standard accounting practice

Definition

A set of rules that a company must follow when reporting information on its financial statement. The standard accounting practice guidelines allow companies to be compared to each other because they have followed the same rules. The standard methods in the U.S. are referred to as Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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