BACHELOR OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Double Entry System was started in the year
A
1944
B
1949
C
1494
D
1499
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The first known documentation of the double-entry system was first recorded in 1494 by Luca Pacioli, who is widely known today as the “Father of Accounting” because of the book he published that year detailing the concepts of the double-entry bookkeeping method.

Detailed explanation-2: -Luca Pacioli, a Franciscan friar and collaborator of Leonardo da Vinci, first codified the system in his mathematics textbook Summa de arithmetica, geometria, proportioni et proportionalità published in Venice in 1494.

Detailed explanation-3: -Amidst this colossal textbook, Pacioli included 27 pages that are regarded by many as the most influential work in the history of capitalism. It was the first description of double-entry bookkeeping to be set out clearly, in detail and with plenty of examples.

Detailed explanation-4: -Friar Luca’s Book In 1494, the first book on double-entry accounting was published. The author, Luca Pacioli, was an Italian friar.

There is 1 question to complete.