1.2 The History and Development
Accounting records date back to the ancient civilizations of China, Babylonia, Greece and Egypt.
The Great Depression led to the creation of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in 1934.
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) and its predecessors had responsibility for setting accounting standards until 1973.
AICPA and the FASB began to establish the Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) standards for the U.S.
The growth of organization, changes in technology, government regulation and the globalization of economy, a number of specialized fields of accounting have evolved such as human resource accounting, environmental accounting.

