The Accounting Standards Committee of Germany
(ASCG), which only recently was on the verge of collapse, has
secured funding for the next three years and unveiled a new
oversight structure.
German Accounting Standards Board (GASB)
president Liesel Knorr said the ASCG secured 95% of a target
three-year budget of €2.35 million ($3.37 million) by appealing to
existing members and potential new contributors, mainly SMEs.
“In target budget, we set out to gather
€2 million in order to guarantee our existence and €350,000 in
order to pay our mandatory contribution to the European Financial
Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG),” Knorr said.
The ASCG has been privately funded since it
was established in 1998 and Knorr said that even through turbulent
times the government refused to help fund the body.
The ASCG has also set up a trustees board,
comprising of members from all stakeholder groups, which will be
responsible for setting the broad strategy of the standard setter
in the future.
The standard setter’s general assembly is
believed to be in favour of the updated constitution of the ASCG
and will elect members of the supervisory board and nominating
committee at its next meeting on 20 July.
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By GlobalDataA close call
The first signs of trouble at the ASCG
surfaced in June 2010 when it gave notice to Germany’s Ministry of
Justice that it was terminating its contract to act as the national
standard setter on 31 December 2010.
The ACSG was plagued by an inability to secure
funding and concerns from constituents that it does not adequately
represent the views of the German profession at the European and
international levels.
At the time, the German standard setter said
it has been squeezed by claims for money and resources from the
EFRAG.
Now funding has been assured, the ASCG will
begin to renegotiate the standardisation contract with the Ministry
of Justice.
“This can take up to four months and we are
hoping to see the agreement back in place by September,” she
added.
The Ministry of Justice is said to be relieved
at the new funding arrangement. If the ASCG was unable to continue,
the Ministry would be tasked with standard-setting in Germany.
