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CHAPTER 1 - INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER 2 - PRICE-LEVEL STATISTICS
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CHAPTER 3 - AN EXPLANATION OF THE PROBLEM
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CHAPTER 4 - SOME EXAMPLES OF THE PROBLEM
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CHAPTER 5 - STATEMENTS BY PROFESSIONAL BODIES
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CHAPTER 6 - TYPES OF PROPOSALS THAT HAVE BEEN ADVOCATED
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CHAPTER 7 - PROFIT DETERMINATION—THE INDEX PROBLEM
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CHAPTER 8 - ASSET VALUATIONS—“HOLDING GAINS AND LOSSES”
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CHAPTER 9 - COSTS OF GOODS SOLD AND INVENTORIES
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CHAPTER 10 - DEPRECIATION AND NON-CURRENT ASSETS
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CHAPTER 11 - MONETARY ITEMS
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CHAPTER 12 - PROFIT: AT AVERAGE FOR PERIOD PRICES OR AT END OF PERIOD PRICES?
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CHAPTER 13 - AN ILLUSTRATIVE EXAMPLE—INCLUDING CHANGE-OVER PROCEDURES AND FUNDS STATEMENTS
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CHAPTER 14 - MISCELLANEOUS MATTERS
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CHAPTER 15 - ACTUAL APPLICATIONS OF ACCOUNTING IN CURRENT COSTS—PHILIPS ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES
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CHAPTER 16 - CONCLUSION
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
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INDEX
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Accounting for Price-Level Changes: Theory and Procedures shows the importance of taking actions to incorporate the effects of changing prices into each firm’s accounting systems, and encourage the firms to treat this incorporation as a normal routine. This book shows that prices have in fact been altering over the years, and then explains the problems of changing prices as they affect accounting. Then, this text demonstrates these problems with the aid of a few simple examples. This book also includes statements of professional bodies and proposals that have been advocated. The latter part focuses on other accounting methods and concepts, complemented with illustrative examples. This book will be beneficial to accounting practitioners and those working at business firms.
Accounting for Price-Level Changes: Theory and Procedures shows the importance of taking actions to incorporate the effects of changing prices into each firm’s accounting systems, and encourage the firms to treat this incorporation as a normal routine. This book shows that prices have in fact been altering over the years, and then explains the problems of changing prices as they affect accounting. Then, this text demonstrates these problems with the aid of a few simple examples. This book also includes statements of professional bodies and proposals that have been advocated. The latter part focuses on other accounting methods and concepts, complemented with illustrative examples. This book will be beneficial to accounting practitioners and those working at business firms.
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ISBN
978-0-08-011711-9
Language
English
Published
1966
Copyright
Copyright © 1966 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Pergamon