sampled have either chosen to report using DIFFREP, or are required to for some other reason. As such, the assumption is that the sampled companies would choose to continue to report under DIFFREP if IFRS-SME were adopted in NZ. Alternatively, if such companies found that IFRS-SME was too great a reporting burden they may opt for the exemption if they met the exemption criteria. This result cannot be known without adoption of IFRS-SME. However, the reaction of these firms to adoption of IFRS-SME is an avenue for future research.