The case of inflation accounting is a particularlyinteresting example of such forces at work.Here the fact of an inflationary economy wascertainly a stimulus for change (Mumford, 1979).But that fact alone is not enough to provide anunderstanding of the emergence of the issue, theprocesses of the debate or its provisionaloutcomes. For arising out of the questioning ofthe state of accounting regulation and theemergent relationships between the accountingprofession, the agencies of the state and industrialand commercial interests, the development ofmethods for the adjustment of financial accountingin an inflationary context has been influencedby a varied and changing number of issues andinterests which either stimulated action or werecalled upon to legitimize particular stances andproposals. In this constellation, the changinginterests of the state have been particularlyimportant. At first inflation accounting was ofinterest to those administrative agencies whichwere concerned with the taxation of corporateincome and the formulation of policies formacro-economic management. I
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