Drexel University's financial accounting policies and procedures follow the generally accepted accounting principles of Fund Accounting as prescribed by the National Association of College and ...

Renee Ann Butler is a finance writer with 15+ years of professional services experience. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting ...

Private equity fund accounting is quite complex to other investment vehicles. What separates fund accounting from general accounting is that, while small businesses, for example, make purchases with ...

Generally accepted accounting principles include three sets of rules that apply to and cover most every accounting transaction. Petty cash reconciliations, which occur monthly or before replenishing a ...

While not perfect, generally accepted accounting principles are considered the gold standard of accounting rules. Corporations throughout the country use GAAP to prepare their financial statements.

The Federal Accounting Standards Board develops the generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP, which are accepted and used universally by certified public accountants. Businesses use the GAAP ...

This paper discusses the circumstances in which the Accounting Principles Board (APB) issued Opinions 3 and 19, in 1963 and 1971, respectively, when the Board encouraged and then required companies to ...