Accountancy 1990 - Abstracts

Accountancy 1990
TitleSubjectAuthors
ABC: a need, not an option. (Activity-based Costing)BusinessRobin Cooper
Accountants and the costs of compliance. (part three of a series) (Value Added Tax)BusinessCedric Sanford
Accountants and the MBA: a natural step? (Masters of Business Administration degree) (includes related article)BusinessPhilip Symes
Accounting for absolutely everything. (Accounting Standards Committee's TR 780)BusinessKen Sherwood
Accounting for acquisitions and mergers. (includes related article) (Accounting)BusinessJulian Mason
Accounting for life assurance: truly fair or fairly true? (Finance)BusinessRoger Whewell
Accounting for R&D: the need for change. (research and development) (Technical)BusinessBill Nixon, Alasdair Lonie
Accounting for the future. (Financial Modelling)BusinessStephen Hurrell
Accounting standards: the new approach. (Financial Reporting Council)BusinessRon Dearing
Accounting strangely for investments: the treatment of diminutions in ED 55 is both unpopular and unprecedented. (Accounting Issues)BusinessRichard Elwell
A hard line for soft commissions? (regulation of commissions on the London Stock Exchange)BusinessJonathan Seymour-Williams
Aid for the developing world. (accounting standards for developing countries)BusinessDavid Cairns
A long view of short termism. (accounting, quarterly performance figures, and short-term corporate planning) (Commentary)BusinessRobin Dunham
An auditor's guide to bridging the gap. (Commentary)BusinessBrian Jenkins
Annual conference. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) (includes keynote speech)Business 
A pocketful of memory. (Microwriter's pocket-sized computer) (Technology) (evaluation)BusinessHugh Kennedy-Davies
A practice of one's own. (sole accounting practitioners) (Careers)BusinessBrian Elliott
A question of identity. (chartered accountants)BusinessClive Jones
Arguments in the goodwill debate.BusinessEmile Woolf
ASB - time the talking stopped. (Accounting Standards Board) (Commentary)BusinessPaul Ebling
A sideways glance at a forward look. (Securities and Investment Board)BusinessGary Helsby
A tale of two deficits - public and trade. (Great Britain)BusinessIan Harnett
Auditing guideline: communications between auditors and regulators under sections 109 and 180(1)(q) of the Financial Services Act 1986. (UK auditing guidelines) (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
Auditing Guideline: Guidance for Internal Auditors. (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
Auditing guideline: the auditor's responsibility in relation to fraud, other irregularities and errors.Business 
Auditing - last bastion of the closed shop. (Commentary)BusinessAustin Mitchell
Auditor's liabilities - a new chapter begins.BusinessAndrew Darnill
Aviation in the 90s: what Europe can learn from the States. (United States)BusinessDavid Thompson, Mike Cronshaw
A view from the chunnel. (English Channel Tunnel) (includes related article on 1870 proposal to build an English Channel Tunnel)BusinessMalcolm Cole
Back to bartering basics. (corporate barter)BusinessNigel Healey
Bang goes the housing boom. (UK housing prices) (Economic Trends)BusinessJoe Roseman
Bankers' bills and how to pay them. (paying for bank services) (Finance)BusinessDerek A. Ross
Between two stools. (includes related article) (Strategy)BusinessEvan Davis, Michael Cronshaw
Big firm mergers: the human dimension. (The Human Resource)BusinessDiane J. Tessler
Boosting the profits of the brands industry. (Australian efforts at brands accounting) (Accounting Issues)BusinessPaul Rutteman
Brands debate: wake up to the real world. (accounting for brand equity)BusinessMartin Moorhouse
Brands, the balance sheet and company value: excluding earning power as a basis for valuing assets leads to a new balance sheet formula. (Accounting Issues)BusinessDavid Damant
Brands - the way to the yellow brick road? (brand valuation in accounting)BusinessPaul Stobart
British Bankers' Association Statement of Recommended Accounting Practice - Securities: exposure draft. (Institute)Business 
Business and the law in a cleaner world. (includes related article on using recycled paper)BusinessAndrew Bryce
Can we leap the harmonization hurdles? (UK and European accounting principles) (Accounting Issues)BusinessPaul Rutteman
Caparo and the careful auditor. (effect of Caparo decision on UK auditors)BusinessMichael Pugh
Cash flow statements - what are the choices? The reporting of companies' cash flows could lead to more comparable information. (Accounting Issues)BusinessJanie Crichton
Comfort letters: some not so comforting thoughts. (Auditing)BusinessStephen Copp
Communicating with institutional investors.BusinessAlexander Preis, Veerle Berbers
Consolidation - a deceptive simplicity. (an analysis of the consolidation of group accounts) (Accounting Issues)BusinessJanie Crichton
