies, investment research reports, industry reports, market research reports, country reports, company profiles, and SWOT analyses. Includes the full text of articles from many publishers and links to full text options for other articles. 1886 to present.
EconLit
Indexes 30+ years of economics literature from around the world. Compiled by the American Economic Association, EconLit is a comprehensive index of journal articles, books, book reviews, collective volume articles, working papers and dissertations.

SSRN: Social Science Research Network
Social science research papers, working papers series, conference papers across 24 disciplines including: accounting, corporate governance, economics, entrepreneurship, finance, health economics, innovation, ebusiness, leadership, management, marketing, negotiation, and sustainability.