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The history of accounting or accountancy can be traced to ancient civilizations. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] The early development of accounting dates to ancient Mesopotamia , and is closely related to developments in writing , counting and money [ 1 ] [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and early auditing systems by the ancient Egyptians and Babylonians . [ 2 ]
Richard G.J. Vangermeersch (born 1940) is an American economist, and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the University of Rhode Island, particularly known for his History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia, edited with Michael Chatfield. [1] [2]
The Association's centennial volume, Years of Transition: The American Accounting Association 1991-2016, is a "contextualized history of the AAA, with close attention paid to the AAA’s interactions with its institutional, economic, educational, technical, professional, regulatory, and social environment."
With the accountancy and industry growing in the world, the need of looking for services from professional accountants who had higher standards and were recognized had been considered. In 1887, the American Association of Public Accountants was created to set moral standards for the practice of accounting. [6]
AICPA and its predecessors date back to 1887, when the American Association of Public Accountants (AAPA) was formed. [4] [5] The Association went through several name changes over the years: the Institute of Public Accountants (1916), the American Institute of Accountants (1917), and the American Society of Public Accountants (1921), which merged into the American Institute of Accountants in ...
In 1916, Paton co-founded the American Accounting Association, and served as its president from 1922 to 1923. He was founding editor-in-chief of its The Accounting Review from 1926 to 1929. In 1940, he and A. C. Littleton edited for the American Accounting Association the publication of An Introduction to Corporate Accounting Standards.
South Carolina has had a long history of accounting issues. The Treasure's Office was created when the state's first constitution was written in 1776. Back then, the General Assembly selected the ...
Michael Chatfield (1930s-2004 [1]) was an American economist, accounting historian, and Emeritus Professor of Accounting at the Southern Oregon University, known for his work on the history of accounting and accounting thought, [2] and particularly for his History of Accounting: An International Encyclopedia, edited with Richard Vangermeersch.