Consultation paper: the professional conduct review. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales)Business 
Contract for hire. (leasing company cars in the U.K.)BusinessJohn Cassie
Counting the cost of AMT investment. (advanced manufacturing technology) (part one of three) (includes related article on just-in-time production systems)BusinessColin Drury
Czechoslovakia: the curtain rises on joint ventures.BusinessIvan Zelenka
Data at your fingertips. (on-line databases) (includes related article on the advantages of using on-line databases and useful on-line databases)BusinessTerry Corbitt
Dearing and after: great expectations. (Dearing report, accounting standards in U.K.)BusinessKen Wild
Declaration of independence. (an analysis of separate taxation for UK married couples) (Taxation)BusinessMavis Seymour
Dispute resolution: expert or arbitrator?BusinessRichard Harrison
Diversification: worth a second look? (Strategy)BusinessGodfrey Devlin
Do high fliers need an IT alter ego? (information technology) (an analysis of the interaction between senior management and the IT department) (includes a related article on a survey of the general public and senior management on IT) (Technology)BusinessJohn White
Doing business in Europe: Luxembourg.BusinessPeter Rowland
Doing business in Europe: Portugal.BusinessPeter Rowland
Doing business with the Japanese. (includes related articles on the mores of Japanese gift-giving and business life) (Japan)BusinessChristopher McCooey
Domicile: complex and confusing. (Taxation)BusinessPeter Vaines
Down the venture capital route. (Corporate Finance )BusinessPeter Smitham
Earn-outs: motivation and conflict. (Corporate Finance)BusinessRoger Hussey
EC group accounting: two zillion ways to do it. (European Community) (Accounting)BusinessChristopher Nobes
Economic fundamentals in a state of flux. (East European economic reform) (East Europe)BusinessVicky Pryce, Rolf Myller
ESOP opportunities knock. (employee stock-ownership plan) (Finance)BusinessDamian Carnell
European acquisitions: the British are coming. (Corporate Finance)BusinessCharles Leadbeater
European harmonisation - problems remain. (and analysis at European Community attempts to harmonize accounting standards) (Accounting Issues)BusinessPeter Holgate
Exposure draft 33 - 1 October 1989: additional guidance on attendance at inventory locations and confirmation of accounts receivable and inquiry regarding litigation and claims - a proposed addendum to International Auditing Guideline 8, Audit Evidence. (IFAC)Business 
Exposure draft 34 - 1 October 1989: engagements to compile financial information - a proposed international auditing guideline/Related Service. (IFAC)Business 
Exposure draft 35 - 1 October 1989: analytical procedures - a proposed revision to International auditing Guideline 12, analytical review. (International Federation of Accountants)Business 
Exposure Draft 48 - February 1990: Accounting for Acquisitions and Mergers. (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Exposure draft of an auditing guideline: prospective financial information (issued November 1990). (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
Exposure draft of an auditing guideline: the auditor's responsibility in relation to illegal acts (issued October 1990). (Auditing Practices Committee)Business 
Exposure draft of an auditing guideline: the auditors' statement on the summary financial statement, issued March 1990. (APC)Business 
Financial reporting: proposals for action.BusinessGeoffrey Whittington
Five steps to ABC system design. (part three of a series) (Activity-Based Costing)BusinessRobin Cooper
Flexibility and the food industry's future.BusinessAlex Turner
Free trade, Canada and the European challenge. (Canada)BusinessMihir Bose
From public to private. (leveraged buyouts) (Corporate Finance)BusinessDermot Mathias
Getting down to business. (business opportunities in Eastern Europe and the USSR)BusinessJulia Irvine, Elizabeth Fisher, Sarah Grey, Flavia Hawksley
Gold - 6,000 years and still in fashion. (gold as an investment medium) (Economic Trends)BusinessRhona O'Connell
Good news and getting better. (UK newspaper industry)BusinessSyd Richardson
Goodwill - are we really making progress? The unprecedented opposition to ED 47 proves that it is time for Government intervention. (Exposure Draft) (Accounting Issues)BusinessStuart Hastie
Goodwill - the case against ED 47. (exposure draft)BusinessRoy Thomas
Harmonisation: Europe moves forward.BusinessAnthony Carey
High interest rates: an evolutionary approach. (Accounting)BusinessDavid Collison, John Grinyer
Historical summaries: historical problem. (corporation reports) (Accounting) (panel discussion)BusinessAlan Sugden, Daniel Mainwaring
Home, second home. (investing in foreign real estate) (Opportunities Abroad)BusinessAudrey Powell
