FASB, a private organization established in 1973 promulgates standards for financial accounting and reporting for the private sector. Statements promulgated by FASB are recognized as authoritative by the Securities and Exchange Commission and by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountatnts. FASB's web site offers full-text, summary, and FASB statuses.
FASAB standards are GAAP for federal governmental entities only. The web site provides access to statements of financial standards, federal financial concepts, interpretations, and technical Bulletins.
Established in 1984 as an independent organization, the Government Accounting Standards Board's (GASB) mission is to improve state and local governmental financial reporting. GASB standards are GAAP for state and local governmental entities only. The web site offers summary and status of GASB pronouncements, GASB Statements, GASB Concept Statements, and GASB Interpretations.
The PCAOB is a nonprofit corporation established by Congress to oversee the audits of public companies in order to protect investors and the public interest by promoting informative, accurate, and independent audit reports.
Find out more about the career outlook for Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks by visiting the Occupational Outlook Handbook published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Start Here, Go Places
The AICPA launched StartHereGoPlaces.com in 2001 as a free resource to help students understand where an accounting career can take them. Now, in addition to the business simulations, games and valuable career, scholarship and internship information that have inspired more than one million student visitors since its launch, the site includes more than 100 profiles of real-life CPA in public practice, industry, government and academia, as well as a Future Me Builder that allows aspiring CPAs to explore and "try on" different careers within the CPA profession.
The Indiana CPA Society (INCPAS) is a statewide professional association representing more than 7,000 CPAs in public practice, business and industry, government, and education.
AccountingToday.com is a leading provider of online business news for the tax and accounting community, offering breaking news, in-depth features, insightful editorial analysis, and a host of Web-related resources and services.
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