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Welcome to the '''Accounting task force''' of the [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Business|Business WikiProject]]! 

==Scope==
The '''Accounting task force''' covers all aspects of accounting, both financial and non-financial and both numerical and non-numerical despite working on manual basis or computerized environment.  A particular eye needs to be kept towards a balanced world-view of the subject, as accounting is very dependent upon national regulations and it is easy to write an article with a bias towards the system in one's own country.
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Accounting articles by quality statistics}}

Old list, not yet obsolete following change of name: 
{{Wikipedia:Version 1.0 Editorial Team/Accountancy articles by quality statistics}}

==Participants==
If you would like to add yourself to the task force, place {{tlx|User WP ACCT}} on your user page. Adding this userbox will add your user page to the category [[:Category:Accounting task force participants|Accounting task force participants]].

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For users who do not like userboxes, adding <code><nowiki>[[Category:Accounting task force participants|{{PAGENAME}}]]</nowiki></code> to your user page will also add you to this category, but without the userbox. Alternatively you can just add your name to the list below, which is not updated automatically.

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*{{ul|AccZA}}
*{{ul|AICPA gwright}}
*{{ul|Akendall}}
*{{ul|Andrew Reynolds}}
*{{ul|AnthonyUK}}
*{{ul|Bhanks}}
*{{ul|BMaskell}}
*{{ul|BoneClock}}
*{{ul|CoachKenSmith}}
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*{{ul|Doncram}}
*{{ul|Dddege}}
*{{ul|Folklore1}}
*{{ul|Gogal}}
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*{{ul|Ivanvector}}
*{{ul|Joluata}}
*{{ul|Lordthees}}
*{{ul|LuckyInWaco}}
*{{ul|Markerdryer}}
*{{ul|Nehrams2020}}
*{{ul|NilssonDenver}}
*{{ul|Otto_Neubauer}}
*{{ul|Ouanor}}
*{{ul|Sivanesh}}
*{{ul|Sweetmat}}
*{{ul|Techsavvycpa}}
*{{ul|Well-rested}}
*{{ul|Mgt88drcr}}
*{{ul|Gn341ram}}

===Interested parties===
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*{{ul|H.al-shawaf}}
*{{ul|Hroðulf}}
*{{ul|Mtmelendez}}
*{{ul|RJN}}
*{{ul|Smallman12q}}
*{{ul|The undertow}}
*{{ul|Weeman com}}
*[[User:ITSecurityGuy|ITSecurityGuy]] ([[User talk:ITSecurityGuy|talk]]) 23:20, 16 April 2009 (UTC)
*[[User:GillesAuriault]]   9/9/2009             for the Audit pages (especially early history of audit),    and for translating EN into French pages
*{{ul|Miron82}}
*[[User:TomEspley|TomEspley]]
*[[User:AndrewRead|Andrew Read]]
*[[User:Andykoo1990|Andykoo1990]]
*{{ul|The Real Peter Pan}}

===Inviting potential members===
If you know of or come across Wikipedia members with an interest in accounting, then and ask them to take a look here (particularly if they can bring an international perspective). Suggested text that can be placed on user talk pages is provided on the [[Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Business/Accounting task force|talk page]]. Editors with access to a public or university library are particularly welcome, since they will be well placed to carry out research. Alternatively if you know of any online research sources, please add them to the external links section at the bottom of this page. 

You can invite editors to join this project by typing {{tlsp|Accounting task force Invite|&#126;&#126;&#126;&#126;}} on their talk page. See {{tlx|Accounting task force Invite/doc}} for further instructions on usage.
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==Userbox==
To add the userbox below, just place {{tlx|User WP ACCT}} on your user page. Adding this userbox will add your user page to the category [[:Category:Accounting task force participants|Accounting task force participants]].

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==Objectives==
===Improve the article Accounting ===
The article [[Accounting]] as currently written contains lots of [[WP:OR|original research]] that needs to be replaced with [[WP:VER|verifiable]] content. To achieve this, it will be necessary to identify books and journals that will provide useful reference material. It will also be necessary to establish a methodology for structuring the article that will enable its contents to be clearly understood by the reader.

=== Improve related categories ===
The article [[Accounting]] contains many links that are unstructured, and serve little purpose other than to add clutter to the article. These links need to be sorted, and replaced with relevant categories that will enhance the article's appearance.

Related categories, such as [[:Category:Accounting]] and all its subcategories, need to be reviewed to ensure they are comprehensive and appropriately sorted. Please feel free to add categories that may have been omitted, or add comments about the categories listed below:
<categorytree>Accounting</categorytree>

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*[[:Category:Costs|Costs]]
*[[:Category:Financial accounting|Financial accounting]]
*[[:Category:Generally Accepted Accounting Principles|Generally Accepted Accounting Principles]]
*[[:Category:Inventory|Inventory]]
*[[:Category:Management accounting|Management accounting]]
*[[:Category:United_States_Generally_Accepted_Accounting_Principles|US GAAP]]

=== Improve "B" rated articles===
Please help improve the following articles particularly if you are a native speaker of the English language and do not plan to make exceptionally "bold" edits. The focus of edits to the following articles is "tweaking" and not radical changes. Articles with average page ratings >= 4.0 and over 100 ratings in each of the four categories (Trustworthy, Objective, Complete and Well-written) by Wikipedia users can be considered to be "B" rated.
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*[[Debits and credits]]

