text: 3The Trueblood Committee ( named after the chairman ) , a group formed by the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants ( AICPA ) to study the objectives of financial reporting , recommended financial statements that set forth the objectives of financial accounting and reporting and provided a conceptual framework for deliberations about accounting matters .
  
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  The American Institute of Certified Public Accounts issued a report on the objectives of financial accounting .