In: Accounting
A press release announcing the appointment of the trustees of
the new Financial Accounting Foundation stated that the Financial
Accounting Standards Board (to be appointed by the trustees) “. . .
will become the established authority for setting accounting
principles under which corporations report to the shareholders and
others” (AICPA news release July 20, 1972).
Part A.) Identify the sponsoring organization of the FASB and the
process by which the FASB arrives at a decision and issues an
accounting standard.
Part B.) Indicate the major types of pronouncements issued by the
FASB and the purposes of each of these pronouncements.