The second phase of the project addressed the guidance for applying the
acquisition method. The boards decided that a significant improvement could
be made to financial reporting if they had similar standards for accounting
for business combinations. Thus, they decided to conduct the second phase
of the project as a joint effort with the objective of reaching the same
conclusions. The boards concluded the second phase of the project by
issuing this IFRS and FASB Statement No. 141 (revised 2007) Business
Combinations and the related amendments to IAS 27 Consolidated and
Separate Financial Statements and FASB Statement No. 160 Noncontrolling
Interests in Consolidated Financial Statements.
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