Showing posts with label GASB. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GASB. Show all posts

Monday, October 19, 2020

GASB Q & A with Chairman

https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2020/oct/gasb-chairman-joel-black-government-reporting.html

Thursday, July 26, 2018

Government accounting

https://www.city-journal.org/html/zeroing-government-fraud-14955.html The Government Accounting Standards Board supposedly is supposed to promulgate accounting local and state government accounting standards in the interests and risk bearing of investors (think muni bonds) and taxpayers, but GASB has faced criticism over the years for aligning too closely with the interests of local governments. rather than investors and taxpayers* --- Winter 2017 article in City Journal

Thursday, May 31, 2018

GASB abatements help journalists shed light

https://www.cjr.org/watchdog/corporate-tax-breaks.php This article from Columbia Journalism Review discusses how GASB Statement 77 helps provide more disclosures and availability of information about tax incentives.

Tuesday, March 3, 2015

GASB 72 on fair value effective 6-15-15

http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2015/mar/gasb-fair-value-measurement-guidance-201511887.html GASB Fair value standard, a result of stakeholder requests for clarity, has been passed.