Caine to play Tweedie in financial crisis film
British film legend Michael Caine (main photo) is rumoured to have been cast as International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) chair…
Month: March 2010
India grants banks a two-year delay on IFRS
The Indian government has extended the deadline for banks and non-banking finance companies to align their accounting practices with the…
Free training tool for superannuation funds
CPA Australia, the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Australia and the National Institute of Accountants have developed a free online…
IASC releases Japanese version of IFRS Taxonomy
The International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC) Foundation has published a Japanese translation of IFRS Taxonomy 2009. The IFRS Taxonomy translates…
IFRS for SMEs US GAAP comparison tool released
A web-based tool that compares IFRS for SMEs and US GAAP has been launched American Institute of Certified Public Accountants…
GASB proposes improvements for financial reporting
The US Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) is seeking comments on an improved financial reporting entity standard. The proposed standard,…
Next 18 months could make or break IFRS: Véron
The next 18 months will likely determine whether efforts to unify accounting standards worldwide will succeed or fail, according to…
Tweedie admits financial instruments challenge
International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) chair David Tweedie has acknowledged the IASB is least likely to achieve convergence with the…