Intangible values in the accounting theoretical and applied sphere of the Eastern Galicia of the second half of XIX - the beginning of XX century: historical discourse

Abstract

The evolution of the economic category “intangible value of the enterprise” and the content of the objects that present it are summarized. The historical formalization of intangible components of the value of the enterprise is given and the development of accounting methodology and methods of reflection of objects related to the concept of “intangible asset” is analyzed. The article presents theoretical and applied aspects of the reflection of intangible assets by accounting in the global and regional sections. The first part of the study highlights the generalized and systematized by the author historiography of the basic principles of accounting for intangible assets with an emphasis on existing problem aspects and ways to solve them at the turn of the century. The second part of this historical and accounting investigation reveals the panorama of solving the problem of accounting for intangible assets in Eastern Galicia. The study of this component has the character of theoretical scientific knowledge and is based on literary criticism, based on selected textbooks and scientific works of accountants of the study area. The hypothesis of the study is the assumption of the development of Western Ukrainian scientists in the period declared by the article of certain ideas that can be rationally used to develop modern concepts of accounting for intangible assets. Among the scientific novelty of the article is a proposal on the principles and approaches to writing off the value of intangible assets, as well as methods of accounting for goodwill in the accounting method, substantiated in the past. The study is based on historical-retrospective analysis, and therefore the main methods of historiographic analysis and historicalgenetic method were used.