The issue of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) implementation is of a great interest for
researchers, pratitioners and reglementary bodies. The IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) was issued
in July 2009 and currently strategies are needed for the implementation of this standard. The aim of this paper is to
discuss the results obtained in Europe concerning the implementation of the IFRS for SMEs and the implications of a
possibile implementation in Romania. Comparing the national regulations with the IFRS for SMEs and integrating the
results obtained through the literature review, the interviews we conducted and our own experience, we may advance
some hypotheses about the Romanian state of affairs. We have identified the following as main difficulties associated
with a possible implementation of the IFRS for SMEs in Romania: the extant emphasis on the conformity with tax
regulations, the rule-based orientation, and the preference of accountants for prescriptive regulations