Accounting is the
lingua franca
of business. In India, financial statements are guided by
certain set of principles and concepts. In order to maintain uniformity, the accounting
standards in India are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in
consultation with NACAS. The ICAI, recognizing the need to harmonize the diverse
accounting policies and practices in use in India, constituted the Accounting Standards
Board (ASB) on April 21, 1977. According to ICAI,
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“The composition of the ASB is fairly
broad-based and ensures participation of all interest-groups in the standard-setting
process.” However, with the fast changing economy, liberalization, increasing foreign
investment in the country, it has become now necessary for India to comply with
International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). International Accounting Standards
are issued by IASB, which was established in 1993; now known as IASC, it issues IFRS
time to time to bring uniformity globally. In India, it is mandatory to comply with IFRS
by 2011. Though there will be adoption of IFRS in a phased manner and an initiative has
been taken by various professional bodies to organize training programs and seminars for
imparting knowledge and creating awareness about IFRS, but the process of
transformation is not as smooth and easy as it appears. Therefore, this paper is an attempt
to find out up to what extent IFRS has been adopted by the organizations, what
challenges and opportunities companies are facing regarding IFRS, and what are the
measures that can be taken to make the process smooth and flawless. The paper focuses
on the awareness and adoption of IFRS in India.
Accounting is the lingua franca of business. In India, financial statements are guided bycertain set of principles and concepts. In order to maintain uniformity, the accountingstandards in India are issued by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) inconsultation with NACAS. The ICAI, recognizing the need to harmonize the diverseaccounting policies and practices in use in India, constituted the Accounting StandardsBoard (ASB) on April 21, 1977. According to ICAI,1 “The composition of the ASB is fairlybroad-based and ensures participation of all interest-groups in the standard-settingprocess.” However, with the fast changing economy, liberalization, increasing foreigninvestment in the country, it has become now necessary for India to comply withInternational Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). International Accounting Standardsare issued by IASB, which was established in 1993; now known as IASC, it issues IFRStime to time to bring uniformity globally. In India, it is mandatory to comply with IFRSby 2011. Though there will be adoption of IFRS in a phased manner and an initiative hasbeen taken by various professional bodies to organize training programs and seminars forimparting knowledge and creating awareness about IFRS, but the process oftransformation is not as smooth and easy as it appears. Therefore, this paper is an attemptto find out up to what extent IFRS has been adopted by the organizations, whatchallenges and opportunities companies are facing regarding IFRS, and what are themeasures that can be taken to make the process smooth and flawless. The paper focuseson the awareness and adoption of IFRS in India.
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