KASNEB

RECOMMENDED READING LIST FOR THE CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS (CPA)

EXAMINATION
CPA PART I

SECTION 1
PAPER NO. 1 FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

1.

TITLE
Business Accounting
Volume I

2.

A Textbook
Accounting

3.

of

AUTHOR(S)
Frank Wood

PUBLISHER

EDITION
Latest edition

Financial Daniel W. Kimuda

Latest edition

Advanced Accounting:
Theory and Practice

David Wangombe

Latest edition

4.

Advanced Accountancy
Volume I

S.J. Jain and K.L.

Narang

First edition

5.

Basic Accounting

N. D. Nzomo

6.

Accounting
Practice

Theory

U.O.N Press

and M.W.E. Glautier

B. Underdown

Latest edition

Seventh
edition

PAPER NO. 2 INTRODUCTION TO LAW

1.

TITLE
The Law of Kenya

AUTHOR(S)
Tudor Jackson

PUBLISHER

2.

Business Law

Marsh and Soulsby

3.

Business Law

John J. Ogolla

4.

General Principles and

Commercial Law of Kenya

Ashiq Hussein

EDITION
Latest edition
Eighth
edition

Focus Books

Latest edition
Latest edition

5.

Business Law

Keith Abbott, Norman

Pendlebury and Kevin
Wardman

Eighth
edition

PAPER NO.3 ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND COMMUNICATION

AUTHOR(S)
Asha Koul

PUBLISHER

1.

TITLE
Effective Business
Communication

EDITION
Latest edition

2.

Entrepreneurship

McGraw Hill

Seventh
edition

3.

Communication Skills

Robert D. Hisrich
Michael P. Peters
Dean A. Shepherd
John W. Davis

4.

Essentials of
Entrepreneurship and Small
Business Management
Communication Skills

Thomas Zimmerer
Norman M. Scarborough
Leena Sein

Prentice Hall

Shirley Taylor

Pearson

Laura P. Hartman

Pearson

8.

Communication For
Business: A Practical
Approach
Business Ethics: Concepts
and Cases
Entrepreneurship

Birley S.
D. Muzyka

Latest edition

9.

Business English

N. A. Saleemi

Latest edition

5.
6.

7.

Latest edition
Seventh
edition
Second
edition
Fourth
edition
Sixth edition

SECTION 2
PAPER NO. 4 ECONOMICS
TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

PUBLISHER

EDITION

1.

Modern Economic Theory

K.K. Dewett

2.

Modern Economics

Robert Mudida

Focus Publications
Ltd

Latest edition

3.

Economics - A Students
Guide

Cormack, Brwerster,
Beardshaw and Ross

Pearson education

Fifth edition

4.

Economics

Lipsey and Chrystal

Oxford University
Press

Tenth edition

Latest edition

PAPER NO. 5 COST ACCOUNTING

1.

2.
3.
4.
5.

TITLE
Cost Accounting

Cost and Management

Accounting
Cost Accounting Made
Easy
A Text Book of Costing
Principles
Management and Cost
Accounting

AUTHOR(S)
Charles T. Horngren
Srikant M. Datar
George Foster
Madhar Rajan
Christopher Littner
W. M. Harper

PUBLISHER

EDITION
Thirteenth
edition

F. T. Pitman
Publishing
E.A. Educational
Publishers

Latest edition

Norman Spencer

Heinemann Kenya

Latest edition

Colin Drury

Chapman & Hall

Sixth edition

Ashiq Hussain

Latest edition

PAPER NO. 6 AUDITING AND ASSURANCE

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

PUBLISHER

EDITION

1.

Auditing I (Principles and

Concepts)

N.T.T. Simiyu

Profesco Business
Trainers

Latest edition

2.

Fundamentals of Practical
Auditing

Ravinder Kumar,
Virender Sharama

Prentice Hall

Latest edition

Auditing

Millichamp

Sixth edition

CPA PART II
SECTION 3
PAPER NO. 7 MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS
TITLE
Management Information
Systems

AUTHOR(S)
Laudon and Laudon

2.

