Generally Accepted Accounting Principles

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This paper uses a case study to examine generally accepted accounting principles and current assets and liabilities vs. non-current items. The paper also studies financial statements from Ford Motor Company to study the effectiveness of different financial statements.

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"Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are the common set of accounting principles, standards and procedures established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The mission of the Financial Accounting Standards Board 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. Thus, GAAP is a combination of authoritative standards that define the accepted ways of preparing financial statements. These are the rules that companies are expected to follow. Thus the term generally..."

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