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The library collects books to support your studies. More recently we are purchasing mainly ebooks. This page presents three main categories of books: New Books, Prescribed Textbooks and Reference Books.
You can find books in the library by using uKwazi. The video below will guide you on how to search for books and articles on uKwazi.
Ebooks can be accessed by clicking on the relevant link on uKwazi. Physical books are shelved according to the Dewey Decimal Classification (DDC) System and Accounting books are mainly located on Level 7 on the following subjects and DDC numbers:
SUBJECT |
DDC NO. |
|---|---|
| Ethics for accountants and auditors |
Level 5 Short Loan 174.4 ETH |
| Performance auditing | Level 7 352.4390968 PRI |
| Graded tutorials on auditing | Level 7 657.45 GRA |
| Management and cost accounting | Level 7 658.1511 MAN |
GAAP handbook 2024/2025
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GAAP Hanbook 2024/25 Volume 1 & 2
Accounting information systems
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Accounting Information Systems 4e covers the four roles for accountants with respect to information technology: users of technology and information systems, managers of users of technology, designers of information systems, and evaluators of information systems. Accountants must understand the organization and how organizational processes generate information important to management. The focus of Accounting Information Systems 4e is on the accountant's role as a business analyst in solving business problems by database modeling, database design, and business process modeling. Unlike other texts that provide a broad survey of AIS related topics, this text concentrates on developing practical business analysis skills through real-world examples, problems, and projects. Whether you are developing a new course for AIS or incorporating AIS materials into your existing curriculum, Accounting Information Systems 4e will help your students develop the technological skills they need for their future careers.
Introduction to management accounting
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Directed primarily toward Accounting college/university majors, this text also provides practical content to current and aspiring industry professionals. Introduction to Management Accounting helps to enhance readers’ ability to make effective economic decisions by encouraging them to understand the inner-workings of the concepts, rather than solely focusing on technique memorization. Overall, this text describes both theory and common practices in a way that will help readers produce information that’s useful in day-to-day decision-making.
SAICA student handbook, 2024/2025. volume 3, Legislation
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Volume 3 of the SAICA Legislation Handbook 2024/2025 includes the consolidated Income Tax Act, 58 of 1962, Value-Added Tax Act, 89 of 1991, Estate Duty Act, 45 of 1955, Transfer Duty Act, 40 of 1949, Securities Transfer Tax Act, 25 of 2007 and Tax Administration Act, 28 of 2011, as well as ancillary legislation in respect of these Acts. These principal Acts have been updated to include all relevant instruments promulgated on or before 31 December 2018. At the time of sending to print the Taxation Laws Amendment Bill [B 38-2018], Tax Administration Laws Amendment Bill [B 39-2018] and the Rates and Monetary Amounts and Amendment of Revenue Laws Bill [B 37-2018] have been adopted by the National Assembly. The amendments have been incorporated into the above-mentioned principal Acts.
Notes on South African Income Tax 2025
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Notes on South African Income Tax 2025
Advanced questions on SA tax 2025
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Advanced Questions on SA Tax is the third and final publication in the Question on SA Tax series designed to provide comprehensive tutorial coverage to taxation students. This book covers advanced topics and integrated questions. Its complementary publications, Introductory Questions on SA Tax and Questions on SA Tax, cover foundational topics and those typically dealt with in the study of tax at an undergraduate level. This tutorial book includes questions and selected solutions on South African income tax, estate duty and value-added tax. Up-to-date questions are graded, allowing students to develop their abilities from an introductory to an advanced level. A selection of tutorial solutions is included in the book, and solutions to all questions are provided to lecturers at prescribing institutions. Mark plans are allocated to solutions.
A student's approach to income tax : business activities 2025
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This book was written with the specific purpose of combining in one concise volume the provisions of the Income Tax Act 58 of 1962 as it applies to business activities.
Cost and management accounting : fundamentals - a southern African approach
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Cost and Management Accounting is a comprehensive resource intended for courses which cover the fundamentals of this subject. The content is aligned to the latest curriculum of the major management accounting professional bodies, and deals with the basic concepts and techniques for the identification and control of costs, as well as general cost management. Cost and Management Accounting has a strong southern African perspective and covers current issues on each topic.
