The Development of Cost and Management Accounting - A Historical Perspective
Abstract The aim of this paper is to describe the historical origin and development of cost and management accounting. This study has successfully linked the modern management accounting systems to the past to ensure a better understanding. It was gathered that the existence of cost accounting as one of the oldest managerial tools dates back to the ancient times. The formal beginning of cost and management accounting is ascribed to the industrial revolution of the nineteenth century which was...
Luca Pacioli's Double-Entry System of Accounting - A Critique
Abstract What we know today as double entry bookkeeping is traceable to a man called Luca Pacioli, the author of the world’s first printed book-keeping treatise. As the origin of all subsequent book-keeping treatises throughout Europe, Luca Pacioli’s book-keeping tract is not only the source of modern accounting, but also ensured that the medieval Venetian method itself survived into our times. However, this study is aimed at critically examining the emergence of the double entry syst...
The Impact of Transfer Pricing on Financial Reporting - A Nigerian Study
Abstract The issue of transfer pricing arises where companies are divisionalised and have responsibility centres operating as strategic business units. This kind of situation is associated with the challenge of determining suitable prices for intra-group transactions. The transfer pricing problem becomes even more critical where a company has subsidiaries spread around the world especially in countries that have varying tax rates. Under this situation, it is common for multinational compa...