Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/310597 
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Year of Publication: 
2015
Citation: 
[Journal:] Journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems (JAMIS) [ISSN:] 2559-6004 [Volume:] 14 [Issue:] 3 [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 439-452
Publisher: 
Bucharest University of Economic Studies, Bucharest
Abstract: 
This paper focuses on a long-standing challenge for standard setters: what kind of standards should they write? How specific and prescriptive should standards be? How should cost considerations influence requirements? How should standard setters balance comparability with effective communication of an entity's strategy and business model? What are reasonable expectations for the use of judgement? And what is the interaction of the types of standards with the training – both skills and subject matter knowledge – of accountants? These issues are explored using examples from recent IASB standard setting, primarily the IASB's new revenue standard. The author concludes that there is no single answer.
Subjects: 
IFRS
IASB
accounting standard-setting
financial statements
judgement
comparability
materiality
business model
JEL: 
M41
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Document Type: 
Article

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