The history of accounting or accountancy can be traced to ancient civilizations. The early development of accounting dates to ancient Mesopotamia, and...

Accounting History is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers the history of accounting. The journal's editors-in-chief are Carolyn Fowler...

several fields including financial accounting, management accounting, tax accounting and cost accounting. Financial accounting focuses on the reporting of an...

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP or U.S. GAAP or GAAP (USA), pronounced like "gap") is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities...

In management accounting or managerial accounting, managers use accounting information in decision-making and to assist in the management and performance...

double-entry accounting, is a method of bookkeeping that relies on a two-sided accounting entry to maintain financial information. Every entry to an account requires...

Hollywood accounting (also known as Hollywood bookkeeping) is the opaque or creative set of accounting methods used by the film, video, television and...

guidance on accounting for the amortization of intangible assets is contained in IAS 38. Under United States generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)...

Accounting History Review is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal covering the history of accounting published by Routledge. It was formerly known...

Financial accounting is a branch of accounting concerned with the summary, analysis and reporting of financial transactions related to a business. This...

following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to accounting: Accounting – measurement, statement or provision of assurance about financial...

whether to debit or credit a specific account, we use either the accounting equation approach (based on five accounting rules), or the classical approach...

between 1888 and 1889. He died in 1898. Parker, R. H. (1984). Papers on Accounting History. Garland Publishing. p. 140. ISBN 9781317964018. Retrieved 31 October...

significant judgments and accounting estimates are involved. Turnover in accounting personnel or other deficiencies in accounting and information processes...

Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Price died in 1887. Accounting for Success: a History of Price Waterhouse in America 1890-1990. Harvard Business...

Cost accounting provides the detailed cost information that management needs to control current operations and plan for the future. Cost accounting information...

In accounting, a basis of accounting is a method used to define, recognise, and report financial transactions. The two primary bases of accounting are...

supersedes Google Search history and Google Web History — enables users to see and delete data tracked by Google through the Google account. The tool shows which...

Creative accounting is a euphemism referring to accounting practices that may follow the letter of the rules of standard accounting practices, but deviate...

the choice between two accounting methods to record a business combination: purchase accounting or pooling-of-interests accounting. Pooling-of-interests...

FIFO and LIFO accounting are methods used in managing inventory and financial matters involving the amount of money a company has to have tied up within...

The Academy of Accounting Historians, established in 1973, is a non-profit organization of scholars of accounting history. The organization was formed...

holds the position of Professor of Accounting at the University of Sheffield, and is Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Essex. Sikka...

within an agreed time frame. Accounts receivable is shown in a balance sheet as an asset. It is one of a series of accounting transactions dealing with the...

Accounting Standards Board (FASB) is a private standard-setting body whose primary purpose is to establish and improve Generally Accepted Accounting Principles...

Accounting Standard (abbreviated as Ind_AS) is the accounting standard adopted by companies in India and issued under the supervision of Accounting Standards...

the UK during the First World War." Accounting History Review 24#2–3 (2014): 83–101. A. J. P. Taylor, English History 1914–1945 (1965) pp 40 – 41. M. J...

measure and unit of account are sometimes treated as synonyms in financial accounting and economics. Unit of measure in financial accounting refers to the monetary...

Forensic accounting, forensic accountancy or financial forensics is the specialty practice area of accounting that investigates whether firms engage in...

obligation. The accounting equation relates assets, liabilities, and owner's equity: Assets = Liabilities + Owner's Equity The accounting equation is the...