Contributor: Dave Zdechlik

I don’t think Paul Revere was very worried about IFRS in 1775; however today, as with the British back then, IFRS is coming. We keep hearing about the SEC decision in 2011. What does that really mean? As mentioned in last month’s blog post, if the SEC decides to require IFRS prepared financial statements, the talk is that 2015 would be the first year of IFRS only financial statements (the first year of no dual reporting of GAAP and IFRS). However, don’t be deceived, the SEC requires three years of comparative financial statements which means 2013 would be the first year of financial statements prepared under IFRS.... read more