L.N. Dantzler Company;Dantzler (L.N.) Company;Ten Mile Lumber Company;Native Lumber Company;Taxation -- United States -- Law and Legislation;Financial statements -- History
The purpose of this paper is to examine the financial accounting records of a Mississippi timber company and its subsidiaries in light of the dynamic tax environment of the period 1905 to 1925. The financial accounting records and correspondence...
Hammurabi, King of Babylonia;Code of Hammurabi;Commercial Law -- Babylonia
From sections of the Code of Hammurabi, it appears that records on clay tablets, corresponding to our modern business papers, were required by law in most important transactions.
Municipal finance -- Accounting -- History;Nau, Carl Henry, 1867- -- Portraits;Portraits -- Nau, Carl Henry, 1867-
Despite the fact that municipal accounting was a significant and permanent reform of the Progressive era, historians have failed to accord accountants proper credit for their leadership roles. Ohio was an important Progressive state and is...
Sweeney, Henry W. (Henry Whitcomb), b. 1898-;Schmalenbach, E. (Eugen), 1873-1955;Mahlberg, Walter;Accounting -- Effect of inflation on
In his book Stabilized Accounting of 1936, Henry Sweeney differentiated his indexation model for accounting for inflation from the French and German inflation-accounting models of the 1920s by describing the European methods as "usually quite...
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Income tax -- United States -- Accounting;Corporations -- United States -- Taxation
In this paper, the authoritative literature is reviewed chronologically to trace the development of interperiod tax allocation from its inception in the early 1940s to late 1985. The study reveals an evolution from acceptance of either the...
Northern Steamship Company;Depreciation allowances -- History
In 1889 a New Zealand company had to write down its paid-up capital by 27 percent, because, the Chairman stated, previous management had failed to allow for depreciation as an expense. An investigation was conducted to see if this capital reduction...
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Interest -- Accounting;Interest -- Germany -- History
Debate still continues in the United States of America over the inclusion of interest as an element of cost. The practice was accepted as early as 1558 in Germany, and has been integrated into accounting theory by Schmalenbach in this century.
Financial statements -- Brazil;Accounting -- Effect of inflation on;Inflation (Finance) -- Brazil
Accounting for inflation is one of the more controversial topics in financial reporting. This paper traces the evolution of the system of inflation accounting used in one of the most highly inflationary economies in the world—Brazil. The history...
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Finance, public -- Georgia -- History;Verelst, Harman;Colonial administrators -- Accounting
Stewardship reporting was an important tool in the establishment and development of the American Colonies. In 1732 the King of England created the Colony of Georgia as a haven for England's "worthy poor." A corporate trust was established to...
Sarjeant, Thomas. An Introduction to the Counting House;Accounting -- United States -- History
In 1789, seven years before the text developed by "pioneer American [accounting] author" William Mitchell appeared, Thomas Sarjeant of Philadelphia published An Introduction to the Counting House. It was a concise and able expression of a long...
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Dissertations abstracted are: Medieval Records of Ombersley Manor (Rentals and Court Rolls, 1300-1500) by Gabriele Pietro Scardellato; Gods, Godsagare Och Landbor 1450-1520: Studier i de senmedel-tida fralsegodsens funktion (Estates, Estate Holders...
