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International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS)

In order for financial information to be useful to investors and creditors, it must be comparable to other businesses or to other periods of time. A standardized system to record and report this information is therefore necessary to ensure consistency.

  • Issued by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
  • Set of common rules and guidelines for preparing financial statements
  • Established in order to create a common accounting language.
  • Makes financial statements consistent and comparable from company to company and country to country