Accounting

• Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB): A designated private sector organization in the U.S. that establishes financial accounting and reporting standards, which is known as generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP)
• International Accounting Standards Board (IASB): An independent, private-sector body that develops and approves International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)
• U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): A federal agency which holds primary responsibility for enforcing the federal securities laws and regulating the securities industry, the nation's stock and options exchanges, and other electronic securities markets in the United States
• American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA): A national professional organization of Certified Public Accountants (CPAs) in the United States

Taxes

• Internal Revenue Service (IRS): The U.S. government agency that is responsible for tax collection and tax law enforcement
• IRS: Employment Tax Forms
• IRS: Instructions for Form 1099-MISC

Small Business

• Small Business Administration (SBA): An independent agency of the federal government to aid, counsel, assist and protect the interests of small business concerns, to preserve free competitive enterprise and to maintain and strengthen the overall economy of our nation