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Letters.(Letter to the Editor)

Publication: Accounting Today
Publication Date: 07-NOV-05
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Setting FASB's record on GAAP straight

The recent series of columns by Paul Miller and Paul Bahnson about the Financial Accounting Standards Board's views on generally accepted accounting principles and, in particular, its recommended elimination of Rule 203, contain several incorrect to...

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...assertions.

Dedicated advancing GAAP

Perhaps chief among the misconceptions in these columns is the suggestion that the board views GAAP as infallible. In reality, FASB continually works to improve and advance GAAP. To suggest anything otherwise is preposterous.

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