An issue in the measurement of earnings is: Should the determination of financial position-that is, the measurement of assets and liabilities-determine income? That can be called a balance sheet or asset and liability perspective. Or should the...
The historical review of the evolution of accounting principles for foreign currency translation reveals that current practice is based on principles which have been developed during periods characterized by (1) wars and political instability, (2)...
Books reviewed are: Ellis Mast Sowell, The Evolution of the Theories and Techniques of Standard Costs Reviewed by Kenneth S. Most; James Ole Winjum, The Role of Accounting in the Economic Development of England: 1500-1750 Reviewed by Marc J....
Human Capital -- Accounting;Human Resources -- Accounting
Recent years have witnessed the emergence of numerous treatises on the relative merits of human resource accounting. While the unprecedented pervasiveness of human resource literature suggests that the topic is new to our era, the debate itself is...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Auditors' reports --Standards -- United States;Auditors -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- United States;
This Statement prescribes the nature and extent of the consideration an independent auditor should give to the possibility of illegal acts by a client in an audit of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. The...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Administrative agencies -- United States -- Auditing;Auditing, Internal -- United States;Finance, Public -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States;
This Statement establishes standards for testing and reporting on compliance with laws and regulations in engagements, as defined below, under generally accepted auditing standards (GAAS); Government Auditing Standards; the Single Audit Act of 1984...
Auditing -- Standards -- United States;Administrative agencies -- United States -- Auditing;Auditing, Internal -- United States;Finance, Public -- Auditing -- Standards -- United States;
This statement establishes standards with respect to testing and reporting on compliance with laws and regulations in engagements, as defined below, under generally accepted auditing standards, Government Auditing Standards, and the Single Audit...
United States. Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981; United States. Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982; Taxation -- Law and legislation -- United States;