Thursday, December 07, 2006

Australia proposes to undo changes to IFRS

The Australian Accounting Standards Board (AASB) has issued for comment Exposure Draft ED 151 Australian Additions to, and Deletions from, IFRS. The ED reflects the recent decision to make Australian accounting requirements the same as IFRS regarding application to profit-oriented entities. It proposes reinstating various accounting policy options that were previously deleted and removing certain Australian-specific disclosures.