Fair accounting on the farm?

Unless changes are made when applying FRED 48, farmers will end up with increased tax on their profits, says Julie Butler

FRED 48 is Financial Reporting Exposure Draft number 48, a proposed Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) that, rather boldly, aims to replace all existing financial reporting and accounting standards within the UK.

The Accounting Standards Board believes that FRED 48 will provide ‘more succinct and understandable financial reporting requirements’ than measures currently in place.

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