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Business Definition for: Accounting Bases

  • the methods used for applying fundamental accounting concepts to financial transactions and items; preparing financial accounts; determining the accounting periods in which revenue and costs should be recognized in the profit and loss account; and determining the amounts at which material items should be stated in the balance sheet

Additional Resources

GAO concludes that contract foodservice can benefit military bases
WASHINGTON -- Food management companies interested in operating foodservice on U.S. military bases received good news from the General Accounting Office. A GAO study concluded it is more profitable for the military to hire outside contractors to manage branded foodservice operations on its bases than it is for the military...
Tags: benefit, General Accounting Office
Research articles 2001-09-10
GAAP for Private Companies
The Private Company Task Force conducted extensive research on the issue of private company financial reporting. This paper briefs about the task force's findings and conclusions. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles GAAP for private companies should be developed based on concepts and accounting that are appropriate for the distinctly different needs...
Tags: Accounting, Financial Reporting, AICPA, GAAP, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Financial Accounting, Finance
White papers 2005-03-01
GAO: More needed to clean bases
DOD has underestimated the cost of removing hazardous waste at military bases, contends a General Accounting Office report issued last week. DOD has underestimated the cost of removing hazardous waste at military bases, contends a General Accounting Office report issued last week.
Tags: General Accounting Office
Research articles 1995-03-03
California's decommissioned military bases.
Is there "gold" for the taking at California military bases... those that have been closed by the Pentagon or will be mothballed soon? A lot of investors and developers clearly believe there is... that the bases will amount to perhaps the state's last great...
Tags: Air Force, California, FINANCE, Investment, job, Pentagon
Research articles 1997-05-21
Ordnance on 29% of base land
Nearly one-third of all land on 37 closing bases is highly likely to contain unexploded ordnance, a General Accounting Office GAO report concluded. Case Studies on Selected Bases Closed in 1988 and 1991 examined 37 bases ordered closed by the second and third rounds of the...
Tags: General Accounting Office, Government
Research articles 1995-10-27
BRAC Bases
COMING UP This is the first is a series of articles discussing BRAC and how it might affect Kansas bases. Other stories in the series are: Monday: Sen. Pat Roberts and other Kansas congressmen discuss the viability of Kansas bases Tuesday: A look at...
Tags: closure, Forbes, Kansas, Pentagon, training
Research articles 2005-05-01
Other Comprehensive Basis of Accounting methods: non-GAAP-based financial statements
Financial statements prepared using other comprehensive bases of accounting [OCBOA] are growing in popularity. Many smaller, nonpublic entities are over burdened with the accounting and reporting guidance issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board [FASB] and feel that the costs of adhering to the stringent accounting and reporting guidance issued...
Tags: accounting, financial, Financial Accounting Standards Board, financial statement, non-GAAP
Research articles 2003-04-01
Maneuvers: as the federal government decides which of its 450 military bases it no longer needs, the politics of Florida's save-the-bases effort may overshadow some economic opportunities.(FLORIDA'S MILITARY BASES)(Cover Story)
Don't ask the leaders of Florida's save-the-bases effort to speculate on which of the state's facilities might be vulnerable in the current Base Realignment and Closure BRAC deliberations. The leaders, an advisory council to Gov. Jeb Bush, see their job as saving all 21 Florida bases...
Tags: Air Force, FINANCE, Florida, Manufacturing, Pentagon, Taxes
Research articles 2005-05-01
Rumsfeld plans to close 100 bases
WASHINGTON -- Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld is planning to cut at least 100 of the nation's 425 military bases -- more closures than in the four previous rounds of base closures combined -- beginning in 2005, Pentagon insiders said Monday. Rumsfeld is expected to submit to...
Tags: closure, Pentagon
Research articles 2003-10-14
Military Bases on the Block for Next Year.(facility closure of military bases)
