Deferred taxes are one of the main reasons to hate Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.

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For the rest, he says, the benefits of switching from America's generally accepted accounting principles are minimal and will not justify the costs.

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The prospects and desirability of convergence between U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) have been much debated, but the SEC has not yet decided whether and how to proceed.

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For one thing, American stock exchanges cannot list the shares of overseas companies that do not follow America's generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

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The following tables include information about non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP operating expenses, non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP earnings per share (collectively, the "non-GAAP financial measures"), which are not measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

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This press release includes information about non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP earnings per share (collectively with non-GAAP gross margin and non-GAAP operating expenses, the "non-GAAP financial measures"), which are not measurements of financial performance prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

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Summary: Although convergence between US generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) has been the subject of much debate and collaborative effort, it is still unclear when the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) will make a determination about how to proceed, or what its final decision is likely to be.

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