Session 7: Financial Reporting and Analysis: An Introduction Reading 31: Financial Reporting Standards
LOS f: Compare and contrast key concepts of financial reporting standards under IFRS and alternative reporting systems, and discuss the implications for financial analysis of differing financial reporting systems.
Which of the following statements is the most accurate?
A) |
The IASB requires companies that report to US GAAP to issue a reconciliation statement showing what its financial results would have been under IASB reporting requirements. | |
B) |
The going concern assumption is less relevant in the IASB framework than in the FASB framework. | |
C) |
The SEC requires foreign firms that issue securities in the U.S. to reconcile their financial statements to U.S. GAAP. | |
Click for Answer and ExplanationIn many cases a company will present a reconciliation statement showing what its financial results would have been under an alternative reporting system, but that is not always required. The SEC requires foreign firms that issue securities in the U.S. to reconcile their financial statements to U.S. GAAP. The IASB framework places more emphasis on the going concern assumption than the FASB framework. |