House price falls: how far, how fast? (Economic Trends)BusinessPeter Warburton
How do students see us? (impact of UK students' perceptions of the accounting profession on recruitment) (The Human Resource)BusinessKarin Horowitz, Tersa Riley
How to handle industrial tribunals. (contains related articles) (Law)BusinessMartin Edwards
How to structure an effective PCA. (post completion audits) (second of a series) (Business)BusinessDavid Smyth
IFAC: the consensus seekers. (International Federation of Accountants) (includes related article on UK accounting bodies and international standards)BusinessRoy Chandler
IMAP 2: the capital expenditure decision. (International Management Accounting Practice) (IFAC)Business 
In pursuit of the playing public. (the board games industry) (Games Industry)BusinessMartin Croft
Institutional investors: here today, gone tomorrow? (Investment)BusinessAlan McInroy
In the best position for a buyout. (management buyout of the UK firm Kenwood) (Corporate Finance)BusinessGeoffrey Holmes, Alan Sugden
IT and the auditor: the next 10 years. (Information Technology) (includes related article)BusinessBernard Arthur Owen Williams, Trevor Baldwin
It's not all bad on the goodwill front. (exposure draft on accounting for goodwill)BusinessWill Unwin
It takes two to do the audit tango. (Commentary)BusinessRuth Cooke
Japanese accounts: interpreters needed. (Japanese accounting regime) (Accounting)BusinessChristopher Nobes, Sadayoshi Maeda
Japan faces a painful period of adjustment.BusinessMichael Naldrett
Joining the ERM, and other issues. (Exchange Rate Mechanism)BusinessJohn Tugwell
Keeping control with post completion audits.BusinessDavid Smyth
Late returns: excuses, excuses. (reasonable excuse for late value added tax returns)BusinessStanley Dencher
Let the vendor beware. (Corporate Finance)BusinessRichard Harrison
Life accounting - a new role for auditors: life insurers agree on an accounting basis for reporting profits that is 'true and fair'. (Accounting Issues)BusinessMichael Lawrence
Lines from Europe are busy. (the European Community telecommunications market)(includes related article on creating a single telecommunications market)BusinessDavid Shorrock
Making the classic choice. (choosing a classic car as a company car in the U.K.)BusinessJack Maurice
Market leaders: all change at the top. (Strategy)BusinessPaul Geroski, Stephen Davies, Anastassios Vlassopoulos
Mastering the new financial instruments. (Accounting) (panel discussion)BusinessBill McInnes, Andrew (American government official) Marshall, Tony Puxty
MDP: an unstoppable professional vehicle? (Multidisciplinary Practices)BusinessPeter Collier
Melody PLC: a step towards valuable reports. (Accounting Issues)BusinessPaul Boyle
Mixed prospects for battered sterling. (UK currency)BusinessRichard Singwall-Smith
More practical thought on pension costs. (Accounting Issues)BusinessGraham Ward
More than an institute of registered auditors. (profile of the new Board of Chartered Accountants in Business chair Roger Lawson) (Business)BusinessDaniel Mainwaring
Moving towards understanding. (non-verbal communication)BusinessRobin Chandler
New pathways to learning. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales syllabus for students) (Examinations)BusinessJohn Mordy
New wine in old bottles. (audit risk model)BusinessOscar Paris
No 'easy fix' for the construction industry. (UK construction industry) (includes related article)BusinessIan Macgregor
Objective testing in Institute examinations. (Institute)BusinessHeward Simpson
Off balance sheet finance: practical guide. (exposure draft on assets and liabilities)BusinessCaroline Whiteley
Off-balance sheet vehicles survive redefinition. (Companies Act 1989 redefines subsidiaries)BusinessDavid Pimm
Old-fashioned theft in a high-tech environment. (includes related article) (Technology)BusinessBarry Spaul
On test: Cascade. (accounting software) (Software Review) (Technology) (evaluation)BusinessJon Vogler
On test: the Amstrad PC2386. (includes related articles on reliability and support and hardware) (Hardware Review) (evaluation)BusinessPeter Reynolds
On the crest of an ethical retail wave. (Retailing )BusinessJane Bartlett
On the move but in touch. (mobile communications)BusinessPaul Geroski, David Thompson, Saadet Toker
Order, liberty and the profession. (U.K. accounting profession) (Commentary)BusinessPeter Seaton
Outlook for oil and the global economy. (Economic Trends)BusinessPaul Turnbull, Steve Turner
Pay and disclosure: presenting a fair picture. (Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 24)BusinessSven Tester
Pay pressures and the productivity gap. (UK economic conditions) (Economic Trends)BusinessJoe Roseman
PIK: a way to relieve LBO concerns. (payments-in-kind) (leveraged buyout) (Finance)BusinessHarpal Randhawa
Poland needs help creating auditors.BusinessDariusz Nowack
