Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering accounting theory and practice. The journal was established in 1988 and is published by Emerald Group Publishing. In 2022 the editors-in-chief are James Guthrie (Macquarie University) and Lee D. Parker (Glasgow University and RMIT University. [1]
Journal of Accounting Literature: 0737-4607: 0.986 Elsevier [40] S. Asare, University of Florida W. R. Knechel, University of Florida [40] Journal of Accounting and Public Policy: 0278-4254: 0.91 Elsevier [41] Lawrence A. Gordon, University of Maryland [41] Journal of Accounting Research: 0021-8456: 6.957
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) [a] is the accounting standard adopted by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), [1] and is the default accounting standard used by companies based in the United States.
Journal of Accounting and Economics; Journal of Accounting and Public Policy; Journal of Accounting Research; Journal of Accounting, Auditing & Finance; Journal of Business Finance & Accounting; Journal of International Financial Management and Accounting
The Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council then voiced its concerns due to the increase of financial reporting guidance from the old U.S. GAAP standards, and the FASB responded by launching a new project to codify the standards. The project was approved in September 2004 by the Trustees of the Financial Accounting Foundation. [2]
Contemporary Accounting Research is a peer-reviewed academic journal covering research on all aspects of accounting's role within organizations, markets, or society. The journal publishes articles in all areas of accounting, (including audit, financial, information systems, and tax), using relevant methods (including analytical, archival, case study, empirical, experimental, or field); based ...
Critics argue that the 2006 SFAS 157 contributed to the 2008 financial crisis by easing the mark-to-market accounting rule and allowing valuation of assets based on their current market price, rather than the purchase price. Critics claim FASB changes to mark-to-market accounting were made to accommodate "banks with toxic assets on their books ...
Accounting standards prescribe in considerable detail what accruals must be made, how the financial statements are to be presented, and what additional disclosures are required. The term generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) was popularized in the late 1930s.