The Financial Accounting Standards Board sets national accounting standards, called Generally Accepted Accounting Principles, for publicly traded companies in the United States. GAAP standards provide ...

Accountants can use any one of three methods for calculating inventory value and cost to keep a business in compliance with accepted accounting standards. Each method can present different problems ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued an accounting standards update to simplify the measurement of inventory. The update is part of FASB’s simplification initiative, which aims to ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has issued FASB Statement No. 151, Inventory Costs. According to FASB, the new statement, an amendment to No. 43 Chapter 4, would improve financial reporting ...

The AICPA Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) is seeking comments on a recently published working draft on inventory valuation. The inventory valuation material ultimately will be ...

The AICPA Financial Reporting Executive Committee (FinREC) on Monday published a working draft on inventory valuation and is seeking comments on the draft. The inventory valuation material ultimately ...

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