Research Guides: Accounting: Standards

Standard-Setting Bodies

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB), American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA), Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) collaborate to create new standards and revise older ones so that financial information can be shared easily.

Sarbanes-Oxley and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (PCAOB) indicate signifcant changes in GAAP and the standards setting environment.

FASB: Financial Accounting Standards Board
Financial Accounting Standards Board. Establishes, improves standards of financial accounting & reporting for professionals, corporations, and the public.
GASB: Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Government Accounting Standards Board. Establishes standards and improvements for state & government accounting & financial reporting.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Rules, news, video,filings and regulatory actions.
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Accounting Standards, financial accounting, activities, projects, documents.
IFRS Foundation and IASB
The principal objective of the IFRS Foundation is to develop a single set of high quality, understandable, enforceable and globally accepted International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) through its standard-setting body, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB).

Standards Books

Wiley GAAP 2018: Interpretation and application of generally accepted accounting principles by Joanne M. Flood
ISBN: 9781119511595
Publication Date: 2019-03-08
International GAAP 2021 by Ernst & Young LLP
ISBN: 9781119772668
Publication Date: 2020-12-15
Accountants' Handbook by D. R. Carmichael; O. Ray Whittington; Lynford Graham
ISBN: 9781118171820
Publication Date: 2012-06-05

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