Question: Use the American Accounting Association webiste. Once in, find the Help section of the landing page. Click the About the Codification link. Read the .pdf document and answer the following questions with information you learned in the document , your book, and through Internet research:
Why was codification needed?
What is the goal of codification?
What authoritative literature does the codification supersede?
How is the codification structured? Include as discussion of the topic, subtopics, sections and subsections in your answer.
Describe the numerical indexing system.
What is a landing page?
What is the difference between the general topics landing page, the industry topics landing page and the subtopics landing page?
What is pending content?
How is SEC content differentiated from FASB content?