AAA |
American Accounting Association |
AAER |
Accounting and Auditing Enforcement Release |
AcSEC |
Accounting Standards Executive Committee of the American Institute of
CPAs |
AICPA |
American Institute of Certified Public Accountants |
APB |
Accounting Principles Board |
ARB |
Accounting Research Bulletin |
ASC |
Accounting Standards
Codification |
ASR |
Accounting Series Release |
AU |
Codification of Auditing Standards |
CAQ |
Center for Audit Quality |
CEO |
Chief executive officer |
CFA |
Chartered Financial Analyst |
CFO |
Chief financial officer |
CIFiR |
SEC Advisory Committee
on Improvements to Financial Reporting |
DIG |
Derivatives Implementation Group |
DOJ |
Department of Justice |
EC |
European Commission |
EESA |
Emergency Economic
Stabilization Act of 2008 |
EITF |
Emerging Issues Task Force |
FAF |
Financial Accounting Foundation |
FASAB |
Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board |
FASAC |
Financial Accounting Standards Advisory Council |
FASB |
Financial Accounting Standards Board |
FDIC |
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation |
FDICIA |
Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation Improvement Act of 1991 |
FEI |
Financial Executives International |
FSP |
FASB Staff Position |
FTC |
Federal Trade Commission |
GAAP |
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles |
GAO |
General Accounting Office |
GASAC |
Governmental Accounting Standards Advisory Council |
GASB |
Governmental Accounting Standards Board |
GAAP |
Generally accepted accounting principles |
GAAS |
Generally accepted auditing standards |
IAS |
International Accounting Standard |
IASB |
International Accounting Standards Board |
IASC |
International Accounting Standards Committee |
IFAC |
International Federation of Accountants |
IFRS |
International Financial Reporting Standard |
IMA |
Institute of Management Accountants |
IRS |
Internal Revenue Service |
MD&A |
Management’s Discussion and Analysis |
OCC |
Office of the
Comptroller of the Currency |
OTS |
Office of Thrift
Supervision |
OTTI |
Other-than-Temporary
Impairment |
PCAOB |
Public Company Accounting Oversight Board |
SAB |
Staff Accounting Bulletin |
SAS |
Statement on Auditing Standards |
SEC |
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission |
SECPS |
SEC
Practice Section of AICPA |
SFAC |
Statement of Financial Accounting Concepts |
SFAS |
Statement of Financial Accounting Standards |
SoP |
Statement of Position |
SOX |
Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002 |
XBRL |
eXtensible Business Reporting Language |