IFRS for SMEs is a self-contained global accounting and financial reporting standard applicable to the general-purpose financial statements of and other financial reporting by these entities.
It is a modification and simplification of full IFRS aimed at meeting the needs of private company financial reporting users and easing the financial reporting burden on private companies through a cost-benefit approach.
About IFRS. International Financial Reporting Standards are accounting standards developed by the International Accounting Standards Board that are becoming the global standard for the preparation of public company financial statements.
Like the FASB, the IASB follows a rigorous, open due process to develop standards and cooperates with national accounting standard setters around the world.
It is funded by contributions from major accounting firms, private financial institutions and industrial companies, central and development banks, national funding regimes, and other international and professional organizations throughout the world. In the interest of working collaboratively, the FASB and its counterparts in Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia formed a group to research and propose solutions to common accounting and reporting issues.
Representatives of the IASB participated as an observer. The FASB and IASC undertook concurrent projects to improve their earnings per share standards with a specific objective of eliminating the differences between them. In , the FASB updated its strategic plan for international activities, essentially affirming the strategic goals and action plans set forth in GAAP In , the FASB published an update of that staff research study. The IASC undertook a project to complete those core standards by The IOSCO agreed that if it found those core standards acceptable, it would recommend endorsement of IASC standards for cross-border capital and listing purposes in all capital markets.
The SEC issued a press release stating its intent to consider the acceptability of IASC standards as the basis for the financial reports of foreign private issuers.
To be accepted by the SEC, the IASC standards would have to be 1 sufficiently comprehensive, 2 high-quality, and 3 rigorously interpreted and applied. Following the Asian financial crisis, the World Bank, International Monetary Fund, G7 finance ministers, and others called for rapid completion and global adoption of high-quality international accounting standards. The report said that such a system would be characterized by a single set of high-quality accounting standards established by a single, independent, international standard setter.
The report also identified the characteristics of high-quality standards and of a high- quality global standard setter. Beginning in the s, efforts to harmonize accounting standards internationally evolved into a broad convergence effort.
Several other countries, including Canada, Korea, India and Brazil, had committed to adopt international standards by GAAP and international standards. In late , the SEC issued a proposed Roadmap that, if adopted, could result in the mandatory use of international standards by U. SEC registrants as early as The Concept Release, International Accounting Standards , sought broad input on a framework for the convergence of accounting standards and sought input on the conditions under which the SEC should accept the financial statements of foreign private issuers prepared using IASC standards and eliminate the requirement to reconcile those financial statements to U.
At inception, it had 14 Board members from 9 countries, including the U. The Norwalk Agreement set out the shared goal of developing compatible, high-quality accounting standards that could be used for both domestic and cross-border financial reporting. It also established broad tactics to achieve their goal: develop standards jointly, eliminate narrow differences whenever possible, and, once converged, stay converged Norwalk Agreement. That policy statement also said that the SEC expects the FASB to consider, in adopting accounting principles, the extent to which international convergence of high-quality standards is necessary or appropriate in the public interest and for the protection of investors Policy Statement.
GAAP the F reconciliation. The proposed Roadmap identified several milestones that, if achieved, would support eliminating the reconciliation. After considering the input received, the SEC issued a final rule eliminating that requirement in December Final Rule. The Concept Release sought public input on whether to give U. Comment Letter. The main issues with convergence lie with the difference in the approach of the U. The IFRS is more dynamic and is continuously being revised in response to an ever-changing financial environment.
It's anyone's guess how this convergence will evolve and impact the corporate financial accounting in the U. From a legal perspective, companies will be required to disclose qualitative and quantitative information about contracts with customers, including a maturity analysis for contracts extending beyond a year, as well as the inclusion of any significant judgments and changes in judgments made in applying the proposed standard to those contracts. Maybe the answer lies in the need to consider a more in-depth study and an examination of the factors influencing the molding or development of a country's accounting system.
But company boards, in an effort to best serve their investors' needs, should contribute to the convergence process by replacing old standards with the new jointly developed ones. Securities and Exchange Commission. Accessed May 7, IFRS Foundation.
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Your Money. Personal Finance. Your Practice. Popular Courses. Table of Contents Expand. Financial Reporting. New Accounting Standards Impact. Convergence Pros and Cons. Quality of Financial Standards. CPA Attitudes. CFO Attitudes. The Bottom Line. This difference has posed a challenge in areas such as consolidation, the income statement, inventory, the earnings-per-share EPS calculation, and development costs.
IFRS favors a control model whereas the U.
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