Setting financial accounting standards

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Identify each of the following:

a) The private sector organization currently responsible for setting financial accounting standards in the United States.

b) The private sector organization currently responsible for setting stateand local governmental accounting standards in the UnitedStates.

c) The organization that exists to influence the developmentof international accounting standards.

d) The federal agency that oversees accounting at the federalgovernment.

e) The organization responsible for the enforcement offinancial accounting standards in the United States.

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