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In particular, Shyam Sunder of the Yale School of Management has called the link between convergence and comparability "overblown", [6] while the cost and pace of adoption have been cited as the most common criticism of the SEC's 2008 convergence roadmap, [5] which set milestones that potentially lead to mandatory adoption of IFRS in 2014. [15]
For example, one study [45] used data from 26 countries to study the economic consequences of mandatory IFRS adoption. It showed that, on average, even though market liquidity increases around the time IFRS is introduced, it is unclear whether IFRS mandate adoption is the sole reason for observed market effects.
IFRS 9 is an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) published by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). It addresses the accounting for financial instruments . It contains three main topics: classification and measurement of financial instruments, impairment of financial assets and hedge accounting .
IFRS 1 applies to an entity's "first IFRS financial statements" and interim financial reports for parts of the period covered by the first IFRS financial statements. [ 1 ] The standard defines an entity's first financial statement as "the first annual financial statements in which the entity adopts IFRSs, by an explicit and unreserved statement ...
IFRS 16 is an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) promulgated by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) providing guidance on accounting for leases. IFRS 16 was issued in January 2016 and is effective for most companies that report under IFRS since 1 January 2019. [ 1 ]
The AASB has made certain amendments to the IASB pronouncements in making A-IFRS; however, these generally have the effect of eliminating an option under IFRS, introducing additional disclosures or implementing requirements for public sector entities, rather than departing from IFRS for Australian entities. Because of these amendments, the ...
IFRS Accounting. The IASB is an independent group of experts with an appropriate mix of recent practical experience and broad geographical diversity, as required by the IFRS Foundation Constitution. [4] IASB members are responsible for the development and publication of IFRS Accounting Standards, including the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard ...
A main purpose of the project to develop IFRS 15 was that, although revenue is a critical metric for financial statement users, there were important differences between the IASB and FASB definitions of revenue, and there were different definitions of revenue even within each board's guidance for similar transactions accounting for under different standards. [3]