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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. (2004, December 9).

Accounting for real estate time-sharing transactions. Statement of Position 04-2. Retrieved June 22, 2006, from Accounting Research Manager database: http://www.accountingresearchmanager.com.

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Financial Accounting Standards Board. "Inventory Costs - An Amendment of ARB

No. 43 Chapter 4." Statement of Financial Accounting Standard No. 151. November 2004. Accounting Resarch Manager. Commerce Clearing House. Babson College Horn Lib., Babson Park, MA. 22 June 2006 <http://www.accountingresearchmanager.com>.

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Access the text of accounting standards; coverage is both domestic (FASB, AICPA, EITF) and international (IASB), and ranges from the proposal stage literature through the final version. Also includes SEC requirements, rules, regulations and guidance. A subscription to the Standard Package provides access to the Accounting and SEC sections of the database.

Updated February 21, 2008
By  Mary Gavett-Orsi