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In 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) and the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) announced the creation of a new principles-based revenue recognition model. This new revenue recognition standard, which is referred to as Accounting Standards Update (ASU) 2014-09, will replace the current industry-specific GAAP rules with a single...

For years, there has been an ongoing debate in the accounting community regarding to what degree the complex requirements of generally accepted accounting principles (or GAAP) apply to small and non-public companies. U.S. GAAP was created primarily for publically held companies that have to meet strict regulatory reporting requirements....