Opportunity lost? Chances for cost accountants' professionalization under the National Industrial Recovery Act of 1933

Richard Fleischman and Thomas Tyson

Accounting History Review, 1999, vol. 9, issue 1, 51-75

Abstract: The passage in June 1933 of the National Industrial Recovery Act (NIRA) heralded an opportunity for the cost-accounting branch of the profession in the US to play a prominent role in the endeavour to revitalize the national economy. This early New Deal legislation sought to end unfair and destructive competition by authorizing industry-based codes which typically contained uniform methods of cost accounting and cost-based floors for pricing. For the first time on a broad scale, unregulated companies were required to maintain and utilize cost accounts. Many thought that a golden age of cost accountancy had arrived. However, the demise of the NIRA by 1935 left these expectations totally unfulfilled. Any opportunity for cost accountants to achieve a professional status commensurate with that of their financial accounting brethren had quickly dissipated.

Keywords: Cost Accounting; Professionalization; National Industrial Recovery Act; New Deal (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1999
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