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The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) is the independent accounting standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation. The IASB was founded on April 1, 2001, as the successor to the International Accounting Standards Committee (IASC). [ 1 ]
IAS 2 also requires the use of the First-in, First-out (FIFO) principle whereby those items which have been in stock the longest are considered to be the items that are being used first, ensuring that those items which are held in inventory at the reporting date are valued at the most recent price. As an alternative, costs of inventories may be ...
January 1, 1977: July 1, 1999: IAS 36: IAS 5: Information to Be Disclosed in Financial Statements 1976 January 1, 1977: July 1, 1998: IAS 1: IAS 6: Accounting Responses to Changing Prices 1977 January 1, 1978: January 1, 1983: IAS 15 IAS 7: Statement of Changes in Financial Position (1977) Cash Flow Statements (1992) Statement of Cash Flows ...
In 2001, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) replaced the IASC with a remit to bring about convergence between national accounting standards through the development of global accounting standards. During its first meeting the new Board adopted existing IAS and Standing Interpretations Committee standards (SICs).
The International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board (IAASB) is an independent standards body that issues standards, like the International Standards on Auditing, International Standards on Quality Management, and other services, to support the international auditing of financial statements.
In 2010, the SEC instructed the staff to create and implement a work plan that addresses whether, when and how U.S. GAAP should be merged into a global reporting model developed by International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)—the standards setting body designated by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
The IASC was reconstituted into the IASB in 2001, [2] and the FASB and IASB began working towards convergence in 2002, [1] expressing their commitment to convergence in the Norwalk agreement and pledging to make their respective standards "compatible as soon as is practicable" and to maintain compatibility by coordinating future programs. [3]
The IASB is an independent group of experts with an appropriate mix of recent practical experience and broad geographical diversity, as required by the IFRS Foundation Constitution. [ 4 ] IASB members are responsible for the development and publication of IFRS Accounting Standards, including the IFRS for SMEs Accounting Standard.