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Accountancy’s Faulty Sums

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  • © 1992

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Authors:
  1. Keron Bhattacharya

    1. Seer Green, UK

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Table of contents (14 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xii
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  2. Introduction

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 1-4

  3. Profit: Fact? Statement? Opinion? Policy?

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 5-16

  4. Balance Sheet: Where Have all the Flowers Gone?

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 17-34

  5. Depreciation: Ten Green Bottles

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 35-52

  6. Fixed and Variable Costs: Alice in Wonderland

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 53-68

  7. Costing, Budgeting and Overhead Allocation: The Tragedy of Errors

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 69-84

  8. Stock and Work in Progress: The Blood Sucking Vampire

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 85-101

  9. Goodwill and Brand Valuation: Killing a Golden Goose?

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 102-112

  10. Cash! Cash! Cash! King Solomon’s Mine

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 113-134

  11. Accounting Ratios: The President and his Fortune-teller

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 135-150

  12. Growth, Plan and Investment: Measure for Measure

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 151-171

  13. Shareholders’ Value: Wot, no Char?

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 172-183

  14. Creative Accounting: Two and Two Make Five

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 184-201

  15. Conclusion: In Search of Excellence

    • Keron Bhattacharya
    Pages 202-207

  16. Back Matter

    Pages 208-223
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About this book

The purpose of this book is to explore the principle and practice of finance and accounting, both in the USA and in the UK, and its various anomalies and limitations. It attempts to diagnose problems and briefly mentions some modern methods such as Activity Based Costing (ABC), Financial Mobility and Just-in-Time (JIT).

Authors and Affiliations

  • Seer Green, UK

    Keron Bhattacharya

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Accountancy’s Faulty Sums

  • Authors: Keron Bhattacharya

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-12887-7

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave Business & Management Collection, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Keron Bhattacharya 1992

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-333-57328-0Published: 26 October 1992

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-12889-1Published: 01 January 1992

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-349-12887-7Published: 27 July 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XII, 223

  • Topics: Accounting/Auditing, Finance, general

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