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(GAAP).
The common set of accounting principles, standards and procedures.
They are a combination of:
- Law
- Published authoritative standards (set by policy boards including the International Accounting Standards Board, the FASB in the US, the FRC in the UK and other national accounting boards) and
- The accepted ways of doing accounting.
Sometimes also known as Generally Accepted Accounting Practice.