Why the First Bookkeepers Didn’t Worry About Tax Returns
When you think of bookkeeping, you probably think of receipts, tax returns, and filing deadlines. But the truth is, bookkeeping began centuries before any of those obligations existed – and for a much more practical reason. In 1494, an Italian mathematician and Franciscan friar named Luca Pacioli published a book called Summa de Arithmetica. Tucked … Read more