Power in your hands. (reducing energy costs)BusinessAndrew Johns
Primacy for the P&L account. (profit and loss) (Accounting)BusinessRon Paterson
Priorities in the profession.BusinessMichael Steen
Product costing in the 1990s.BusinessColin Drury
Proposed statement of standard accounting practice - ED51: accounting for fixed assets and revaluations (issued May 1990). (exposure draft) (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Proposed statement of standard accounting practice - exposure draft 49: reflecting the substance of transactions in assets and liabilities: May 1990. (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Proposed statement of standard accounting practice - exposure draft 50: consolidated accounts (issued June 1990).Business 
Proposed statement of standard accounting practice- exposure draft 52: accounting for intangible fixed assets (issued May 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Proposed Statement of Standard Accounting Practice - Exposure Draft 53: Fair Value in the Context of Acquisition Accounting (issued July 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Proposed Statement of Standard Accounting Practice - Exposure Draft 54: Cash Flow Statements (issued 26 July 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Proposed statement of standard accounting practice - exposure draft 55: Accounting for investments (issued July 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Protecting professional fees. (professional fees insurance)BusinessAlan Sacks
Purchasing with plastic: who benefits? (UK credit card industry)BusinessStuart Leadill
Putting TOPP class students into practice. (training outside public practice) (an analysis of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland's training program for practice in industry and commerce)BusinessBen Lynch
Quicks takes option to hasten profits. (Quicks Commercial Stationery Company) (Small Business)BusinessPhil Churcill
Raiders of the company ark. (defenses against hostile bids by US companies)BusinessDavid Lamb
Rates of change. (an analysis of changes to the rating system in England and Wales) (Rates)BusinessMartin Steiner
Reconstruction, amalgamation and undertaking. (UK tax law) (Tax Case Review)BusinessChris Greene, Christina Maddalena, Clark Whitehill
SAA applied: micro ability for mainframe accounts. (single application architecture) (New Horizons) (evaluation)Business 
Serious money. (an analysis of Japanese finance) (Japan - Finance)BusinessWalter Dean
Shares, debt, preferreds and hybrids. (accounting treatment of complex financial instruments)BusinessPeter Holgate
Shelter in a tax haven. (offshore financial centers) (Opportunities Abroad)BusinessMichael Dodd
Social charter: enhancer of inhibitor. (an analysis of the European Commission's Social Charter) (Europe 1992)BusinessDerek Purdy
Some aspects of insolvency law reform. (Law)BusinessIan Grier
Specialists under the CA banner. (chartered accountant)BusinessJim Gemmell
SSAP 24: time to sort out the balance sheet. (Statement of Standard Accounting Practice) (Accounting Issues)BusinessRon Paterson
SSAP 24: two years on. (Statement of Standard Accounting Practice, accounting for pension costs)BusinessRichard Derwent
Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 25: Segmental Reporting (issued June 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Statement of Standard Accounting Practice 4 (revised): Accounting for Government Grants (issued April 1974, revised July 1990). (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Statement of Standard Accounting Practice - Exposure Draft 47: Accounting for Goodwill: February 1990. (Accounting Standards Committee)Business 
Stock control: how big is an order?BusinessAnthony Lines
Summary judgment: case not yet proven. (summary financial statements) (Commentary)BusinessDavid York
Sweet reason and the VAT inspector. (value added tax) (how to avoid the penalty for late registration for VAT) (Taxation)BusinessStanley Dencher
Taking control of stock control. (inventory management) (Technology)BusinessAnthony Lines
Tales of two fax cards. (facsimile) (an analysis of the efficacy of computer fax cards) (Technology) (evaluation)BusinessPeter Reynolds
Tax and the treasury department. (treasury management) (includes related case studies)BusinessEmma Lubbock, Howard Lovell, Nicholas Hughes
Taxation - the environmental ally. (UK budget and the environment)BusinessMark Pearson, Stephen Smith
Taxing problems for working mothers. (Commentary)BusinessLesley Bolton
That elusive conceptual framework. (a conceptual accounting framework) (Accounting)BusinessEmile Woolf
The accountant and the fund manager. (Practice)BusinessRory Montgomerie
The accountant's task as a friend to the earth. (accountants and the environment) (includes related articles on the Pearce Report, market-based environmental initiatives, the 'McNamara Fallacy', and environmental response strategies)BusinessRob Gray
