A press release announcing the appointment of the trustees of the new Financial Accounting Foundation stated that the Financial Accounting Standards Board (to be appointed by the trustees) "will become the established authority for setting accounting principles under which corporations report to the shareholders and others" (AICPA news release July 20, 1972).

1. Identify the sponsoring organization of the FASB and the process by which the FASB arrives at a decision and issues an accounting standard.
2. Indicate the major types of pronouncements issued by the FASB and the purposes of each of these pronouncements.