Common use of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP Clause in Contracts

Generally Accepted Accounting Principles or GAAP. Accounting principles which are (i) consistent with the principles promulgated or adopted from time to time by the Financial Accounting Standards Board and its predecessors, (ii) generally accepted in the United States of America, and (iii) such that a certified public accountant would, insofar as the use of accounting principles is pertinent, be in a position to deliver an unqualified opinion as to financial statements in which such principles have been properly applied.