Subject Resources: Accounting and Finance Web Sites
Contents:
Academic & Research
AccountAbility
Promoting social, ethical and organisational accountability.
HEA Business, Management, Accountancy and Finance Subject Centre
Supporting the use of IT to enhance teaching and learning. Information on courses, conferences, publications and new developments.
Some university sites are of particular interest, for example the: Centre for Social and Environmental Accounting Research - University of St Andrews.
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Accounting Glossaries
ICAEW Directory of Essential Accountancy Abbreviations
Over 450 accounting abbreviations.
Investorwords US Accounting Glossary
Search by letter and by whole word. When searching by word, it lists the closest match and other topics where the word has been found.
Tutor2u Glossary of Accounting and Finance Terms
Requires Acrobat Reader to view Glossary, (PDF document only). Although site is aimed at A Level students the main site (http://www.tutor2u.net) contains useful information including revision guides and news across a range of topics.
Ventureline US Accounting Glossary
Browsing by word listing of accounting terms, which can be browsed by first letter or searched by the abbreviation required.
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Accounting/Auditing Standards
Accounting Standards Board
Role of the Accounting Standards Board (ASB) is to issue accounting standards.
The Auditing Practices Boards
Available at this site are press releases, information about current projects and forthcoming publications.
Financial Accounting Standards Board
US financial reporting
Financial Reporting Council
Includes information about standards, links to relevant sites and a student section of the web page which includes FAQ´s.
International Accounting Standards Board
Includes list of current standards, summaries of content and effective dates and new interpretations when published, plus information on the IASC and its work, including standards revision.
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Government
Bank for International Settlements
The Bank of England
Financial Ombudsman Service
Charity Commission
Register of Charities, guidelines facts and figures
Companies House
Includes data, guidance notes and a series of FAQ's
Financial Services Authority
HM Treasury
UK Budgetary and Economics reports and related documentation
London Stock Exchange
The Takeover Panel
The UK regulatory body which administers the City Code on Takeovers and Mergers. The Code and other documentation is available in full text
Whole of Government Accounts
Information on the development of UK government accounting procedures.
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Professional Organisations
United Kingdom and Ireland
The Actuarial Profession
Association of British Insurers
Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA)
Association of Corporate Treasurers
British Accounting Association (BAA)
British Bankers Association
Building Societies Association
Chartered Accountants Ireland
Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA)
Chartered Institute of Public Finance & Accountancy
Chartered Institute of Taxation - Tax tips, history of UK tax, self assessment tips.
Chartered Insurance Institute
Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers (CSCB)
Council of Mortgage Lenders
IFS School of Finance
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW)
Institute of Internal Auditors
National Association of Pension Funds
Europe
European Accounting Association
United States
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
TAXSites.com
International
International Federation of Accountants
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Subject Portals
These subject portals provide an extensive collection of links to accounting resources.
Accounting Education
Source of current news for UK and international accounting.
Biz/ed
Business and economics links, datasets and company information.
Rutgers Accounting Web
Maintained by the Rutgers University, this site gives access to a range of international web pages.
WiWi-Online
The essential online research tool for students, academic staff and professionals of economics, accountancy and business.
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