Accounting Under Inflationary Conditions (RLE Accounting)

Multivolume collection by leading authors in the field

• Preface. 1. Inflation – Recent Trends and Developments 2. Measurement of Business Profit 3. Choice of a Price Index 4. UK Price Index Numbers 5. Depreciation 6. Stock Valuation and the Cost of Sales 7. Losses and Gains on Monetary Items 8. Long-term Assets 9. Capital Maintenance 10. Inflation Accounting Systems 11. General Purchasing Power Accounting 12. Current Value Accounting 13. Inflation Accounting in the UK 14. Inflatin Accounting Outside the UK 15. Probable Effects on Profit Figures 16. Implications for the Business Sector and Central Government 17. Overall Summary and Conclusions. Appendices. Index.

‘A particularly valuable contribution to the literature of the subject.’ The Economist‘A concise and objective summary of the general principles involved in inflation accounting.’ The Accountant’s Magazine