ABSTRACT
Items marked CA with roman unmeral included in Chambers on Accounting, in volume indicated.
1960 |
Report to the Chairman, NSW Public Accountants Registration Board, on investigation (1959) of steps taken in England and the United States to ensure adequate disclosure of financial information in published company reports, March, 5pp |
1961 |
Comments on draft recommendations of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, prepared at the request of the Institute, 1961, 26pp |
Chambers (convenor) with L Goldberg and R L Mathews, Report of the Advisory Panel to the Committee of Review on educational standards and examinations of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, April, 60pp mimeograph |
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1962 |
Comments on research studies for Accounting Research Division, AICPA, New York, August – September: Perry Mason, “Cash flow analysis and the funds statement”, 6pp; “The price level study”, 16pp A Wyatt, “Accounting for business combinations”, 15pp; “Accounting for nonprofit organizations”, 9pp |
1963 |
“Higher education for management”, opinion on a draft report for the Martin Committee on tertiary education, 12pp |
1964 |
Chambers (convenor) with L Goldberg and R L Mathews, (Second) Report of the Advisory Panel to the Committee of Review on educational standards and examinations of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia, October, 20pp |
1966 |
“Suggested amendments to the Companies Act”, submission to NSW Registrar of Companies, January 19, 16pp |
Notes on Accounting Research Study No. 6 and the Price level opinion, to Director of the Accounting Research Division, AICPA, New York, August, 10pp with tables (this and next item written in AICPA Research Division) |
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“Concepts and principles”, draft notes as suggestion for proposed statement by the Accounting Principles Board of AICPA, September, 40pp |
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1967 |
Submission to the Chairman of the Accounting and Auditing Research Committee of the (Australian) Accounting Research Foundation, critical of a proposed questionnaire on the function of published financial statements, September, 5pp |
“Suggested amendments to the Companies Act”, submission to the (Commonwealth) Company Law Advisory Committee, October 27, 34pp |
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1968 |
“Horizons for a Profession – some jottings”, notes on Roy and McNeill’s book of that title, prompted by W Bruschi, Director of Examinations, AICPA, on the occasion of his visit, August, 11pp |
1969 |
“Limited professional liability”, a note of March 6 on limited liability proposals, to Divisional Council, ASA, per C M Orr |
1970 |
Report to the Chairman of the NSW Public Accountants Registration Board on the style and substance of examinations of the ASA under new oversight arrangements, November 16, 10pp |
1971 |
“Some aspects of an efficient securities market”, submission to Select Committee on Securities and Exchange, Australian Senate, April, 33pp |
“The objectives of accounting”, submission to Accounting Objectives Study Group of AICPA, December, 11pp |
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“Inflation and accounts”, critique of the English Institutes’ price-level adjusted accounting proposals, submitted to Technical Officer of The Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, December, 12pp |
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1973 |
Comment on exposure draft, “The concept of materiality”, submitted to The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Australian Society of Accountants, January, 5pp |
Comment on exposure draft, “Accounting for the extractive industries”, submitted to The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and Australian Society of Accountants, March, 5pp |
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Comment on exposure draft, “The use of the equity method in accounting for investments in subsidiaries and associated companies”, submitted to Australian Joint Accounting Standards Committee, November (also listed under 9 – ARTICLES) |
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Comment on exposure draft, “Translation of amounts in foreign currencies”, submitted to Australian Joint Accounting Standards Committee, December 28, 6pp |
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1974 |
Memorandum on Statement DS5, “Depreciation of non-current assets”, submitted to Executive Director, Australian Society of Accountants, January 15, 7pp |
Memorandum to Australian Attorney General’s Department on proposed changes to Ninth Schedule of Companies Act, March 29, 3pp |
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Submission to the UK Government Committee of Inquiry into Inflation and Company Accounts, April 23, 31pp and 7 appendices |
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“Research activities of the Society”, working paper submitted to General Council of the ASA, May, 15pp |
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Notes on “Commentary on the Statements of international accounting standards”, submitted to IASC Sub-Committee, Melbourne, July 5, 3pp |
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Notes on IASC Exposure Draft No. 1, “Disclosure of accounting policies”, submitted to IASC Sub-Committee, Melbourne, July 8, 7pp |
