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International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
An accounting standard-setting body that issues standards
adopted by many countries outside of the United States. Most
important in the
world. Works with other countries to adopt their standards.
FASB (Financial Accounting Standards Board)
The primary accounting standard-setting body in the United
States.
Institute of Management Accountants (IMA)
the professional organization that promotes the advancement of
the management accounting profession
,Organizations that develop GAAPs in the U.S.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA),
Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), Securities &
Exchange Commission (SEC), American Accounting Association
(AAA)
ASR Accounting Series Releases
State Standards to be followed by the accounting profession in
preparing financial statements
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) highest order
of principles
Overseen by FASB and SEC. collection of accounting standards
and conventions that has evolved over the years to govern the
profession. GAAP pervasive principles include: Economic Entity,
Going Concern, Monetary Unit, Accounting Periods,
Revenue/Expense Matching,
Conservatism
Economic Entity
GAAP- one firm - one set of books. Economic entities do not have
to correspond to legal entities.
,Going Conern
GAAP- A firm has value beyond liquidation value of assets.
Financial statements are prepared under the assumption that the
entity will continue operations for the foreseeable future.
Monetary Concept
GAAP- Economic events must be measured in a common
denominator. (ie: Dollars)
Accounting period
GAAP- Results of operations for an entity must be reported on a
periodic basis. Usually yearly, often quarterly.
Revenue/Expense Matching
GAAP- All expenses incurred to generate revenues should be
recognized during the same period as those revenues.
, Conservatism
GAAP- better to understate than to overstate economic well-
being.
FASB qualities that make accounting information useful
Understandibility, relevance, reliability, comparability and
consistency, materiality, cost effectiveness
Understandability
Information presented in a clear and concise fashion so that they
are understandable by an educated user of financial information.
Relevance
Financial Data must also be relevant to a user to be of value.
Extraneous information need not appear.
Reliability
assures that information is reasonably free from error and bias
an faithfully represents what it purports to represent