Thursday, October 29, 2009

Canada - IFRS guidance for lawyers, bankers and investors

Canada's Accounting Standards Board (AcSB) staff has issued Bulletin #9 which emphasizes the need to anticipate how trend analyses, debt covenants and financial ratios that are included in contracts and used to make decisions will change when International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are adopted. This is essential reading for lawyers, bankers and investors.