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- Defining Principles-Based Accounting Standards
A key concern arising from the recent business scandals is that U.S. accounting standards have become "rules-based," filled with specific details in an attempt to address as many potential contingencies as possible. To address these concerns, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 required the SEC to examine the feasibility of a principles-based accounting system. Despite all of this discussion, a precise definition of principles-based accounting remains elusive. This article contains a proposed definition and an explanation of how standards developed according to this definition would differ from the current system. The usefulness of the definition is demonstrated by a comparison of U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IAS) regarding the ...
- CPA Journal, The
- Vol. 74 Nbr. 8, August 2004
- 19 CFR 181.1 - Definitions.
...(g) Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Generally Accepted...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 19: Customs Duties
- The new GAAP hierarchy.
The phrase 'generally accepted accounting principles' (GAAP) is defined in SAS 69, which outlines 'The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the Independent Auditor's Report. This definition covers broad guidelines from general applications to detailed rules and procedures. Since a hierarchy of authority sources is needed for these applications, the Auditing Standards Board established an SAS 69 revision which sets norms for authority levels for accounting practices.
- The National Public Accountant
- Vol. 38 Nbr. 10, October 1993

- Covidien Reports Second-Quarter Results.
... information prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. The Company's defi...
- Business Wire
- April 21, 2011
- 7 CFR 1980.402 - Definitions.
... sheets prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), plus qualif...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 7: Agriculture
- Discussion Paper on the reform of Taxation of Trusts.
... of the 'income of the trust estate' (generally referred to as 'distributable income') with a trus... is proposing to insert a clear definition of 'distributable income' in the Tax Act that will... a trust's distributable income as its accounting income With the exception of trusts that have flex... distributable income refers to generally accepted accounting principles. It is somewhat strange that...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2011, January 2011
- 12 CFR 567.1 - Definitions.
... interest that is not consolidated under generally accepted accounting principles; and. (ii) The rema...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 12: Banks and Banking
- 12 CFR 360.6 - Treatment of financial assets transferred in connection with a securitization or participation.
...(a) Definitions. (1) Financial asset means cash or a contract or i...-owned subsidiary consolidated for accounting and capital purposes with the sponsor) or insider ... for sale accounting treatment under generally accepted accounting principles, except for the ?le...
- Code of Federal Regulations - Title 12: Banks and Banking
- Capital Adequacy Guidelines: Trust Preferred Securities and the Definition of Capital; Delay of Implementation Date
...,\1\ and (2) to revise the requirements generally applied to the aggregate amount of restricted core... considerations, and changes in generally accepted accounting principles and to strengthen the defini...
- FR, March 23, 2009
- Rules
- Federal Reserve System
- Accountability perspectives in Italian municipality accounting systems: the gap between regulations and practices.
... as to ensure compliance with the principles established in the legal framework. . ACCOUNTABILI...' strategic objectives thus their clear definition in the document becomes a considerable means to di... as accounting systems, that are socially accepted, taken for granted and function as myths, in order... state governments' decisions to adopt generally accepted accounting principles. Accounting Organiz...
- Public Administration Quarterly
- Vol. 34 Nbr. 4, December 2010