Management Information
Systems

T. Lucey

3.

Management Information
Systems

Vladimir Zwass

Wm C. Brown
Publishers

Latest edition

4.

Systems Analysis and

Design

Shelly, Cashman,
Resenblatt

Thomson Course
Technology

Fifth edition

1.

PUBLISHER

EDITION
Tenth edition
Ninth edition

5.

Management Systems

Pitman

Latest edition

PUBLISHER

EDITION

PAPER NO.8 FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

TITLE

AUTHOR

Financial Management:
Theory and Practice
Fundamentals of Financial
Management
Fundamentals of Financial
Management
Principles of Managerial
Finance
Business Finance
Theory and Practice
A Text Book of Business
Finance

Eugene F. Brigham
Michael C. Ehrhardt
Brigham and Houston

Latest edition
Tenth edition

Van Horne
M. Wachowicz
Lawrence Gitman

Thomas Wileys

Tenth edition

Pearson

Tenth edition

Eddie Mc Laney

Prentice Hall

Sixth edition

Ashiq Hussein

E.A. Educational
Publishers

Second
edition

PUBLISHER

S.N. Maheshwari

EDITION
Second
edition
Ninth edition

Paul Gee

Latest edition

PAPER NO. 9 FINANCIAL REPORTING

1.
2.
3.

4.

5.
6.

TITLE
Corporate Financial
Accounting and Reporting
Advanced Accountancy
II
Spicer and Peglers
Book-keeping and
Accounts
Advanced Accounts
Volume II
Advanced Accounting
Theory and Practice
Modern Advanced
Accounting

SECTION 4
PAPER NO.10 TAXATION
1.
Principles, Concepts of
Taxation in Kenya
2.
Taxation in KenyaPrinciples and Practice
3.

VAT Law and Practice in

Kenya

AUTHOR(S)
Tim Sutton

M. C. Shukla
T. S. Grewal
S. C. Gupta
David K. Wangombe
E. John Larsen

Samuel G. Kirika

S. Chand and Co.

Latest edition

Focus Publications
Limited
McGraw Hill

Latest edition

Connectour
Publishers

Third edition

Ninth edition

Nicholas T. T. Simiyu

Fifth edition

Gupta S. K.

Latest edition

4.

Income Tax Law and

Practice

Osambo A.T. (Dr)

Bluechip Copy
Services

2009

TITLE

AUTHOR

PUBLISHER

EDITION

1.

Company Law

John J. Ogolla

2.

Company Law

3.

Topham and Ivamys

Company Law
Company Law
A Text Book of Company
Law in Kenya

Derek French
Stephen Mayson
Christopher Ryan
E.R Hardy Ivamy

PAPER NO. 11 COMPANY LAW

4.
5.

Second
edition
Twenty fifth
edition

Brenda Hannigan
Ashiq Hussain

Butterworths

Latest edition

Lexis Nexis Uk
E.A. Educational
Publishers

Latest edition
Sixth edition

PUBLISHER

EDITION

PAPER NO. 12 QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

1.

2.

3.
4.

5.
6.
7.
8.

TITLE

AUTHOR

Quantitative Methods for

Business Management
and Finance
Quantitative Analysis for
Management

Louis Swift
Sally Piff

Quantitative Techniques
for Managerial Decisions
Applied Mathematics for
Business Economics and
Social Services
Quantitative Techniques
Quantitative Techniques in
Management
Quantitative Methods for
Business and Economics
Essential Business
Statistics

Second
edition

Barry Rendor
Ralph M. Stair
Michael E. Hanna
Khanna R. B. Khanna

Prentice Hall

Tenth edition

McGraw Hill

Fourth edition

P. Henry

Latest edition

T. Lucey

Book Power

Sixth edition

N. D. Vohra

McGraw Hill

Third edition

Adil H. Mouhammed

Prentice Hall

Latest edition

Joan Smailes and

Angela McGrane

Prentice Hall

Latest edition

CPA PART III

SECTION 5
PAPER NO.13 PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF MANAGEMENT
TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

PUBLISHER
5

EDITION

1.

