Responsibility for Establishing Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for Nongovernmental

question 51

Multiple Choice

Responsibility for establishing generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) for nongovernmental, not-for-profit organizations rests with the FASB and was most clearly established:

• A) By the FASB Codification.
• B) When the FASB was created in 1974.
• C) When the GASB was created in 1984.
• D) In the AICPA's Statement of Auditing Standards No. 69 (hierarchy of GAAP).

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