Transparency gap

[nq:1]Could you please tell me what a transparency gap actually is? E.g. an accounting transparency gap. Is it something to do with fraud?[/nq]
Mixed metaphor is the most important
class to which this phrase belongs.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:1]Could you please tell me what a transparency gap actually is? E.g. an accounting transparency gap. Is it something to do with fraud?[/nq]
"Transparency gap" is not a common phrase, and it appears to be quite recent. A number of hits relate to articles by Joseph Fuller, in which he discusses "the need for greater transparency in how companies report their earnings and describe their opera

[nq:2]Could you please tell me what a transparency gap actually is? E.g. an accounting transparency gap. Is it something to do with fraud?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Transparency gap" is not a common phrase, and it appears to be quite recent. A number of hits relate to ... tangled in the numbers and distracted from the serious issues. That's the best I've been able to figure out, anyway.[/nq]
I know noth

[nq:1]Many GAP accounting systems crowd the market today. In my opinion, the following three solutions are the top performers in the accounting industry:[/nq]
I'm sure I'll put all three to good use.

Charles Riggs
There are no accented letters in my email address

[nq:1]I know nothing about the phrase, but offer that "gap" may be "GAP". "GAP" is "General Accounting Practices". Accountants in the US often refer to GAP meaning the normal and correct way that accounting is done for a firm.[/nq]
I thought it was GAAP. Dr Spira?

Steny '08!

[nq:2]I know nothing about the phrase, but offer that "gap" ... and correct way that accounting is done for a firm.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it was GAAP. Dr Spira?[/nq]
Yes, it's Generally Accepted Accounting Practices, FWIR.
dg (domain=ccwebster)

[nq:2]I know nothing about the phrase, but offer that "gap" ... and correct way that accounting is done for a firm.[/nq]
[nq:1]I thought it was GAAP. Dr Spira?[/nq]
GAAP it is. It may mean Generally Accepted Accounting Practice or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Or even, occasionally, Generally Accepted Accounting Procedures. Practice and principles are rather different, to my mi

[nq:2]I thought it was GAAP. Dr Spira?[/nq]
[nq:1]GAAP it is. It may mean Generally Accepted Accounting Practice or Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Or even, occasionally, Generally Accepted ... a scattering of French philosophers. Tables of statistics printed in very small fonts can be included for a supplementary fee.)[/nq]
See..that's what I get for messing about with specialis

The only correct term is GAAP which stands for Generally Accepted Accounting Principles. Although it is true that what are called "accounting principles" are usually "accounting practices."
To complicate matters, under Canadian GAAP (maybe in the US too?) "general acceptance" is no longer an acceptable criterion for using a particular accounting principle (or practice).
Jeffrey D. Sherman

[nq:2]Could you please tell me what a transparency gap actually is? E.g. an accounting transparency gap. Is it something to do with fraud?[/nq]
[nq:1]"Transparency gap" is not a common phrase, and it appears to be quite recent. A number of hits relate to ... tangled in the numbers and distracted from the serious issues. That's the best I've been able to figure out, anyway.[/nq]
I've unders