Graded questions on auditing 2025
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The purpose of this book is to provide Auditing students with revision and practice questions. A collection of graded questions on auditing.
Management and cost accounting in South Africa
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For forty years, Colin Drury’s Management and Cost Accounting has successfully helped students master the key concepts and processes of management and cost accounting. The South African edition of this very popular text has been written specifically with the needs of South African students in mind, ensuring that they have a solid base and good understanding of accounting principles, before progressing to any new content. With a clear and accessible style, which incorporates additional notes and explanations, it covers everything students need to know for their management accounting career and exams, including many South African as well as international real-world examples. It features a balanced range of review problems from accounting examination bodies, including CIMA, ACCA and SAICA. This edition also includes introductions to emerging new technologies such as big data, the Internet of Things and AI.
GAAP handbook 2024/2025
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GAAP Hanbook 2024/25 Volume 1 & 2
Financial accounting : IFRS principles
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Financial Accounting: IFRS® Principles 6th edition is an accesible, comprehensive and concepts-based South African text that assumes a basic knowledge of financial accounting, and then helps readers understand and apply the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS® Standards). It also references the IFRS for SMEs® Standard, applicable to small and medium-sized enterprises. The content of this edition has been updated with the newly issued IFRS 18, Presentation and Disclosure in Financial Statements.
Notes on group financial statements
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This user-friendly book has been written to assist readers to grasp this complex subject.
Database principles: fundamentals of design, implementation, and management
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The third edition of Database Principles maintains its engaging writing style and brevity; its unique balance between theory and practice; and its wealth of examples throughout the text. It provides a solid and practical foundation for the design, implementation and management of database systems. The new edition has been updated with all the latest developments and technologies and incorporates a generous number of localised and motivating business vignettes that tie the concepts to real-life situations. The coverage of SQL provides numerous examples and simpler explanations that focus on areas most important for a database career. This edition is suitable for a first course in databases at undergraduate level and will also provide essential material for conversion postgraduate courses. Providing comprehensive and practical coverage of core database concepts, it is an ideal text not only for those studying database management systems in the context of computer science, but also those on courses in the areas of information systems and business information technology.
Advanced case studies in external auditing & corporate governance
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Advanced Case Studies in External Auditing & Corporate Governance was written to assist students to: meet the requirements of the Competency Framework for Entry-Level Chartered Accountants (SA) issued by the SA Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA); and, master the skills and thinking necessary to answer the Auditing questions in professional examinations, especially SAICA's Initial Assessment of Competence (IAC) examination. Praised for its practical approach, this text offers "generic guidance" at the start of each chapter. providing students with actionable strategies to tackle the case-based questions that follow. Most of the questions in the text mirror the complexity and rigour of questions in the IAC examinations: equipping the student who successfully completes the case studies to pass the Auditing / Governance questions in the SAICA examinations. Even though the case studies in this text contain limited integration with other subject areas, strong intra-disciplinary integration is achieved within the Auditing/Governance domain, and this is an essential prerequisite in successfully navigating the Auditing/Governance questions in the integrated assessments. Advanced Case Studies in External Auditing & Corporate Governance prioritises the development of higher-order cognitive skills, challenging students with unpredictable scenarios and comprehensive solutions. The text and suggested solutions have been updated to accommodate the latest legislation and professional standards issued before mid-November 2024.
A student's guide to advanced tax
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A Student’s Guide to Advanced Tax provides a selection of advanced tax questions with specific reference to the initial test of competence (ITC) examination of the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA). The guide is thus suitable for students in their final year of accountancy studies who are completing an advanced tax course and are planning to write the ITC examination. The guide is also suitable for other professional examinations which include advanced tax.
Ethics for accounting professionals : a case study approach
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This book provides guidelines and tools for discussions on ethics (personal, business and professional) within the South African educational environment.Professional accountants and auditors are bound by a code of conduct and face ethical dilemmas and conflicts on a daily basis. A mere awareness of the ethical rules of the profession does not, however, ensure ethical behaviour. In this textbook theory meets practice: it familiarises students with the ethical framework applicable to the accounting profession and illustrates how to apply these principles in decision-making through a series of original case studies, set within the South African environment. The worked scenarios vary in complexity and a thorough grasp of the field is facilitated by systematically identifying challenges, applying reasoning processes and analysing courses of action in each set of facts.
