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Accrual Accounting ConventionAn accounting system that tries to match the recognition of revenues earned with the expenses incurred in generating those revenues. It ignores the timing of the cash flows associated with revenues and expenses.Accrual Accounting Convention Similar MatchesStatement of Financial Accounting Standards No 8Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No 8The is a currency translation standard once used by U.S. accounting firms. See: Statement of Accounting Standards No. 52. Accounting reference dateAccounting reference dateThe date to which accounts are made up for a company. When a company is incorporated, it will usually have an accounting reference date which is the last day of the month in which the anniversary of its incorporation falls. Directors can change the accounting reference date by filing an appropriate form with the Registrar of Companies. Regulatory accounting procedures (RAP)Regulatory accounting procedures (RAP)Accounting principles required by the FHLB that allow S&Ls to elect annually to defer gains and losses on the sale of assets and amortize these deferrals over the average life of the asset sold. Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)Board composed of independent members who create and interpret Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP). Accounting insolvencyAccounting insolvencyTotal liabilities exceed total assets. A firm with a negative net worth is insolvent on the books. Further SuggestionsGenerally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP)current cost accounting Accounting liquidity Growth accounting Accounting Standards Board Cost accounting Historical Cost Accounting Convention Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No 52 Accounting earnings Inflation accounting Average accounting return Replacement cost accounting Purchase accounting |
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