The Professional – September 2015 Issue
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IFRS for Small and Medium-Sized Entities
On July 9, 2009, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Small and Medium-Sized Entities (SME). The stated goal of the standard is to provide a simplified, self-contained set of accounting principles derived from the full IFRS to be used by smaller, non-listed companies. The perceived need for a…
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Accountants Urged to Consider Information Overload
A recent report by the New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) and the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland (ICAS) to the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) has raised significant issues regarding the matter of information overload (Joint Oversight Group 2011).[1] Excruciatingly detailed financial reports have long been intuitively suspected as the reason why…
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Even Without SoX, Better Auditing is Here to Stay
In response to a spate of financial reporting and other corporate governance scandals, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (“SoX”) was adopted by the United States Congress and signed by then-president George Bush. Once implemented, it had pervasive effects on how publicly-held companies in the U.S. are governed, including impacts on the membership and duties of…
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Five Things Financial Statement Users and Litigators Should Know
Executive Summary Fraud in company financial statements is a problem that affects users in most countries today, and some believe that this problem is only getting worse. While independent auditors render opinions that give investors confidence in the accuracy of a company’s reported financial performance, when fraud is uncovered, resulting litigation often focuses on the…
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