Oct 24, 2016 | Accounting Globalization, Standards Convergence
With Brexit, the question now is whether the British lawmakers would ask the British companies to file their financials using a different set of accounting rules than the current International Financial Reporting Standards. Some British politicians and investors have...Nov 5, 2012 | Standards Convergence
When the financial crisis was at its peak in 2009, the G20 group met to set a date for the worldwide convergence of the financial standards by end of the year. The deadline got postponed to mid-2011 and then again mid-2013. In a recent report from the SEC which made...Oct 25, 2012 | Accounting Globalization, Standards Convergence
In response to the July report issued by US SEC (which did not give any idea as to whether and when would the SEC decide on adoption of IFRS by its constituents), the IASB issued its own analysis of the situation. According to the International Accounting Standards...Oct 12, 2012 | Accounting Globalization, General
When one reads the concept of functional currency in the Accounting Standard Concept 830 (ASC 830) or Financial Accounting Standard 52 (FAS52), it mentions that a currency in a highly inflationary environment (3-year inflation rate of approximately 100 percent or...Oct 9, 2012 | Accounting Frauds
A recent study done by researchers at the University of Arkansas and the University of Missouri shows the effect of having different accounting standards in different countries on mergers and acquisitions. The lack of same or similar standards is a deterrent for...