Download or read book The Accounting Postulates and Principles Controversy of the 1960s written by Stephen A. Zeff and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-01 with total page 531 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book, first published in 1982, gathers together a series of articles and editorials written in response to the Accounting Research Program of the early 1960s. Accounting Research Study No. 1 and No. 3 sprang from the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ desire to keep up with ‘economic and social changes which affect accounting’ and the research studies into ‘postulates’ and ‘principles’ proved to be controversial. These articles analyse the findings and provide vital historical insight into the profession of the time, and its further development.