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Accrual accounting is the GAAP-preferred practice of recording all revenues and expenses when they occur, even if payment has not yet been sent or received. In business, all financial transactions ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board has released guidance aimed at clarifying the meaning of a “business” for purposes of the accounting rules.

Now known as Accounting Standards Code Topic 820, FAS 157 is the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)’s fair value accounting standard.