That's Summa Story! The History of Accounting

"Accountants are generally recognized as making a valuable contribution to society, by providing the information that allows entrepreneurship to flourish, business to operate efficiently, stakeholders’ interests to be protected, shares to be fairly priced, and taxation and audit requirements to be satisfied. Accounting, however, has not always enjoyed such an established position, and today there is often a tendency to take our profession’s status for granted. It is interesting, therefore, to examine the factors that have brought accounting to the preeminent place that it occupies today." To learn more about the history of accounting, read the article "That's Summa Story! From the Caves to Café Pacioli" by Derry Cotter, FCA. To access the full text of this article, see the Digital Edition of Accountancy Ireland, February 2011, (pages 50-53). Also, visit the magazine's digital archives from 2007 and other archives dating back to 1998.

Using social and digital media to get more from Accountancy Ireland

Fast, accessible and inexpensive new channels of communication are revolutionizing how the world communicates. For Accountancy Ireland these new media channels open the way to enhanced engagement with readers and bring with them the ability to deliver added value across a variety of platforms. For example, when the new digital edition of Accountancy Ireland was launched, the magazine staff was able to engage directly with readers to find out how it was displaying on their screens, how intuitive it was, whether they could operate the plug-ins like the embedded sound and video files, whether they wanted to print or download, or just read the issue online. These channels provide a direct, effective and inexpensive means of engagement with readers and communities. They make it easy for readers to talk back. It’s quick, it’s easy and, best of all, it’s fun! And, of course, it means that Chartered Accountants around the world have much more immediate access to events than was previously possible.