Accounting -- Examinations, Questions, etc. -- History;Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales -- History
Abstract: This study considers the final examinations of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, from 1882-1981. Discussion of the likely purposes of the examinations, and of possible ways of assessing their efficiency, is...
Schwarz, Matth?, 1497-1574?;Account books -- History;Bookkeeping -- History
In 1518, when nothing but Paciolo's "Summa" had been printed in the world of bookkeeping, Matth? Schwarz, who was a bookkeeper of the Fuggers, wrote a manuscript on bookkeeping known as "Threefold Bookkeeping." This manuscript showed an...
Generally accepted accounting principles require the exclusion of permanent property and the non-recognition of depreciation in most governmental funds. Although this issue was settled in the early 1930s fervent debate continued as to the merits of...
Inventories -- History;Taxation -- United States -- History
The history of LIFO illustrates the interplay of taxes and the general acceptance of accounting principles. In this paper, the gradual acceptance of LIFO in the United States is traced. The study focuses on both the theoretical evolution of LIFO...
Dissertations abstracted are: The Formation of Fiscal Policy in the Reign of Louis XIV: The Example of Nicolas Desmaretz, Controller General of Finances by Gary Bruce McCollim; The Cincinnati Branch of the Second Bank of the United States and Its...
Paper -- Preservation;Periodicals -- Conservation and restoration
Many accounting documents and journals disintegrate every year due to the acidic quality of paper used in them. Using the laboratory of the Office of Preservation of the Library of Congress, certain accounting journals were analyzed for their...
May, George Oliver, 1875-1961;Paton, William Andrew, 1889-1991
The paper presents a synopsis of the principles and theoretical dispositions of May and Paton on selected areas of accounting; in particular, income determination and valuation.
Accounting -- Study and teaching;Accounting -- History
A feature of the history of accounting thought is the existence of contending theories of accounts in continental Europe. Four schools of accounting thought developed and are here briefly examined.
DR Scott was an economist, historian, philosopher, and accountant. Most of all he was a scholar who merged some of the most up-to-date ideas of the 1920s into his book The Cultural Significance of Accounts. He concluded that our culture was in a...
Discounted cash flow;Valuation;Shelton Iron and Steel Company;Shelton Collieries and Ironworks;Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company
In 1889 the Shelton Iron, Steel and Coal Company Limited was incorporated to take over the assets and business activities of two existing companies. To guide the contracting parties in negotiating a price to be paid for the properties belonging to...
The paper investigates the Bonsignori accounts that are in the archives of the University of Kansas, Spencer Research Library. The file contains 133 documents and bound books relating to the affairs of the Filippo Bonsignori family between 1455 and...
Dissertations abstracted are: Money and Clientship in the Ancient Irish Laws by Marilyn Eleanor Gerriets; The Use of Accounting Records of the Harden General Store 1860-1900 to Study Price Fluctuations, Barter and Changes in Consumption by Bobby...
Books reviewed are: Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Editor, Managerial Innovation at General Motors Reviewed by Daniel A. Wren; Alfred D. Chandler, Jr., Editor, Pioneers in Modern Factory Management Reviewed by Michael F. Pohlen; Nicholas Dopuch and...
The development of auditing standards in Australia occurred in three phases. The primary professional initiatives have come from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia. The first phase was marked by F. E. Trigg's presentation to the...
Goodwill (Commerce) -- Accounting -- Standards -- United States
The paper traces the development of the current valuation concept of goodwill from 1900 to 1970, when the present position was articulated. The paper suggests that there may be alternative bases for goodwill valuation and concludes that additional...
Accounting -- New Zealand -- Study and teaching;Accounting -- New Zealand -- History
University teaching of accountancy in New Zealand is probably unique in that it has developed hand in hand with the educational requirements of the profession. Although this close relationship did much to stimulate accounting education in the early...
Turkey -- History -- Ottoman Empire, 1288-1918;Endowments -- Accounting;Charitable uses, trusts, and foundations -- Accounting;Waqf -- History
The objective of this paper is to analyze Ottoman waqfs (foundations) to determine the internal control principles followed. In order to achieve this task, extensive references have been made to an actual waqf deed, The Waqfiyah of Ahmed Pasa. The...
Dissertations abstracted are: A Technical and Business Revolution: American Woolens to 1832 by Elizabeth Hitz; The Financial Panic of 1857: Two Monetary Approaches to the Economic History of the United States, 1842-59 by Edmundo Olvera Acosta; An...