Byline:Richard Sammon The next round of military base closings is just around the corner, and it promises to be the largest to date as the Pentagon continues a realignment that began when the Cold War ended. Lawmakers and state officials will work...
Tags: closure, commission, Pentagon, SALES
Research articles 2004-03-10
In defense of bases
In Defense Of Bases: Meeting in Los Angeles, the Defense Base Realignment and Closure Commission heard testimony from San Diegans and representatives of other California communities on why the Defense Department should keep their military bases open. In May, the Pentagon issued a list of bases it would like to...
Tags: commission, Pentagon, SALES
Research articles 2005-07-18
Bulgaria to host three US military bases: minister
SOFIA AFP — The US Congress has decided to use three Bulgarian military bases for the deployment of US forces, Defence Minister Nikolay Svinarov said. "It has not yet been clarified which exactly those bases will be, but we know there will be three of them," Svinarov told BTA...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Bulgaria, Europe, Government, Strategy
Research articles 2005-05-14
In-place readiness spares packages - Exploring the Heart of Logistics - military bases' operational preparedness
Bases with in-place readiness spares packages IRSP can, and do, have base-requisitioning objectives RO less than their total wartime requirement TWR. (The base RO is the sum of the wartime RO and the peacetime operating stock [POS] RO and should never be less than the TWR.) As a result, these...
Tags: Air Force, logistics, offset, point-of-sale
Research articles 2001-09-22
Covering your bases.
By Laura Butalla, Senior Editor Can builders pursue recent military base closures and make it worthwhile for everyone involved? In November 2005, the Base Realignment and Closure BRAC commission approved 22 closures, recommended realignment for seven and...
Tags: Air Force, closure, Government, Lennar Corp.
Research articles 2006-03-01
U.S. may close half of its bases in Europe
Read our four-part series about base closings in Utah, "In Utah's Defense" WASHINGTON -- The planned withdrawal of tens of thousands of U.S. troops from Europe would reduce by nearly one-half the number of bases maintained by the Army in Europe, a senior Defense Department official said Monday....
Tags: commission, Europe, Pentagon, SALES, troop, U.S.
Research articles 2005-05-10
US military bases welcome in Australia
SYDNEY, June 19, 2006 AFP — Prime Minister John Howard said the United States was welcome to establish military bases in Australia. He was commenting on a report that two joint military training and "forward expeditionary bases" would be built in the north of the country. "The notion...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Australia, training, troop
Research articles 2006-06-19
Report urges feds to cooperate in cleanups.(News)
Byline: Bruce Geiselman Defense officials need to better coordinate cleanup efforts at former military bases with other federal and state regulators, according to a report prepared for Congress. The General Accounting Office report relea ...
Tags: cleanup, General Accounting Office, regulator, U.S. Department of Defense, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
Research articles 2003-05-12
Commentary: Shuttering military bases: not a good idea
Every level of government should try to save money and cut costs, as long as the cuts make sense, but I can't understand the rush to close military bases and installations at a time when our nation is at war on several fronts. Last week, the Pentagon announced...
Tags: Government, Pentagon, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2005-05-20
Air Force Materiel Command Selects AtHoc IWSAlerts for Network-Centric Emergency Alerting for Two of Its Bases
AtHoc, Inc. today announced that two bases within Air Force Materiel Command AFMC -- Edwards and Eglin Air Force Bases -- have purchased AtHoc IWSAlertsTM. The bases will use the offering to provide base-wide emergency notification using their existing Internet protocol IP networks. The AtHoc IWSAlerts system provides the bases...
Tags: Air Force, network
Research articles 2006-11-06
Unilever
Knorr Ultimate Refrigerated Bases from Unilever will help you bring a new depth of flavor to your soups and sauces. Made only from top-quality meat, seafood and vegetables, Knorr bases contain no artificial ingredients, added MSG or trans fats. Ensure quality in your unique dishes with Knorr bases.
Tags: Unilever PLC
Research articles 2005-07-25
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