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SME Implementation Group (SMEIG)

Background

The mission of the SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) is to support the international adoption of the IFRS for Small and Medium-Sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) and to monitor its implementation.

The SMEIG has two principal responsibilities:

  • to develop non-mandatory guidance for implementing the IFRS for SMEs in the form of questions and answers (Q&As) that will be made publicly available to interested parties on a timely basis, and
  • to make recommendations to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) if and when needed regarding the need to amend the IFRS for SMEs.

The SMEIG is chaired by IASB member Darrel Scott. All members of the SMEIG serve on a voluntary basis.

The SMEIG may from time to time also include appointed observers who have the right to participate in SMEIG deliberations, but not to vote.

Related news

  • SMEIG February 2013 meeting summary

  • Mar 22, 2013

  • The SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) met on 4-5 February 2013 to analyse possible amendments to IFRS for SMEs based off the responses to the June 2012 Request for Information ‘Comprehensive Review of the IFRS for SMEs’. A summary of the meeting is now available.

  • SME training modules updated

  • Feb 01, 2013

  • The IFRS Foundation Education Initiative has updated the 32 published modules of its English-language training material on the IFRS for SMEs.

  • Darrel Scott follows Paul Pacter as Chairman of the SMEIG

  • Jan 29, 2013

  • The IFRS Foundation Trustees have announced that IASB member Darrel Scott will become the new Chairman of the SME Implementation Group (SMEIG). He will replace Paul Pacter, whose term at the IASB ended on 31 December 2012.

  • Upcoming SMEIG meeting to analyse possible changes to IFRS for SMEs

  • Jan 22, 2013

  • The IASB has published agenda papers for the upcoming meeting of the SME Implementation Group (SMEIG), which is to be held on 4-5 February 2013. The papers contain a summary of the responses received to the IASB's 'Request for Information: Comprehensive Review of the IFRS for SMEs' which was issued in June 2012, together with an analysis of those issues and the recommendations on how to progress proposed changes to the IFRS for SMEs.

  • SMEIG members reappointed by IFRS Foundation

  • Jul 25, 2012

  • Members of the SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) have been reappointed by the Trustees of the IFRS Foundation for an additional two-year term ending 30 June 2014.

  • IASB publishes 'Request for Information: Comprehensive Review of the IFRS for SMEs'

  • Jun 26, 2012

  • The IASB, in cooperation with the SME Implementation Group (SMEIG), has developed and issued a Request for Information seeking comments on specific sections of the 'IFRS for SMEs', as well as soliciting general feedback from respondents on their experiences with it. Respondents are encouraged to discuss potential amendments they'd like to see made to the 'IFRS for SMEs', and raise any other issues they'd like to put forward. The document does not contain any preliminary views of the IASB or the SMEIG. Responses are due by 30 November 2012.

  • Spanish translations of IFRS for SMEs Q&As

  • Jun 25, 2012

  • The IASB has posted to its website Spanish translations of the four final questions and answers (Q&As) on the IFRS for SMEs published by the IASB's SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) in 2012.

  • Spanish translations of IFRS for SMEs Q&As

  • May 09, 2012

  • The IASB has posted to its website Spanish translations of the three final questions and answers (Q&As) on the IFRS for SMEs published by the IASB's SME Implementation Group (SMEIG) in 2011.

  • Deloitte comment letter on IFRS for SMEs Q&As

  • Feb 03, 2012

  • Deloitte's IFRS Global Office has submitted a letter of comment to the SME Implementation Group regarding Draft Q&A Section 11, Issue 1: Fallback to IFRS 9 Financial Instruments and Draft Q&A Section 30, Issue 1: Recycling of cumulative exchange differences on disposal of a subsidiary.

  • Update on the IFRS for SMEs

  • Jan 26, 2012

  • On Friday 20 January 2012, the EFRAG's SME Working Group met with IASB Board member Paul Pacter in Brussels to discuss various matters relating to the IFRS for SMEs.

  • EFRAG draft comment letter on the SMEIG Q&As

  • Oct 04, 2011

  • The European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) has issued its draft comment letter on the SME Implementation Group's five questions and answer documents (Q&A) on draft guidance related to the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) published last week.

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