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The GASB is responsible for establishing and improving accounting and financial reporting standards for all state and local governmental entities (including government-sponsored colleges and universities, health care providers, and utilities). The FASAB establishes accounting standards for the federal government. The FASB establishes standards for all other entities, including not-for-profit colleges and universities and health care providers.

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Q: Why are the jurisdictions of the accounting standardssetting bodies Gasb fasab and fasb?
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