The UK Accounting Standards Board, 1990-2000: Restoring Honesty and Trust in Accounting

by David Tweedie, Allan Cook, Geoffrey Whittington

In the late 1980s, financial accounting in Britain was in disarray. 'Creative' accounting was rife. The authority of the industry's standard-setters had been drastically compromised when their rules for inflation accounting were first ignored by many firms and then abandoned. There were calls for government to replace the accountants' self-regulation with a tough regulatory regime close to the American model. Also, rapid change in the financial...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032388153
• ISBN13: 9781032388151
• Release Date: July 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 254 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"