ABSTRACT

This book investigates the issues raised by the vast array of accounting standards and technical rules which have marked the recent history of accounting. It is argued that the accounting profession is beset by an inferior and incomplete notion of quality in its work which emphasises compliance with processing rules, rather than the correspondence

chapter |12 pages

The issue addressed in the study

Professionalism, accounting rules and the function of accounting

chapter |22 pages

Introduction

Their nature, roles and responsibilities

chapter |3 pages

Box 2.1

chapter |3 pages

Box 2.2

chapter |29 pages

Introduction

The extent and origins of occupational authority

chapter |49 pages

Box 4.1

chapter |90 pages

Box 6.1

chapter |34 pages

Statutes