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Response to US Financial Accounting Standards Board Discussion Memorandum on the objectives of financial statements, September, 15pp |
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1975 |
Memorandum for Australian Prices Justification Tribunal, “Accounting for the effects of inflation”, March 7, 6pp |
Submission and Supplementary Memorandum to Australian Government Committee of Inquiry into inflation and taxation (Mathews Committee), March 14, 1 lpp; April 3, 8pp |
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Submission on accounting for inflation to Australian Government Committee to advise on policies for manufacturing industry, March 24, 13pp |
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1976 |
Submission to the Education and Membership Committees, Australian Society of Accountants, “Admission and Advancement Qualifications”, January, 15pp |
“Accounting for changing prices”, presentation to hearings of a Review Committee set up by the Australian Accounting Standards Committee, on methods of inflation accounting, March (the text, with appendices, is given in CAv, 269–287) |
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Open letter to the Chairman of the Australian Accounting Standards Committee (on fair judgment as between inflation accounting proposals), June, 7pp + appendices; copies to members of the Executives of the ASA and the ICAA and the Australian Accounting Standards Committee |
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1977 |
Submission to Australian Society of Accountants (and later to the Integration Committee of the Society and The Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia) on “An Institute of Specialist Accounting Colleges”, (a development of the submission of January 1976, see above), 15pp |
Submission to Inflation Accounting Steering Group (UK) on Exposure Draft No. 18, “Current cost accounting”, May, 9pp |
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Submission to Joint Standing Committee of Australian Professional Bodies, “The progress of CCA”, May, 9pp |
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Submissions to US Financial Accounting Standards Board on “Tentative conclusions on objectives of financial statements of business enterprises” and on memorandum “Conceptual framework for financial accounting and reporting…”, June, 22pp + 2 appendices |
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Submission to Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on Discussion Paper “Current value accounting” of the Accounting Research Committee of the Institute, June, 15pp |
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1978 |
Response to invitation of the Education Review Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia to comment on professional education for and professional qualification in accounting (with M C Wells), January, 3pp |
“Some Comments on Budgeting and Planning for Development in Developing Countries”, submission to Economic and Social Affairs Secretariat, United Nations, New York, January, 4pp |
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Proposal and proposed constitution of an International Association for the Advancement of Accounting Education, addressed to Louis Perridon (France), Seigo Nakajima (Japan), Adolf Enthoven, Maurice Moonitz, Gerry Mueller, David Solomons (USA), 5pp |
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Submission to Australian Accounting Research Foundation on exposure draft (July 1978) on gains and losses on holding monetary resources, December, 10pp |
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1979 |
Submission to Australian Financial System Inquiry (Australian Government; the Campbell Inquiry), March, 12pp |
Submission to Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on Accounting Research Committee paper, “Financial reporting and changing prices”, May, 10pp |
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Comment on US Financial Accounting Standards Board exposure draft (December 1978) on “Financial accounting and changing prices”, June, 9pp |
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Comment on exposure draft (September 1979) of Australian Accounting Research Foundation on asset revaluations, September, 4pp |
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“Suggested amendments to the accounts and audit provisions, including the Fourteenth (accounts) Schedule, of the Companies Act of Sri Lanka”, submitted to the Registrar of Companies, Sri Lanka, November, 34pp |
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1980 |
Submission to the Research Manager, Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants on an exposure draft on current cost accounting, February, 4pp |
1982 |
Submission to National Companies and Securities Commission on a proposal to establish an Accounting Standards Review Board, March, 8pp; CAii, 377 |
Submission to Accounting Standards Board of Australian Accounting Research Foundation, on “objectives” of accounting, June, 3pp plus “The functions of published financial statements” (1976) |
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1985 |
“A true and fair view…”, submission to National Companies and Securities Commission, February, 6pp |
1991 |
Submission to Research Committee of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland on “Making Company Reports Valuable – Melody plc”, March, 9pp |
1994 |
Letter to President, ASCPA, on professional aspirations and performance (no response) |