Wayne Rogers, an administrator at a major university, recently said, “I’ve got some CDs in my IRA, which I set up to beat the IRS.” As elsewhere, in the world of accounting and finance, it often helps to be fluent in abbreviations and acronyms.

Instructions

Presented below is a list of common accounting acronyms. Identify the term for which each acronym stands, and provide a brief definition of each term.

(a) AICPA

(e) FAF

(i) CPA

(b) CAP

(f) FASAC

(j) FASB

(c) ARB

(g) SOP

(k) SEC

(d) APB

(h) GAAP

(l) IASB