Accountancy 1987 - Abstracts

Accountancy 1987
TitleSubjectAuthors
A better appreciation of depreciation. (accounting issues)BusinessPaul Ebling
A branch of the Christmas industry. (profile of Jack Mansfield, financial director of Porth Decorative Products)Business 
A brisk business in company formation.BusinessPatrick Gallagher
Accounting and software standards for fixed assets.BusinessMartin Hakes
Accounting for stud farms.BusinessRobert Bates
Accounting U.S. style: how not to do it? (pension plan cost accounting) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessJohn Shuttleworth, Bill Nick
Administrators can play positive role. (bankruptcy administrators in Britain)BusinessNigel McEwen
A dose of Japanese medicine. (applying Japanese management theories to British manufacturing firms)BusinessJohn Nicholls
A la carte advertising. (low-cost media buying shops)BusinessDavid Haigh
A matter of balance sheet presentation. (a new accounting standard for inventories and work in progress for Britain)BusinessPhilip Pawson
An action plan. (small business policy of the European Community)Business 
An asset that shouldn't be written off. (accounting for research and development)BusinessRoger Munson
A new scenario for purchase and payables software.BusinessChris Quarmby
A pat on the back but time for a change? (International Accounting Standards Committee)BusinessBrian Rutherford
A personal prediction for the U.K. economy.BusinessAlan Budd
A practical guide to a FIMBRA audit. (Financial Intermediaries', Managers' and Brokers' Regulatory Association)BusinessAndy Raynor, Ron Moncrieff
Are we really exploiting IT? (accountants and information technology)BusinessRoland Fox
Arrangements for partners. (pension plan arrangements) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessJon Spain
ASC moves towards a standard. (Accounting Standards Committee's standard for off-balance sheet finance)Business 
A shot in the arm for pensions advisers?BusinessGeoffrey Bernstein
Asset finance: a real choice. (finance for the growing business)BusinessNigel Reynolds
Auditing guideline 416: applicability to the public sector of auditing standards and guidelines.Business 
Auditing guideline: group financial statements - reliance on the work of other auditors.Business 
Auditing guideline: reports to management (guideline from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Business 
Auditing standard: the audit report.Business 
Audit reports under company legislation in the UK. (exposure draft of an auditing guideline)Business 
Audit sampling. (exposure draft auditing guideline)Business 
A word of advice from the PDD. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales' Practice Development Department)BusinessStuart Carson
Balancing the books on Capitol Hill. (economic trends)BusinessPeter Berlin
Between the devil and the deep blue sea. (deregulation of the financial services industry and increased regulation of the accounting profession in Britain)BusinessRonald Paterson
Bloodstock and the tax man. (includes related article on methods of investment and further reading)BusinessAlan Sacks
Bloodstock: a special breed of investment.BusinessHugh James
Budget at a glance. (the British national budget)BusinessJulia Irvine, Christina Maddalena, Matthew Kelly, Robin Dunham, Martin Croft
Building model models. (computers and financial modeling)BusinessAndrew Ashworth
Building societies: new ground rules for 1988.BusinessJohn Mordy
Business accountants are team players.BusinessHester Thomas
Buy in the skills you need. (British firms that provide management services to entrepreneurs and start-up companies)BusinessPeter Wynn
Capital gains - smoothing out the humps.BusinessMike Lichten
Charity accounts - choosing the right format is important.BusinessJohn Hillyer
China - a unique opportunity.BusinessGraham Perry
Closing the culture gap. (International Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Communicating compassion. (awards for annual reports by charities)BusinessDonald Chilvers
Compulsory professional indemnity insurance.Business 
Computer accounting - the way forward.BusinessJune Tutton
Confessions of a regional training adviser.BusinessKen Taylor
Confounding the City's quasi-Cassandras. (positive economic signs for the London stock exchange)BusinessKenneth Inglis
Control and management of information. (information technology statement No. 3 of the Institute of Chartered Accountants)Business 
Corporate property finance and owner-occupation.BusinessStephen Mundy
Countering computer fraud: what computer frauds have been committed in the UK? (extracted from a report published by the Information Technology Group)Business 
Deeds of arrangement: a better way forward.BusinessSimon Lundy
Disclosures in the financial statements of banks. (exposure draft 29 of the International Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Diverse treatments of fund surpluses. (accounting for pension costs and surpluses by British companies)Business 
