The study also asked what accounting topics were important for SMEs. They found that the following were considered important:
- Research and Development
- Construction Contracts
- Business combinations
- Goodwill accounting, and
- Acquisitions.
Topics considered unimportant were:
- Lessor in a finance lease
- Share-based payments
- Sale of business units
- Discontinued Operations
- Hedge accounting, and
- Investments in listed companies.
Their results also show that there were higher costs considered for fair value accounting for Plant, Property and Equipment. Greater benefits were assumed for deferred tax reporting and percentage of completion accounting for construction contracts. However,