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Australian Accounting Standards Powerpoint
Australian Accounting Standards Powerpoint
Standards
By: Christopher Diaz
History of Australian Accounting Standards
● 1984 Establishment of the ASRB under the Council for Companies and Securities
● ASRB renamed itself and In 1991 their standards applied to all Corporation Laws
● Merge of the PSASB and the Australian Accounting Standards Board in 2000
● In 2005 the Financial Reporting Council and AASB decided to formally adopt many of IFRS
Standards
Current Australian Accounting Standards
● Issue Transparent Standards for both for Profit and non-profit Entities
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adoption and IFRS convergence on financial statement comparability. Contemporary Accounting
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El-Gazzar, S., & Finn, P. M. (2017). Restatements and accounting quality: a comparison between IFRS
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