The annotated IFRS® accounting standards : accounting standards issued at 1 January 2024, reflecting changes not yet required
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This is the official edition of the authoritative pronouncements of the International Accounting Standards Board as issued at 1 January 2024, with extensive cross-references and other annotations.
A Dictionary of Accounting
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This best-selling dictionary includes more than 3,800 entries covering all aspects of accounting, including financial accounting, financial reporting, management accounting, taxation, auditing, corporate finance, and accounting bodies and institutions. Its international coverage includesimportant terms from UK, US, Australia, India, and Asia-Pacific.Over 150 new entries have been added to this edition to reflect the very latest developments in the accounting profession, e.g. Accounting Coucil, European Financial Stability Mechanism, and General Anti-Abuse Rule. In addition, existing entries have been updated to cover the latest developments,most notably the Financial Reporting Standard Applicable in the UK and the Republic of Ireland, which sets out new rules in areas such as goodwill, hedge accounting, and fair value accounting. There is increased coverage of topics such as corporate governance, accounting ethics, accounting scandals,and major firms and professional bodies.With its authoritative and accessible definitions and its wide-ranging coverage, this dictionary is essential for students and professionals in accounting and finance. It is also an ideal source of reference for anyone seeking a clear guide to the often-confusing world of accountancy terms.
Dictionary of Accounting
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This comprehensive dictionary covers a wide range of topics related to accountancy, including personal finance, investments and company accounts. Ideal for students of accountancy, users without a background in accounting and those working in company accounts departments. 'Clear as day... This dictionary provides an extremely thorough guide to the terms we use in accounting... For students beginning the AAT qualification and people from a non-accounting background, this book will be extremely useful.' - Accounting Technician
Juta's Concise Dictionary of Accounting Terms
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This dictionary aims to aid anyone who communicates in business. Emphasis is on general-purpose definitions which should be useful to a wide range of readers. This edition also includes the terms in Afrikaans.
Dictionary of Accounting and Finance
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From Angel to zero-coupon, this cross-referenced dictionary aims to provide a reference source for the arcane, erudite and everyday language of the financial world. Apart from mainstream accounting and finance, the author has included the more frequently encountered terms for pensions, company law, taxation, insurance, investment and foreign exchange, where there is an increasing overlap between traditional boundaries. Recently coined buzz words and jargon from the City are covered and over 2500 terms are defined. This dictionary is suitable for first-year students of accounting following a professional, degree, HND or A-Level course as well as practising accountants and business people seeking to broaden their knowledge of accounting terminology.
A concept-based introduction to financial accounting
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Accounting literature refers to the procedural and conceptual approaches in the teaching of an introductory accounting course. This book integrates these two approaches by teaching students to understand the why, before considering the how of accounting. The pedagogical philosophy used here is referred to as the 'concepts model', hence the title. This impacts on both the order of teaching the topics as well as how various topics are taught. The effect of the concepts-based approach is particularly evident in the chapters that relate to the accounting process which give students a complete, conceptual understanding of the underlying transactions before applying the accounting equation and then only processing the transactions through bookkeeping entries. By this means, students are able to acquire a conceptual understanding of each topic before considering the procedural aspects. The seventh edition of A Concepts Based Introduction to Financial Accounting is up to date with the requirements of the 2018 as well as the current requirements of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This book is accompanied by Questions, Exercises and Problems in Financial Accounting: A Concepts-based Introduction by the same author
Questions, exercises and problems in financial accounting : a concepts-based introduction
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Financial Accounting
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The fifth edition of Financial Accounting: IFRSRG Principles is a concepts-based South African text that assumes a basic knowledge of financial accounting, and then helps readers understand and apply the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSRG Standards). It also references the IFRSfor SMEsRG Standard, which is applicable to small and medium-sized enterprises. The book has been updated to bring it in line with the 2018 Conceptual Framework. It has been revised to be more accessible, and now includes simpler, more concise explanations, conceptual diagrams and additional workedexamples.The pedagogy of the book supports the development of crucial strategies and sound financial reporting knowledge, providing an excellent balance between theory, practice and strategy. It is suitable for second and third-year courses in financial accounting on the Chartered Accountant orGeneral Accountant stream at universities as well as universities of technology
Fundamental Accounting
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Fundamental Accounting presents basic, yet essential knowledge required for first-year Financial Accounting courses at universities and universities of technology. This ninth edition builds on the excellent foundations of previous editions, to include: updated legislative compliance chapters aligned to the Companies Act 71 of 2008 and IFRS updates to chapters and the questions that are affected by the discontinuation of cheques. These changes especially impact Chapter 11, but will also see smaller amendments in the other foundational chapter leading to the main chapter on cash transactions; an updated chapter on the framework of accounting with exam-standard questions added, along with illustrative examples to guide your approach in answering questions. This books easy-to-understand presentation of complex accounting concepts and principles, its logical, conceptual approach and numerous working examples make the content accessible and the study of Accounting less intimidating. Excel with Fundamental Accounting - your first step to success and a solid foundation for further studies in Accounting.
