When your small business hires an accountant or gets audited, you can expect the accountant to be impartial in evaluating and reporting your financial condition. The reason for this is that the ...

What Are Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)? Your email has been sent Understanding GAAP is essential for anyone involved in finance or accounting. Learn the key principles and their ...

Past attempts to develop standards for financial reporting, whether in the form of the ARB, the Accounting Principles Board, or the more recent Financial Accounting Standards Board, took place in an ...

IMGCAP(1)]In the first article in this series, we explained the concepts behind the American Institute of CPAs’ release of its guidelines called Financial Reporting Framework for Small and ...

Understanding whether to capitalize or expense costs can keep your financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and you out of trouble with the tax ...

GAAP standards provide uniform financial reporting, critical for investors and auditors comparing companies. Non-GAAP results adjust GAAP figures to highlight specific financial aspects, but they ...

Trump's $250M fraud trial hinges on whether he followed generally accepted accounting principles. In an effort to keep our readers awake, we asked two accountant-comedians to explain the wonkiness.

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More businesses are beginning to accept cryptocurrencies, including stablecoins, as a form of payment in addition to more traditional methods such as cash and credit card. Properly accounting for ...

Generally accepted accounting principles, known as GAAP, are a standard set of guidelines followed by US accountants and corporations. Since publicly traded companies are required to report GAAP ...