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EVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTING
Accounting is as old as money itself. Accounting & Civilization. Arthshasthra -- Kautilya
Vishnugupta Chanakya Kautilya, a 4th century B.C economist (under the King Chandragupta Maurya). Kautilya wrote The Arthashastra, the science of wealth and welfare . The Arthashastra contains 150 chapters, which are classified by topic in 15 books. It consists of three reasonably well developed parts: (i) national security issues including a foreign policy, (ii) administration of justice including crime and punishment issues, and (iii) policies related to economic development, taxation, labor management and financial management.
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Picture in the Tomb of Chnemhotep, pharaoh of Egypt circa 1950 BC. The ancient Egyptian scribe (seated on the left) prepared his accounts on papyrus with a calamus
Papyrus is a thick paper-like material produced from the pith of the papyrus plant that was once abundant in the Nile Delta of Egypt.
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A Chinese thinker and social philosopher, whose teachings and philosophy have deeply influenced Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese and Vietnamese thought and life. His philosophy emphasized personal and governmental morality, correctness of social relationships, justice and sincerity.
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Father of Modern Accounting Fratter Luca Bartolomes Pacioli was born during 1445 in Sansepolcro, Tuscany, Italy.
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EVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTING
Fra Luca Pacioli was an Italian Mathematician, Scholar and
Philosopher.
He published (1494) his most important work, Summa De
EVOLUTION OF ACCOUNTING
Other Contributors -- Prof. Simon Stevin and Prof. Arthur Cayley.
Arthur Cayley was a Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England and wrote The principles of double
entry system.
First professional organization of accountants was founded in Venice in 1581. Profit and Loss Account -- Balancing at the end of every
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Balance Sheet -- drawn up at regular intervals. Industrial Revolution & Accountant
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HISTORY OF ACCOUNTING
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Invented Cuneiform writing to determine the king's wealth & tribute payments Rich Romans kept financial records in memo form and on ledgers. Scribes kept detailed financial records of the Empire Florentine merchant, developed the first known financial records that included all major components of double entry bookkeeping Publication of Summa, which included the first full description of the Italian method of double entry bookkeeping Industrial Revolution entrepreneur that developed innovative cost accounting records following a severe recession Early founder of a Big Six firm, important to the development of the British accounting profession
1299 AD
Amatino Manucci
1494
Luca Pacioli
1772
Josiah Wedgwood
1854
William Cooper
1920
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Donaldson Brown
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GM CFO developed the "modern" cost accounting system used by industrial giants to control vast 11 Anjana S 11 operations
Amatino Manucci
Arthur Cayley
Simon Stevin
William Cooper
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