Beneath those obvious costs lies another that is far less visible and often ignored: the cost of capital. Few topics in ...

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The White House Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB’s) Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board last week announced one final rule and one proposed rule that would eliminate more than 60 requirements ...

Washington, D.C. – Today, the Office of Management and Budget’s Cost Accounting Standards (CAS) Board, chaired by the Office of Federal Procurement, published two proposed rules to eliminate more than ...

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This paper examines the role of cost accounting in public financial management, focusing on budget credibility, performance-based budgeting, public procurement, and corruption detection. Despite ...

To determine the value of ending inventory and, ultimately, margins, many retailers have stuck with an accounting practice known as the retail inventory method — in some cases for more than 100 years ...