The Financial Accounting Standards Board and the Governmental Accounting Standards Board will begin using a majority vote, instead of relying on the board chairman’s decision alone, to establish ...

The Financial Accounting Foundation commemorated the 40th anniversary of the creation of the Governmental Accounting Standards Board in its annual report and also referenced the 50th anniversary last ...

Global standard setting is taking a new path and U.S. accounting standard setters are preparing to consider foundational projects, according to forward-looking information published Thursday in the ...

GASB regularly issues implementation guides, which are staff “question and answer” (Q&A) documents that are intended to reflect the GASB staff’s understanding of the board’s intent when it adopted the ...

NORWALK, Conn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) today issued a final Statement that simplifies the structure of the hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting ...

GASB, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board, was established in 1984 and serves the same role for state and local governments as FASB does for businesses and nonprofits. GAAP was established to ...

This year has been wrought with financial turmoil for nearly all Americans. From low-wage workers to small business owners, millions of Americans have experienced financial stress courtesy of the ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — After studying accounting standards for the past five years at the University at Buffalo School of Management, Milad Ghanatios will now be part of the standard-setting process with a ...