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Purpose
Reflection on the stress placed on the trivia in accounting within a context of the belief that there is truth in accounting.
Design/methodology/approach
Fictional poem.
Findings
There is often too much emphasis on the minutiae in accounting, while forgetting that much accounting is broad allocations based on unexamined assumptions.
Research limitations/implications
Stimulates thought about the truth of accounting.
Originality/value
An individual comment on assessing the problems of accounting as it pretends to be “truth” in a world of subjectivity and guesswork.
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2008
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