Financial accounting principles shape the recording of nearly every business transaction in the business world. The creation of these principles is no small task and can sometimes seem nearly ...

Basic accounting principles form guidelines that govern the preparation of financial reports. These guidelines provide a comprehensive framework for classifying, recording, presenting and interpreting ...

Advocates for ending quarterly reporting argue it imposes heavy compliance costs and encourages managers to focus unduly on ...

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 ...

The Securities and Exchange Commission has published a roadmap for the change from the rules-based American Generally Accepted Accounting Principals, or GAAP, to the principles-based International ...

Accounting Principals has issued its annual salary guide for accounting and finance professionals as the labor shortage that’s been hitting so many industries this year has also driven demand for ...

In a prior article, I wrote about the appeal of counting the Federal Government as a customer, because of the size of the government’s budget, as well as its creditworthiness. In that article, I ...

The Delaware Court of Chancery rejected a purchaser's efforts to prevent a seller from adopting a method of calculating the post-closing purchase price adjustment that was inconsistent with the seller ...