Does every modern portfolio need them? (precious metals)BusinessGraham Birch
Does your office measure up?BusinessKathy Tilney
Double entry still exists - after a fashion. (integration of accounting procedures and a database approach to information storage and retrieval)BusinessRoger Cowe
Do we really understand how the actuary's work? (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessDavid McLeish
Draft auditing guideline: analytical review. (includes related article on the language of the law) (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
Easing the pain of redundancy. (coping with layoffs and downsizing in Great Britain)BusinessMary Brandenderg
ED 28: review of financial statements. (proposed International Auditing Guideline)Business 
ED 38: need for a charitable rethink. (exposure draft) (accounting issues)BusinessDonald Chilvers
ED 40 - what about the balancing figure? (long-term contracts)BusinessGuy Loveday
ED 41: accounting for research and development.Business 
Efficiency drive engages second gear. (Audit Commission Controller Howard Davies)Business 
EMS: real harmonisation with Europe? (the UK and the European Monetary System)BusinessMichael Artis
Evaluating audit risk components. (includes related article on auditing a medium-sized manufacturing company)BusinessRaymond N. Johnson
Explanatory foreword to auditing standards and guidelines.Business 
Exports made easy.BusinessRoger Pilcher
Exposure draft 30: consolidated financial statements and accounting for investments in subsidiaries.Business 
Exposure draft of an auditing guideline: audit reports and information on the effects of changing prices.Business 
Far from a MORIbund business. (Market Research Opinion International Ltd.)Business 
Fighting truth decay in the NHS. (the U.K.'s National Health Service)BusinessAlex Bourn
Financial accounting a la Francaise. (French accounting traditions have influenced the Fourth Directive from the European Economic Community)BusinessPeter Walton, Jean-Claude Scheid
Financial assistance for the acquisition of a company's own shares: non-statutory reports to banks by auditors.Business 
Financial incentives pave the way ahead. (pension plans) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessGeoffrey Bernstein
Financial management initiative: has it a future? (includes related article on managing capital in periods of rapid growth)BusinessCedric Sandford, Ann Robinson
Financing forestry investments.BusinessBarry Gamble
Foreign currency exposure and risk management. (management accounting practices, Study 2 of the International Federation of Accountants)Business 
Fourth generation languages for integrated accounting systems.BusinessJohn Vogler
Franchising has its dark side.BusinessDerek Ayling
Future scenarios for the profession. (accounting)BusinessAnthony Hopwood, Stuart Turley
Goodwill - the root of the problem. (intangible value in accounting)BusinessGraham Stacy
Graduate recruitment.BusinessRichard Taffler, Jane Harvey-Cook
Grappling with the PII problem. (professional indemnity insurance)BusinessChristine Pearse
Gresham's law revisited. (accountants and tax avoidance)BusinessSimon Owen
Guide: a review of a multi-dimensional word processor. (Guide word processor software for the Macintosh from Office Workstations) (Software Review)BusinessKevin Townsend
Guideline on education and training requirements for accounting technicians.Business 
Head first into the lion's den. (Accounting Standards Committee's review of 'Accounting for Goodwill' and 'Accounting for Acquisitions and Mergers')BusinessDavid Walton
Head-hunters seek creative accountants. (British design companies in need of accountants)BusinessHester Thomas
How can we protect our ideas? (intellectual property rights)BusinessMichael Tuohy
How to avoid the trap of insider dealing.BusinessKenneth Manterfield
How to purchase a 'clean company.'BusinessNicholas Noble
How to save on NIC. (National Insurance contributions)BusinessJoe Watson
How to win clients and influence people: presenting a friendly office. (advice for the small business owner)BusinessIan Chaston
How UK companies account for foreign exchange.BusinessIstemi S. Demirag
How UK companies measure overseas performance.BusinessIstemi S. Demirag
If a picture paints a thousand words. (Freelance Plus, graphics software from Lotus Development Corp.) (Software Review) (related article gives names and addresses of businesses providing various hardware and software services) (evaluation)BusinessLesley Meall
Innovation: how to harness it.BusinessRobert W. Wilmot
Insolvency practice.Business 
Interim guidance on ad hoc reporting.Business 
International Accounting Standard 26: accounting and reporting by retirement benefit plans.Business 
Investing in young companies. (the London Stock Exchange to open its 'Third Market' on January 26, 1987)Business 
Investment in the future - don't miss the boat! (UK accounting firms will conduct investment business)BusinessIan Plaistowe
Is your business adequately insured?BusinessJohn Vann
