International Reporting: February 2009

IFRS expert David Cairns provides a round-up of the key changes in international accounting standards and developments at the International Accounting Standards Board

IASB

Consolidated Financial Statements

The International Accounting Standards Board has published Exposure Draft 10, Consolidated Financial Statements, which would replace IAS 27, Consolidated and Separate Financial Statements, and SIC 12, Consolidation: Special Purpose Entities – Relinquishment of control. The proposals are unlikely to affect straightforward parent-subsidiary relationships but may have a significant effect on whether or not consolidation is required for more complex relationships, for example structured (special purpose) entities and those relationships involving de facto control.

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