As workers search for better opportunities and the demand for public sector workers continues to increase, accounting professionals working in the private sector should consider whether switching to a ...
How the program helped her career: “I spent about a year and a half at the start of my career in private industry. What I found when I came to the Office of Budget and Management was that government ...
“The Master’s in Governmental Accounting at Rutgers looked too perfect for me,” Catherine Sykes said to herself. “I must be missing something.” She dug deeper into the program. “I checked that it was ...
The American Institute of CPAs teamed up with the National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers on a joint report calling attention to the urgent need for accountants in state ...
The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued a proposed accounting standards update Tuesday to establish authoritative guidance on the accounting for government grants received by business entities ...
The Financial Accounting Foundation is looking for an academic expert on public accounting to fill an upcoming vacancy on the Governmental Accounting Standards Board. Filling that spot on the ...
While management accountants across a number of industries face talent gaps and training challenges, governmental accounting perhaps faces the most difficult obstacles, including low pay, high ...
State and local governmental entities (“Governments”) nationwide will soon face new financial statement disclosure requirements regarding existing tax incentive agreements. While the GASB encourages ...
Introduction The carbon accounting, disclosure, and reporting world is facing a lot of change. Most notably, the ...
Joel Black, CPA, replaced David Vaudt, CPA, as chairman of GASB at the beginning of July, shortly after the coronavirus pandemic plunged state and local governments into a chasm of concerns about ...
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Governmental Auditing Standards differ and cover different aspects of the financial reporting process. GAAP defines how businesses, both public and private ...
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