Accounting Changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the US

question 27

Multiple Choice

Accounting changes by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the US:

• A) eliminated the "purchase method," allowing only the "pooling-of-interests" method for mergers and acquisitions
• B) eliminated the "pooling-of-interests" method, allowing only the "purchase method" for mergers and acquisitions
• C) allow for both the "purchase method" and the "pooling-of-interests" method for mergers and acquisitions
• D) none of the above

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