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GAAP stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (TRUE or FALSE)?

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Question added by Khaled Mohee Eldeen Abbas Mahmoud , Chartered Accountant # 10465 , Self-employed
Date Posted: 2014/07/16
Nasrudeen burhan
by Nasrudeen burhan , Accountant cum Office Admin , Power Star Building Cleaning service

True.GAAP are a combination of authoritative standards and commonly accepted ways of recording and reporting accounting information.

Divyesh Patel
by Divyesh Patel , Assistant Professional Officer- Treasury , City Of Cape Town

Answer is TRUE

Jerry Easow Thomas
by Jerry Easow Thomas , General Accountant , Masar Medical

True. GAAP(Generally Accepted Accounting Principles) is a set of accounting standards, rules, procedures and conventions for recording and reporting financial information. 

        Now IFRS(International Financial Reporting Standard) is commonly used for accounting standard over110 countries which is established by International Accounting Standard Board.

Mian Muhammad Naeem Jan
by Mian Muhammad Naeem Jan , Chief Finance Officer , Management Company

Correct 

Hemanta Debata
by Hemanta Debata , FA and CAO , Indian Institute of Management Raipur

true

nancy El-ali
by nancy El-ali , HR Generalist , DARS Electronic School

True. They are generally accepted rules in accounting which is followed by every certified public accountant in the US. Som accountants outside the USA abide by these nine standards in their accounting practices. 

Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA
by Khaled Abdelrehim ACCA DipIFR CMA , Financial Analysis Assistant General Manager , Khalda Petroleum Company

That's right

Tayyab Zameer
by Tayyab Zameer , Accountant , General Trading Company

Yes True

MUDDASSER ALI
by MUDDASSER ALI , Manager Accounts , M/s Ghulam Muhammad & Sons (GMS (Pvt) Ltd). (Autoparts Manufacturing Concern)

yes

Anjum Jamal
by Anjum Jamal , QA QC Engineer , Khatib & Alami

True.

Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) refer to the standard framework of guidelines for financial accounting used in any given jurisdiction; generally known as accounting standards or standard accounting practice. These include the standards, conventions, and rules that accountants follow in recording and summarizing and in the preparation of financial statements.

True

without gaap we cannot do accounts

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