In 2003 and 2004, the Myanmar Accountancy Council (MAC) issued Myanmar
Accounting Standards (MASs) 1 to 30, which were based on International
Accounting Standards existing at that time. Because of a lack of detailed
guidance and training on those standards, accountants in Myanmar found them
difficult to apply.
On 5 June 2010, the MAC withdrew all 30 of those standards and replaced them
with 29 new MASs and 8 new Myanmar Financial Reporting Standards (MFRSs)
that were identical to the IFRSs that existed on that date (including the same
numbering). The new MASs and MFRSs were notified in the Official Gazette
and became effective on 4 January 2011.
The MAC has a plan to update the MASs/MFRSs to reflect new and amended
standards issued by the IASB since 4 January 2011