The IASB has set meeting the needs of users of SME financial statements
as one of the primary objectives of introducing IFRS for SMEs.
The IASB (2009b) points out that the differences between full IFRS and
IFRS for SMEs should be established based on the accounting information
needs of the users and cost–benefit considerations. Such views
show that the accounting information needs of the users have been an
important benchmark in the differential reporting framework introduced
by the IASB.