Business Industry Guide: Accounting

Founded in 1887 as the American Association of Public Accountants (AAPA), the organization sets ethical standards and U.S. auditing standards. It also develops and grades the Uniform CPA Examination.

The FASAB serves the public interest by improving federal financial reporting through issuing federal financial accounting standards and providing guidance after considering the needs of external and internal users of federal financial information.

As of July 1, 2009 FASB Accounting Standards Codification™ (FASB Codification) is the single official source of authoritative, nongovernmental US generally accepted accounting principles (U.S. GAAP)

Sets authoritative standards for US government accounting.

The leading promulgator of international Financial Reporting standards (IFRS). The IASB is the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation.

Supports the development, adoption, and implementation of high-quality international standards.

IMA’s mission is to provide a forum for research, practice development, education, knowledge sharing, and advocacy of the highest ethical and best business practices in management accounting and finance.

Oversees the audits of public companies and other issuers in order to protect the interests of investors and further the public interest in the preparation of informative, accurate and independent audit reports.

SEC duties include overseeing private regulatory organizations in the accounting and auditing fields.

Provides extensive information (both free and for fee) on IFRS including full-text of the standards. Some resources will be available which require a free registration.

Register an account with the IFRS Foundation website and you will benefit from a range of additional services. Registration will give you access to content and services not otherwise available, including:
the latest core IFRS Standards and IFRS for SMEs Standard in pdf without any accompanying materials; the latest core IFRS Standards and IFRS for SMEs Standard in html without any accompanying materials; the ability to follow content to curate your News section and receive updates*; the ability to submit comment letters on the latest consultation documents; the ability to register to attend meetings as an observer and watch webcasts of our meetings; and access the translated core IFRS Standards in 12 languages and the translated core IFRS for SMEs Standard in 25 languages.

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