Accounting for Governmental & Nonprofit Entities
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Author: Jacqueline L. Reck James E. Rooks Distinguished Professor, Suzanne Lowensohn, Earl R Wilson
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 11, Problem 4Q
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List the sources of accounting principles that have the most authority for state government, local government, federal government entities, and non-government entities, under the hierarchy of generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
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Indicate the accounting literature the accountants should refer to, when the accounting treatment of a particular item is not described in the hierarchy of GAAP.
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