Wiley GAAP for Governments 2013: Interpretation and Application of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles for State and Local Governments

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Warren Ruppel, CPA, is a Partner at Marks Paneth & Shron LLP, New York, in the firm’s Nonprofit and Government Services Group and also is a leader in its Professional Practices Group. He formerly was the assistant comptroller for accounting of The City of New York, where he was responsible for all aspects of the City’s accounting and financial reporting. He has over thirty years of experience in governmental and not-for-profit accounting and financial reporting. He began his career at KPMG after graduating from St. John’s University, New York. His involvement with governmental accounting and auditing began with his first audit assignment—the second audit ever performed of the financial statements of The City of New York. From that time he served many governmental and commercial clients until he joined Deloitte & Touche in 1989 to specialize in audits of governments and not-for-profit organizations. Mr. Ruppel has also served as the chief financial officer of an international not-for-profit organization.

Mr. Ruppel has served as an instructor for many training courses, including specialized governmental and not-for-profit programs and seminars. He has also been an adjunct lecturer of accounting at the Bernard M. Baruch College of the City University of New York. He is the author of five other books, OMB Circular A-133 Audits, Not-for-Profit Organization Audits, Not-for-Profit Accounting Made Easy, Government Accounting Made Easy, and Not-for-Profit Audit Committee ...