FINANCIAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS BOARD

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The FASB was set up with the purpose of developing accounting principles in 1973. Today it is the most influential accounting organization. The FASB is involved in solving reporting problems and developing solutions. When Statements of Financial Accounting Standards are released by the FASB, they quickly become gerenally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) pertaining to standards, assumptions, conventions or concepts. When it is difficult to understand accounting principles, interpretations are released which have the same authority as the standards.