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The Institute, in cooperation with industry experts, has updated and revised illustrative financial statements for banks, savings institutions, credit unions and mortgage companies (in separate versions), which members can find online at www.aicpa.org/ members/div/acctstd/illustrative_fs.asp.


The Institute, in cooperation with industry experts, has updated and revised illustrative il·lus·tra·tive  
adj.
Acting or serving as an illustration.



il·lustra·tive·ly adv.

Adj. 1.
 financial statements for banks, savings institutions, credit unions and mortgage companies (in separate versions), which members can find online at www.aicpa.org/ members/div/acctstd/illustrative_fs.asp. These illustrative statements also are available in the AICPA publication, Checklists and Illustrative Financial Statements for Banks, Savings Institutions, Credit Unions, Finance Companies, and Mortgage Companies.

While the statements are not intended to be comprehensive or to establish a preference among alternative principles acceptable under GAAP GAAP

See: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles


GAAP

See generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
, they do provide guidance useful to members employed in depository The place where a deposit is placed and kept, e.g., a bank, savings and loan institution, credit union, or trust company. A place where something is deposited or stored as for safekeeping or convenience, e.g., a safety deposit box.  or lending institutions Noun 1. lending institution - a financial institution that makes loans
financial institution, financial organisation, financial organization - an institution (public or private) that collects funds (from the public or other institutions) and invests them in
.
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Title Annotation:Financial Reporting
Publication:Journal of Accountancy
Date:Apr 1, 2004
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