Liverpool's first president for 80 years. (Arthur Green, president of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Business 
Made in heaven; taxed on earth. (taxation of divorcing couples)BusinessBarbara Wood, Jill Hallpike
Making a synergistic relationship work. (interactions between venture capitalists and entrepreneurs)BusinessAndrew John Davison
Making light of complex equations. (Software Review) (TK! Solver computer software from Universal Technical Systems of Illinois) (evaluation)BusinessMark Needham
Making sure that industry matters.BusinessGeoffrey Chandler
Making TQ work in practice. (total quality)BusinessRichard Mills
Management control. (guidance to good practice statement issued by the Business Support Group of the Institute of Chartered Accountants)Business 
Mens sana in corpore sano. (a sound mind in a sound body) (maintaining mental health in British business)BusinessBrian O'Kane
Minimize tax on foreign exchange.BusinessMichael Sherry
Mining for knowledge. (designing an expert system)BusinessAlex Edwards
Mission impossible. (Woolworth Holdings)BusinessGeoffrey Holmes, Alan Sugden
Money to lend but no one to lend it to? (alternative sources of mortgage finance)BusinessPeter Warburton
New bill imposes 'strict' liability. (Great Britain's Consumer Protection Bill of 1986)BusinessGreville Janner
Off-balance sheet finance - the legal view.BusinessRalph Aldwinckle
Off-balance sheet finance - why all the fuss?BusinessKen Wild
Off-balance sheet financing. (financial reporting in the UK)BusinessDavid Tweedie, John Kellas
Paul Girolami low profile - high performance. (chairman of British pharmaceutical company Glaxo)BusinessGeoffrey Holmes, Alan Sugden
Pay as you please. (stricter compliance rules for Britain's 'pay-as-you-earn' tax laws)BusinessRon McBurnie
PAYE the employers dilemma. (British payroll tax)BusinessMichael Sherry
Pension schemes: exposure draft of an auditing guideline.Business 
PIs v. real performance. (performance indicators)BusinessMichael Bourn
Pointers in the pursuit of excellence. (accounting)BusinessAnthony Carey
Post-budget, pre-election. (tax planning strategy)BusinessChris Greene
Preface to statements on international management accounting issued by IFAC. (International Federation of Accountants)Business 
Presenting our public face. (advertising and media appearances by accountants)BusinessKeith Yeomans
Preserving the future. (UK defense spending)BusinessBrian Hilton
Profession to integrate in 1996. (merging of accounting societies and institutes in Scotland, Ireland, and Britain)Business 
Property Company Accounts revisited. (accounting and auditing guide)BusinessAlan Milnes, David Tillett
Property investment: dinosaur or phoenix? (pension fund investments) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report )BusinessIain Reid
Protecting your fund from predators. (pension funds) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessPhillip Bennett
Protectionism is back... or is it?BusinessDavid Bowers
Psion the organizer. (Psion Organizer II, pocket computer) (Hardware Review) (includes related article on programs for Psion Organizer II) (evaluation)BusinessMark Needham, Nick Rich
Publication in the public interest. (the instruction manual of Britain's Inland Revenue)BusinessChristina Maddalena
Put it in writing. (the use of documentary evidence in lawsuits)BusinessGreville Janner
Receiverships can run for years.BusinessJohn Bennett, Alasdair Gillies
Reducing the risks from currency fluctuations. (using futures and options contracts to offset currency exchange risk)BusinessNick Cavalla
Regulation of auditors: implementation of the EC eighth company law directive. (European Community)Business 
Retailing, refurbishment and revolution.BusinessKatherine Wynne
Revenue to forge new communication chains.BusinessJohn Isaac
Revised guidelines on Statements 6, 9, 13 and 14. (guidelines issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Business 
Risk perception in raising finance.BusinessAnnabel Beerel
Safeguarding the company's interests. (profile of Christopher Shirtcliffe: finance director of the Securicor Group)Business 
Self-regulation in practice. (effect of the Financial Services Act on British accountants)BusinessAndy Raynor, Alan Baines
Selling a business is a big deal.BusinessDavid Rothenberg
Setting up a treasury as your in-house bank.BusinessAnnabel Beerel
Sherdley v Sherdley - yes please and no thanks. (recent opinion affecting family tax law in the UK)BusinessRon McBurnie
Short-termism: the wrong diagnosis. (Great Britain's capital market)BusinessAndrew Bain
Should the chairman also be the CEO?BusinessBob Tricker
Small companies need different standards. (accounting)BusinessAllister Wilson
SORP 2 as a fund-raising aid. (British accounting standard)BusinessFergus Falk
So you want to buy a boat? (obtaining financing for boat purchases in Britain)BusinessAlan Sacks
Speeding into export markets. (sponsoring motor racing to promote a company's name abroad)BusinessGuy Edwards
