For professional and trainee accountants, and accountancy students preparing for any financial-accounting examination, this text provides updated coverage of the Statements of Standard Accounting Practice and Financial Planning Standards. Free supplements are available from January 1998, incorporating any regulations and standards introduced since 30th June 1997. Real examination questions are provided, as well as extracts from the accounts of real companies such as Cadbury Schweppes, Chesterton International, ICA and Tesco.