Federal Accounting Handbook
Subtitle: Policies, Standards, Procedures, Practices
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Wiley; John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Published: December 15, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 408
ISBN-13: 9780471371588
Subjects: Central government; Public finance accounting; Accounting Standards; Public Accounting; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; USA; Accounting - Governmental; Business & Economics / Accounting / Governmental; Accounting; Finance, Public; Standards; United States
First sentence: Under the Constitution, the responsibility for federal financial policy rests exclusively with the Congress of the United States.
Description: "For the first time in decades, federal accounting practices have been altered by significant changes imposed by Congress and regulatory agencies, as well as by the establishment in 1990 of the Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board (FASB). Written in nontechnical language for both the professional and nonprofessional, Wiley Federal Accounting Handbook provides all you need to know about the what, why, when, and how of federal financial management."--BOOK JACKET.