Last June, Appalachian State University student Danielle Pollock became one of the seven students to be selected for the Governmental Accounting Standards Board's Postgraduate Technical Assistant ...

Georgia native Alan Skelton will succeed David Bean as director of research and technical activities at the Governmental Accounting Standards Board April 1. Processing Content Bean, who has served as ...

Last year, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) voted to defer the effective date of lease accounting standard GASB 87 to give public sector entities more time to adapt to the many ...

The implementation of GASB Statements 87 and 96 has brought significant changes to how government entities report leases and subscription-based information technology arrangements. A thorough ...

GASB issued a new standard Monday for state and local government to apply when accounting for extinguishment of debt prior to its maturity. In Statement No. 86, Certain Debt Extinguishment Issues, ...

An offensive-sounding acronym led to GASB’s proposal Tuesday to change the name of the “comprehensive annual financial report” to the “annual comprehensive financial report.” The acronym for ...

Since its creation nearly three decades ago, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) has been embroiled in controversy as it has sought to increase accountability and transparency in state ...

Last June, when the Governmental Accounting Standards Board revised the standards for financial reporting for state and local governments, the lay public barely noticed. For finance officers and ...

Caroline Banton has 6+ years of experience as a writer of business and finance articles. She also writes biographies for Story Terrace. David Kindness is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) and an ...

In the world of accounting, it can be difficult for any small business owner to make her way through the alphabet of acronyms. Discussing the alphabet soup of accounting acronyms and terms such as ...