Fundamentals of Cost and Management Accounting
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As we emerge from the covid-19 pandemic, we still endure economic after-effects, such as major supply-chain issues and high inflation. Thus we are reminded of how vital cost and management accounting principles are in navigating through such volatile and complex periods. This textbook provides a solid foundation for cost and management accounting in a dynamic world. Since the previous edition several developments have been made in the related fields of accounting and finance. The first significant development is the revised conceptual Framework for Financial Reporting (March 2018) by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), which is now in effect. As prescribed by the revised Conceptual Framework, the updated definitions of an asset and a liability were integrated into the textbook. The second development was the new 2019 Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) syllabus. Consideration was given to these changes, specifically to the P1 and P2 learning outcomes, and the new insights were incorporated into the textbook. The textbook includes additions such as theory of constraints and throughput accounting, target costing, life-cycle costing, and performance evaluation in the not-for-profit and public sectors. Historically, these more advanced concepts in management accounting were excluded but have since become standard concepts in any cost and management accounting course. The needs of the South African universities and emerging South African professionals have been considered as part of this edition. We hope that every cost and management accounting student finds the delivery of the principles and concepts in this textbook easy to grasp and useful in real-world scenarios.
Taxation : a transaction-based approach
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"Taxation: A Transaction-Based Approach presents a new and unique integrated approach to the law of taxation in South Africa. Thorough in depth and scope, the text offers a clear and concise discussion of the concepts, principles, application and ethics of the discipline. Presenting a coherent, systematic framework that encourages applied competence, this book supports readers to master the subject matter and to confidently develop integrated knowledge. Designed to support advanced problem-solving competence, this text offers a transaction-based approach. The text presents a clear conceptual framework that guides readers to establish the facts surrounding any domestic or cross-border transaction, and, with an enquiring approach, focusses on discovering all of the tax issues that might arise when any single transaction, or series of transactions, occurs. Taxation: A Transaction-Based Approach is suited as core course material for students of all disciplines, who are studying taxation at undergraduate or postgraduate level. In equal measure, this work is a valuable reference for legal, financial and accounting professionals whose discipline is applied to taxation."
Taxation of individuals simplified 2022
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“This book was written with the first year/first time income tax student in mind. It uses simple language and the unique aspects of the book are the flow charts used to visually explain some of the more complicated aspects of taxation, the inclusion of a glossary, and the reproductions of the actual forms that SARS requires. This makes for a very practical application of the theory being taught. It covers all the topics needed by a taxpayer who is required to fill in an IT12 tax return, which means that it will not only be valuable to the students, but also to the 'man on the street' who wishes to understand and learn more about his taxable income calculation. The benefit of working through the book is that taxpayers will know what is expected of them during the income tax assessment process and will be able to verify their income tax calculations. All examples and practical application questions in the book relate to the year of assessment from 1 March to 28 February (the year of assessment). Unless indicated otherwise, all dates fall into the aforementioned tax year.”--
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