BNET Business Dictionary

Business Definition for: British Accounting Association

an organization whose goal is to promote accounting education and research in the United Kingdom.
Abbr. BAA

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Accounting Education Conference.: The British Accounting Association BAA Special Interest Group on Accounting Education will be holding its Annual Conference 2000 at Aberdeen Business School, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen on 25-26 May. The British Accounting Association BAA Special Interest Group on Accounting Education will be...; Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., accounting; Research articles 2000-02-01
Need to know: Sinclair buys . . . Yell hires . . . Carillion sells: View video and Need to Know interactive heatmap Economics Public finances: Britain must raise taxes by £26 billion a year or cut public spending by 17 per cent in the three years to 2013-14, over and above the measures proposed in this year's Budget, because of damage done to the...; Tags: Google Inc., Mobile, Mobile Broadband, Carillion Plc.; News items 2009-10-12
Regulatory Watch: New Code of Conduct The Association of Financial Professionals representing finance professionals at U.S. corporations, and their British and French counterparts, have proposed a new code of conduct for Wall Street credit-rating agencies in order to restore confidence in a system damaged by the accounting scandals. The proposed code...; Tags: accounting, agency, FINANCE, Financial Accounting Standards Board, investor, overtime, Taxes; Research articles 2004-07-01

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