=== Improve articles and stubs===
Related articles and stubs, such as those listed in [[:Category:Accounting stubs]] need to be improved, because these are often basic terms needing clear definition. Please feel free to add articles that may have been omitted or your views about each of the articles listed below:
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*[[Account (accountancy)]]
*[[Accounting for leases in the United States]]
*[[Accounting Hall of Fame]]
*[[Accounting software]]
**[[Comparison of accounting software]]
*[[Audit]]
*[[Auditor's report]]
*[[Balance sheet]]
*[[Bankruptcy]]
*[[Bookkeeping]]
*[[Bank reconciliation]]
*[[Constant Purchasing Power Accounting]]
*[[Debtor collection period]]
*[[Dividend]] – see [[Talk:Dividend/Comments]] for a task list
*[[Differences between managerial accounting and financial accounting]]
*[[Double-entry bookkeeping system]]
*[[Equity]] disambiguation page needs clarity
*[[Equity in income of affiliates]] could be merged into [[Ownership equity]] which should be improved
*[[Financial Accounting]]
*[[Financial audit]]
*[[Generally Accepted Accounting Principles]]
*[[Historic cost]]
*[[Imprest system]]
*[[Insolvency]] (merge into [[Solvency]] ?)
*[[Insolvency Practitioners Association]]
*[[Institute of Financial Accountants]]
*[[Intangible asset]]
*[[Inventory turnover]]
*[[Investor relations]]
*[[International Financial Reporting Standards]]
*[[ISA 230 Documentation]]
*[[ISA 320 Audit Materiality]]
*[[ISA 400 Risk Assessments and Internal Control]]
*[[ISA 500 Audit Evidence]]
*[[ISA 501 Audit Evidence - Additional Considerations for Specific Items]]
*[[ISA 505 External Confirmations]]
*[[Leasing]]
*[[Liabilities Subject to Compromise]]
*[[List of accounting topics]]
*[[Matching principle]]
*[[Minority interest]]
*[[Net asset value]] should probably be merged with [[Collective investment scheme]] which should probably be expanded. 
*[[Net assets]] should probably be a section in the [[Balance sheet]] article 
*[[Netting]]
*[[Preferential creditor]]
*[[Profession]] - ''Definition updated with verifiable content 25/06/07 (nice artwork too).''
*[[Project accounting]]
*[[Purchase ledger]]
*[[Receivership]] – merge into [[Receiver (legal)]] ?
*[[Restricted stock]]
*[[Retained earnings]]
*[[Secured creditor]]
*[[Share capital]]
*[[Single-entry bookkeeping system]]
*[[Statutory accounting principles]]
*[[Tax profit]]
*[[Trading statement]]
*[[Unsecured creditor]]
*[[Wealth management]]
*[[Wrongful trading]]
*[[XBRL]]

== Article Alerts ==
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== Resources ==
{{Sisterlinks|Accountancy}}
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* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Business_and_Economics/Archive_of_January_2007_-_March_10_2007#Major_Overhaul Accountancy Overhaul (February 2007)] - An archived discussion about improving Accountancy and related articles.
* [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3657/is_199406/ai_n8722129/ Early accounting in Northern Italy: The role of commercial development and the printing press in the expansion of double-entry from Genoa, Florence and Venice. Mills], Mills, Geofrey T., ''The Accounting Historians Journal'', June 1994
===Magazines and Journals===
*[http://www.wiley.com/bw/journal.asp?ref=0001-3072 Abacus:A Journal of Accounting, Finance and Business Studies]
*[http://www.idosi.org/ajfm/ajfm.htm Academic Journal of Financial Management] 
*[http://www.accountancyireland.ie/ Accountancy Ireland]
*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=aaaj Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal]
*[http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09585206.asp Accounting, Business & Financial History]
*[http://www.icas.org.uk/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=6328 Accounting Education]
*[http://www.picpa.com.ph/PICPA-Publications/Accounting-Times.aspx Accounting Times]
*[http://www.africagrowth.com/afj.htm African Finance Journal]
*[http://ajol.info/index.php/ajfm African Journal of Finance and Management]
*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ara Asian Review of Accounting]
*[http://www.icas.org.uk/site/cms/contentviewarticle.asp?article=6328 CA Magazine]
*[http://cmamagazine.ca CMA Magazine]
*[http://www.charteredaccountants.com.au/charter Charter: Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia]
*[http://www.nzica.com/NavigationMenu/Publications_Resources/CharteredAccountantsJournal/default.htm Chartered Accountants Journal]
*[http://www.creditcontrol.co.uk/ Credit Control]
*[http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/toc.php?area=Journals&mode=bypub&level=4&values=Journals~~EC+Tax+Review EC Tax Review]
*[http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713696487 European Accounting Review]
*[http://app1.hkicpa.org.hk/publications/society_journals/index.php The Hong Kong Accountant]
*[http://www.inderscience.com/browse/index.php?journalID=41&year=2007&vol=4&issue=3 International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation]
* [http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/ Journal of Accountancy]
*[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505556/description#description Journal of Accounting and Economics]
*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=jaoc Journal of Accounting and Organizational Change]
*[http://www.elsevier.com/wps/find/journaldescription.cws_home/505721/description#description Journal of Accounting and Public Policy]
*[http://www.worldscinet.com/jda/jda.shtml Journal of Derivatives Accounting]
*[http://www.cipfa.org.uk/thejournal/index.cfm Journal of Finance and Management in Public Services]
*[http://www.icmap.com.pk/ma.htm Management Accountant]
*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0268-6902 Managerial Auditing Journal]
*[http://www.emeraldinsight.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=qram Qualitative Research in Accounting and Management]
*[http://www.springerlink.com/content/102988/ Review of Accounting Studies]
*[http://www.springerlink.com/content/102990/ Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting]
*[http://www.fachverlag.de/sbr/home.html Schmalenbach Business Review]
*[http://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_busman.html South African Journal of Business Management]
*[http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_ecoman.html South African Journal of Economic and Management Sciences]
*[http://www.journals.co.za/ej/ejour_sajaar.html Southern African Journal of Accountability and Auditing Research]

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