“The Master’s in Governmental Accounting at Rutgers looked too perfect for me,” Catherine Sykes said to herself. “I must be missing something.” She dug deeper into the program. “I checked that it was ...

The Governmental Accounting Standards Board is getting ready to roll out new rules and proposals for state and local governments, including improvements to the financial reporting model, ...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board issued an accounting standards update Thursday providing authoritative guidance on the accounting for government grants received by business entities.

College Consensus just released its ranking of the Best Online Master’s in Accounting Degree Programs 2019. Rutgers Business School’s Master of Accountancy in Governmental Accounting ranked No. 2 in ...

Last year, the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) voted to defer the effective date of lease accounting standard GASB 87 to give public sector entities more time to adapt to the many ...

As workers search for better opportunities and the demand for public sector workers continues to increase, accounting professionals working in the private sector should consider whether switching to a ...

Private and governmental entities use separate accounting standards to create their financial statements and manage their funds. Without knowing the differences between the standards, it is harder for ...

Nearly every public and private business entity — across all levels of government, small and large businesses and major accounting firms (such as KPMG, EY, Deloitte and PwC) — employs finance ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Katrina Ávila Munichiello is an ...

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles and Governmental Auditing Standards differ and cover different aspects of the financial reporting process. GAAP defines how businesses, both public and private ...