Spreadsheets: a status report.BusinessRichard Rees
SSAP 12 (revised) accounting for depreciation. (statement of standard accounting practice)Business 
Start-ups. (survey of women entrepreneurs in the UK)BusinessRichard Lewis, Danusia Trotman-Dickenson, Nigel Griffith
Statement on the publication of SSAP 12 (revised) accounting for depreciation. (statement of standard accounting practice)Business 
Stateside spenders' investment in learning. (accounting research in the US)BusinessHarold E. Wyman
Strategy and culture - bridging the gap. (management)BusinessBill Nixon
Student recruitment in black and white. (recruitment of minority accounting students in Great Britain)BusinessKenneth Sharp
Subscription accounting at the British Library.BusinessNigel Temple
Tale of a country shopkeeper. (accounting software)BusinessJim Bonnett
The Amstrad Locoscript and Money Manager. (Software Review) (evaluation)BusinessPeter Reynolds
The ASC Review: a lifeline or a noose? (U.K. Accounting Standards Committee)BusinessGrace Carre
The audit report - a failure to communicate.BusinessAllister Wilson
The case for visible conformity. (British corporations should state compliance with IASC standards in their annual reports)BusinessJohn Kirkpatrick
The confusing case of SSAP 12 (revised). (British accounting standard for charging depreciation)BusinessRoger Munson
The deference due to ED 39? (U.K. accounting standard for pension costs)BusinessGuy Loveday
The effect of social change in the U.K. (on pensions) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessPatrick Carroll
The future of accounting standards.BusinessMichael Page, Anthony Hopwood
The future of IT and the accountant. (information technology )BusinessMichael Page, Anthony Hopwood
The growing risks of general practice. (auditing)BusinessLord Bruce of Donington
The impact of regulations on public sector audits. (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
The infant Third Market. (the unregulated over-the-counter stock market in Great Britain)BusinessDamian Keeling
The land of the CPA. (Certified Public Accountants)BusinessBradley Grow
The partial exemption VAT shake-up. (valued added tax)BusinessVictor Durkacz
The Research Board's role: the profession's debt. (the Research Board of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)BusinessJohn Arnold
There's no substitute for good management.BusinessKenneth Winckles
The responsibility of the board is indivisible.BusinessKenneth Winckles
The road to USM is mostly uphill. (the UK's Unlisted Securities Market)BusinessStuart Slatter, Roy Ransley, Elizabeth Woods
The SDR as an artificial currency unit. (special drawing rights)BusinessJohn Cooper
The strange case of the qualified success. (qualified audit opinions)BusinessPaul Barnes, Den Hooi
The Technical Committee plays a major role. (the Technical Committee of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) (includes related article on investment appraisals)BusinessAngela Fisher
The US budget: just like an old-time movie?BusinessPeter Berlin
The Woolwich: a place in tax history. (Woolwich Equitable Building Society)BusinessBrian Worth
The zero rate debate - VAT's it all about? (Value Added Tax)BusinessNigel Tutt
Time ticks on and on. (time management)BusinessTom Attwood
Tony Richmond: administrator of the Charnley Davies Group. (Great Britain)Business 
Training the business professional - a consultative document.Business 
Trends in the corporate sector.BusinessRichard Hickinbotham
Trustees can't shirk their responsibilities. (pension fund trustees) (Pensions: Planning for the Future: a Special Report)BusinessJohn McLachlan
Try to look for the silver lining. (why the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales is conservative)BusinessDrummond Abrams
Unix and Torch offer user-flexibility. (Software Review) (Unix software products and Unix-based hardware from Torch) (evaluation)BusinessJon Vogler
Using IT to support business strategy. (information technology)BusinessDhruba Sen
Valuations in company accounts.BusinessPeter Holgate, Eddie Hodgson
Value for money audits. (exposure draft of an auditing guideline)Business 
Wearing three hats for BT. (profile of Colin Williams, British Telecom executive)BusinessBrian O'Kane
What is the answer? In that case, what is the question? (the development of an expert system)BusinessAlex Edwards
When it's time to sell the family business.BusinessDavid Rothenberg
Where has all the goodwill gone?BusinessPaul Rutteman, Arthur Young
Which mortgage? using a model to choose it.BusinessPeter Boys, Stephen Vickers
Which way to the common ground? (accounting research in the UK)BusinessPeter Walton, Bill Rees
Who won - the hare or the tortoise? (response to criticism regarding Department of Trade and Industry reports)BusinessPeter Boys
Why the Japanese dominate.BusinessGordon Pearson
World economic prospects 1987-88.BusinessDavid Kern
Your life in your hands. (personal health)BusinessBeric Wright
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