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IFRS Big Shock

IFRS will be big burden for SMEs

Big shock for small business: The main beneficiaries of IFRS are big corporations. So do small businesses need the burden of new rules and big fees, or will IFRS for SMEs have to change?

20 Oct 2010

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Hoogervorst hopeful of US accounting convergence

IASB chairman-elect Hans Hoogervorst believes different approaches to financial instruments on either side of the Atlantic can be resolved

20 Oct 2010

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Standards chairman must be part-politician

"The final decision gives a blend of political and policy making experience" trustee head Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa tells Accountancy Age

12 Oct 2010

Hoogervorst named as new IASB chair

Chief Dutch financial regulator Hans Hoogervorst named as chairman of the IASB while UK standard setter Ian Mackintosh has been appointed vice-chairman

12 Oct 2010

Accounting rules will disclose off-balance sheet activity

Banks forced to disclose greater detail when removing items from balance sheets.

07 Oct 2010

EU told IASB's fair value option is the way ahead

Advisers signal that IASB trumps US version of fair value accounting

01 Oct 2010

IASB must hold off tweaking existing standards, says ICAEW

IASB's planned tweaks on IAS 1 must be held off, says ICAEW

01 Oct 2010

EU chief urges US to buy into IFRS

Commissioner says US cannot afford to 'diverge' from IFRS path

30 Sep 2010

ICAEW: US standards proposal complicates convergence

Institute takes a pop at the US standards setter's proposal for fair value accounting

28 Sep 2010

Change will always be challenging

The push to adopt IFRS for SMEs was always going to attract criticism and perhaps it is right to slow down the process until business is ready

23 Sep 2010

Infighting breaks out over IFRS for small business

All wound up: Plans to replace SME accounting rules are being resisted even before the release of draft proposals

23 Sep 2010

IASB hedge accounting proposals due in November

Board hopes new rules will better reflect risk strategy

21 Sep 2010

Video: Small plcs struggle with accounting rules

Smaller listed companies find the burden of reporting under IFRS hard to swallow

16 Sep 2010

Audio: Small plcs struggle with accounting rules

Smaller listed companies find the burden of reporting under IFRS hard to swallow

16 Sep 2010

Failing standards

SMEs say they are being tied down by complex accounting rules

09 Sep 2010

Bringing the US on board

IASB chairman Sir David Tweedie has ten months left in the job in which to win over the US to international standards

09 Sep 2010

Analysis: Herz's departure could speed up convergence

US standard setter's surprise departure could influence the future of fair value accounting

25 Aug 2010

IASB has abandoned prudence, professor warns

Annual reports have become "absurdly lengthy” professor claims

24 Aug 2010

Lease proposals could add £60bn on to books

Retailers and banks will place more liabilities on balance sheets

23 Aug 2010

Bournemouth professor takes swipe at IASB chairman

Sir David Tweedie accused of "extraordinary" claims, according to letter in the Financial Times

19 Aug 2010

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To quota or not to quota: that is the problem

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#AAYP 2013: Soft skills will be a necessity to being competitive

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Walk before you can run, lessons on choosing the right IT system

Stepping back and choosing a simpler IT system might be the best way forward for the business explains Christophe Letellier

Colin: Colin was here

Colin loves to be the centre of attention, as the Sky News Twitter account can testify

Taking Stock: Life in the slow lane

It was less Wacky Races and more Sunday driving as a team from Reeves helped raise £15,000 for charity as part of a race to Monaco

Colin: Democracy bureaucracy

Colin wonders what the ICAEW's discussions over the botched ballot were like

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