Thursday, June 23, 2011

IFRS and (un)fair value (contd..)

Lie of those who are pushing for IFRS nailed.

Comment on AS7 by Delloite partner -

"Percentage of completion method is a leap of faith," says N Venkatram, partner, Deloitte Haskins & Sells , an audit and advisory firm. "A lot of it is based on what other professionals certify."

IF this AS is flawed because one cannot rely on what a professional certifies then the entire IFRS is flawed as the entire accounting is at the mercy of "professionals" and how they "value" balance sheet items!!

Basically I dont know what scam or financial tragedy the regulators are waiting to happen before they decide to junk the IFRS.

As i keep saying retain historical cost accounting and use IFRS as an analytical tool for all listed entities to facilitate one common platform for comparision.

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  1. IFRS .. just take out the S from the last , and fix it at the threshold , and see it becomes revealing .. SIFR.. ( phonic.. and 'cipher' in essence) isn't.. a dooming is written , for the business, giving conservatism a GO-BYE , befitting whom ..??. perhaps we must listen before we r drowned.. ?? .. isn't..? the most unfair it wud turn ..

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  2. lol.. yes its the emperor's new clothes all over i guess!!

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