The economic life, customs and importance of 1794 Middletown, Delaware are interpreted from the accounting ledgers of a general store and a blacksmith shop.
A chronology of significant changes in Canadian auditing legislation, pronouncements and practices, from the late nineteenth century to the present, reveals the strong influence of English and American sources. The evolution of mandatory audits, of...
Books reviewed are: Committee on Commemoration of One Hundred Years of Modern Accounting, Japan Accounting Association, One Hundred Years of Modern Accounting Reviewed by Kiyomitsu Arai; F. R. M. De Paula, Developments in Accounting Reviewed by...
John C. Colt was the author of a successful bookkeeping text which had many school adoptions and at least 46 editions. During an argument with Samuel Adams, his publisher, over the cost of his 5th edition, Colt killed Adams with a hatchet....
Ashanti (Kingdom) -- Politics and government;Finance, public -- Ashanti (Kingdom)
Ashanti was an empire which flourished in the forest region of present-day Ghana in the 16th and 17th centuries. Ashanti was a monarchy with a bureaucracy financed through taxes. The system of tax collection was one of apportionment among the...
Financial statements -- Canada -- History;Business law -- Canada -- History;Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants
A chronology of significant events in the development of corporate financial reporting standards and practices is presented. The introductory comments to the various sections direct attention to some of the main patterns and trends in that...