IASB speeds up classification and measurement standard
IFRS users could have a new financial instruments classification and measurement standard to use when preparing their 2009 financial statements.…
Month: May 2009
Details revealed about Chinese expansion plans
The Chinese Ministry of Finance (MoF) has published key details about its plan to develop 5-10 ‘super big’ domestic public…
ByEuropean – US standards wrangle creates problems for third countries
The US has shifted, in the past six months, from looking like IFRS adoption was imminent, to a case where…
Leave accounting standards alo
Calls have increased on both sides of the Atlantic for financial regulators to not change accounting standards as they try…
Recent FASB change to have pervasive impact, says AICPA
Recent changes to two US accounting standards could have a wide public impact, according to one US accounting expert. The…
ByInvestor voices get louder
Prominent representatives from the investor community were appointed to both the international standard setter and the UK financial reporting regulator…
Indian and US institutes agree on mutual recognition
The Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) and the US Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) have entered…
Canadian standard setter releases private entities draft
Canada’s Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) is seeking comment on a draft GAAP for Private Enterprises (PEs) that addresses contentious issues…