The crystal ball and the balance of payments. (Finance)BusinessEdmund Tirbutt
The direct approach to legal advice. (accountants and specialist legal advice)BusinessMichael Sheey
The economics of a united Germany.BusinessNigel Rendell
The farmer as asset manager. (maximizing farm assets) (Agriculture)BusinessRobert Gooch
The first step to harmonization. (accounting rules and regulations) (Commentary)BusinessJohn (American clergyman) Williams
The greening of consumerism.BusinessRichard Adams
The Institute adopts a 'minimalist' approach. (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and the UK Companies Act of 1989)BusinessBruce Picking
The integrated business environment: from nightmare to dream? (includes related article on a completely integrated business environment)BusinessDavid England
The JMU makes a successful start. (Joint Monitoring Unit) (Institute)BusinessJo Holden
The management and structure of accountancy practices. (managing a U.K. accounting firm) (includes related article)BusinessAlan Taylor
The man with the global view. (former International Federation of Accountants President Richard Wilkes) (includes related article) (The ICAEW International Award Winner)Business 
The market, the monopoly and Mercury. (Mercury Communications) (includes related article) (Business)BusinessMonica Horten
The mystery of the missing customer. (UK retailing trade)BusinessSue Dawson
The old master's art of selling. (Christie's International PLC Finance Director David Tyler) (Brought to Account) (column)Business 
The ostriches are definitely wrong. (findings of a recruitment study) (Commentary)BusinessSusan Gompels
The research board in the scheme of things. (academic accounting research)BusinessJohn Arnold
The Revenue Bar. (legal advice about tax laws) (The Experts)BusinessAndrew Darnill
The rise and rise of the information entity.BusinessDavid Hatherly
The rise of the environmental audit. (contains related article on tropical hardwoods)BusinessStuart Maxwell
The single European trade market.BusinessMark Lunt
The supply of graduates - the good news. (accounting graduates in the UK) (Commentary)BusinessMichael Bourn
The thrifts crisis. (U.S. savings and loan institutions crisis) (Business)BusinessPaul Barnes, Martin Ward
The UK economy: bloodied but not beaten.BusinessRichard Jeffrey
The UK motor industry: up or down?BusinessPaul Burgess
The uncharted minefield of US company tax. (Commentary)BusinessAngus McDowell
The value of a contract to communicate. (accounting treatment of a mobile phone service)BusinessKen Wild, Haydn Everitt
Third party implementation: from novelty to necessity? (an analysis of the market for financial software packages) (Technology)BusinessLen Goss
TR 773 - A discussion paper issued by the Institute's Technical Committee: The Use of Discounting in Financial Statements. (Technical Report) (Institute)Business 
TR 781 - guidance for members in practice members' handbook section 1.302: documents and records: ownership and lien (issued December 1980, revised February 1990).Business 
Two years' hard: towards the 1992 deadline. (European Community Commissioners report on progress towards a single market)BusinessRichard Bailey
What makes a company a chart topper? (evaluating companies) (Strategy)BusinessJohn Kay, Evan Davis
What price the pension scheme? (Corporate Finance )BusinessAndrew Dawrant
What sort of world are we trying to build. (European Community Fifth Company Law) (Commentary)BusinessBrian Currie
When costs rise but output doesn't. (accounting for agricultural enterprises) (Agriculture)BusinessLindsay Denney
When does a headache become a disaster? (an analysis of computer systems administration) (includes a related article on system denial) (Technology)BusinessJim Burtles
When is a cost really new? (Accounting Standards Committee proposals on accounting for fixed assets)BusinessEddie Hodgson
Where does the Chunnel really lead? (an analysis of the Channel Tunnel) (Communications)BusinessMalcolm Cole
Which financing option? (financing a company car in the U.K.)BusinessPeter Burgess
Who needs a global strategy? (includes related article and case study)BusinessJohn Kay
Who will win the company car race? (guide to company cars in the U.K. by manufacturer)BusinessIan Morton
Why not a barrister too? (studying for a second professional qualification) (Practice)BusinessPeter Vaines
Will the giant grow. (an analysis of foreign penetration of the Japanese stock market) (Japan - Finance)BusinessEdmund Tirbutt
Women in accountancy: ten years on. (The Human Resource)BusinessRosalie Silverstone
Work hard play hard. (work opportunities abroad for accountants) (contains related article) (Opportunities Abroad)BusinessPeter Carty, Jerome Chanmugan
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