Accounting Standards Board


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Accounting Standards Board

the UK body which prior to 1990 was responsible for the formulation of Statements of Standard Accounting Practice (SSAPs).

It was replaced in 1990 by The Accounting Standards Board Limited. See ACCOUNTING STANDARDS.

Collins Dictionary of Business, 3rd ed. © 2002, 2005 C Pass, B Lowes, A Pendleton, L Chadwick, D O’Reilly and M Afferson
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