Investment professionals strongly favour one global GAAP
16 Apr 2009
91% of the 1,574 Chartered Financial Analysts responding to a CFA Institute survey support worldwide companies using a single set of accounting standards to prepare general purpose financial statements. 64% of respondents believe companies should use IFRSs as promulgated by the IASB, which maintains sole authority to make changes or exceptions to the standards.
Regarding a possible approach to adopting IFRSs in the United States, respondents were split, with 50% preferring a staged adoption approach as proposed in the US SEC roadmap, while 47% prefer adoption at the same date for all filers. Respondents were also divided on who should be responsible for ensuring consistent enforcement across countries – with 50% preferring a single global enforcement body and 47% preferring enforcement at the country level. Click for:
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