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- AICPA Code of Professional Conduct
The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and its predecessors have been serving the accounting profession since 1887.
- EY/Passport
Online tax guide that provides a quick overview of the investment climate, taxation, forms of business organization, and business and accounting practices in 141 countries. From Ernst & Young.
- Federal Accounting Standards Advisory Board
Considers and recommends accounting principles for the federal government. Includes statements of accounting standards, exposure drafts and interpretations of accounting standards, news, notices, and meeting agendas.
- Financial Accounting Standards Board
Mission is to establish and improve standards of financial accounting and reporting for the guidance and education of the public, including issuers, auditors, and users of financial information.
- Governmental Accounting Standards Board
Mission is to establish and improve standards of state and local governmental accounting and financial reporting, resulting in useful information for users of financial reports, and also to guide and educate the public.
- IRS Site Tree
Alternative, text-only fast access to the IRS website. Basically an A-Z index of links to information found on the site.
- New York Times: Rule Makers Take on Loopholes That Enron Used in Hiding Debt
"The Financial Accounting Standards Board, which sets accounting rules in the U.S., took the first step toward interpreting rules in a way that would force companies to include in financial statements results of partnerships like those that led to the collapse of Enron." Free registration required. (2/14/02)
- PBS Online NewsHour: Rewriting the Rules
After a report by Margaret Warner on revisions to accounting rules and regulations prompted by the Enron collapse, she talks to Donald Langevoort and Rick Antle." Text, audio, and video. (1/17/02)
- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
Since all investors -- large institutions or private individuals -- should have access to certain basic facts about an investment prior to buying it, the SEC requires public companies to disclose meaningful financial and other information to the public.
- U.S. Tax Code Online
Provides access to the complete text of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code (26 USC). Hyperlinks for following cross-references, and a full-text search engine.
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