Management: Concepts
and Practices
Management

Tim Hannagan
Stephen P.
Robbins
Mary Coulter

Prentice Hall

Sixth edition

3.

Management (Principles
and Practices)

Saleemi
Publishers

Third edition

4.

Management A global
perspective
Introduction to
Management Principles
and Processes

N. A. Saleemi
and J. B.
Bogonko
Heinz Weihrich
Harold Koontz
David Schwatz

McGraw Hill

Latest edition

H.B.J. Media
Systems

Latest edition

PUBLISHER

EDITION

2.

5.

Fifth edition

PAPER NO. 14 MANAGEMENT ACCOUNTING

1.
2.

3.

5.
6.

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

Management
Accounting
Management
Accounting

Hasen and Mowen

Eighth edition

Robert S. Kaplan
Anthony A. Atkinson
S. Mark Young
Ella Mae Matsumuna
Colin Drury

Fifth edition

Management
Accounting for
Business Decisions
Management
Accounting
Management and
Cost Accounting
(Students Manual)

Second edition

T. Lucey

Book Power

Fifth edition

Colin Drury

Thompson

Sixth edition

PAPER N0.15 ADVANCED FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

1.
2.

3.

4.

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

PUBLISHER

EDITION

Financial
Management
Financial
Management and
Policy

I.M.Pandey

Vikas Publishing
House
Prentice Hall

Ninth edition

Corporate Finance
and Investment
(Decisions and
Strategies)
Fundamentals of
Corporate Finance

Richard Pike
Bill Neale

Prentice Hall

Second edition

Richard A. Brealey
Stewart C. Myers
Allan J. Marcus

McGraw Hill
Irwin

Third edition

James C. Van Horne

Twelfth edition

5.

6.

Fundamentals of
Financial
Management
Principles of
Managerial Finance

James van Home,

John Wachswicz

Prentice Hall

Eleventh edition

Lawrence J.Gitman

Pearson
Education

Latest edition

PUBLISHER

EDITION

SECTION 6
PAPER NO.16 ADVANCED TAXATION

1.
2.

3.

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

Taxation II
Simplified
Wills Administration
and Taxation Law
and Practice
Principles, Concepts
of Taxation in Kenya

N. A. Saleemi
J. Bogonko
John Barlowed
Lesley King
Anthony King
Samuel G. Kirika

Latest edition
Ninth edition

Connectour
Publishers

Latest edition

PAPER NO.17 ADVANCED AUDITING AND ASSURANCE

1.
2.

3.

TITLE

AUTHOR(S)

Auditing and
Assurance Services
Auditing, Assurance
and Related
Services Shifting
Paradigm
Handbook of
International
Auditing, Assurance
and Ethics
Pronouncements

Alvin A. Arens
Randal J. Elder
Samuel Wamae

PUBLISHER

EDITION
Twelfth edition
Latest edition

IFAC

PAPER NO. 18 ADVANCED FINANCIAL REPORTING

TITLE
AUTHOR(S)
PUBLISHER

EDITION

1.

S. P. Jain
K.L Narang

First edition

Barry Elliott
Jamie Elliot

Second edition

2.

3.

4.

Advanced
Accountancy
Volume II
Financial
Accounting,
Reporting and
Analysis
Professional
Conduct and EthicsThe case of
Accounting and
Reporting
Advanced
Accounting Theory
and Practice

Nzele Nzomo

University of
Nairobi Press

First edition

David K. Wangombe

Focus
Publications
Limited

Latest edition

5.

Advanced Financial
Accounting

N. D. Nzomo

6.

International
Financial Reporting
Standards

7.

Professional
Conduct and EthicsCase of Accounts

International
Accounting
Standards Board
(IASB)
Lawrence J.Gitman

Kenya Literature
Bureau

Latest edition

Pearson
Education

Tenth edition

Other Reading and reference material

1. Journals of Finance and Accountancy
2. CPA Revision Guides published by Strathmore University
3. The internet
4. Relevant editions of the KASNEB Newsline
5. Other relevant textbooks