2. Institutional background
IFRS for SMEs is intended to be used by private firms which do not have public accountability.
According to IFRS for SMEs Section 1.3,
an entity has public accountability if a) its debt or equity instruments are traded in a public market or it
is in the process of issuing such instruments for trading in a public market (a domestic or foreign stock
exchange or an over-the-counter market, including local and regional markets). (IASB 2009)