Whittington/Pany is our market leader in the auditing discipline. While most textbooks use a cycles approach, Whittington/Pany enlists a balance sheet approach - making it particularly straightforward and user-friendly in addressing the auditing profession's risk-based approach for financial statement audits as well as for integrated audits of financial statements and internal control. The 18th edition covers the latest auditing standards to meet the needs of the current marketplace. The authors are well connected - both Ray Whittington and Kurt Pany served as members of the Audit Standards Board, and Whittington recently completed his term as President of the Auditing Section of the American Accounting Association.
This textbook should be titled "How to beat a dead horse". If you have trouble reading technical writing, don't worry because the author will keep repeating himself with slightly rephrased sentences. Eventually he will beat his points into you, if you don't give up first. This textbook could have been cut down by half and been just as effective but NOOooooOOooOOooo! Mr. Bigshot Academic had to create complex, run-on sentences to impress his colleagues. McGraw-Hill needs to dump this guy ASAP.
This textbook should be titled "How to beat a dead horse". If you have trouble reading technical writing, don't worry because the author will keep repeating himself with slightly rephrased sentences. Eventually he will beat his points into you, if you don't give up first. This textbook could have been cut down by half and been just as effective but NOOooooOOooOOooo! Mr. Bigshot Academic had to create complex, run-on sentences to impress his colleagues. McGraw-Hill needs to dump this guy ASAP.
I have been teaching this textbook for many years, since the first publication. I found this textbook the most teaching and learning orientated. My students thoroughly comprehended the diversity of topics included in this book, and they found the supplementary materials interesting and enhancing their learning particularly in professional perspectives.
Dr. Sabhi Saleh, Salahaddin University, Erbil, Kurdistan Region, Iraq. Email: Subhisaa@yahoo.ca
YES! I am FINALLY finished with this super boring textbook!! Why did I then give it three stars? 1 star for boringness, 5 stars for being the best resource to for my class averages out to 3 stars. While very informative and will likely be my resource for studying (eventually) for the CPA exam, it will permanently cure your insomnia!!!