Aiming high from a low profile: the Financial Reporting Council wants to raise awareness of its role in setting accounting standards

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Australia's Financial Reporting Council aims to boost awareness of its role in establishing accounting standards. It is responsible for monitoring the work of the Australian Accounting Standards Board, and is also involved in discussions about the international standards created by the International Accounting Standards Board.

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Standards fightback

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Australia committed itself to adopt international accounting standards by January 2005 along with all European Union countries in July 2002. 29 of the 49 Australian standards would be affected and three new standards would be introduced.

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Now for the new order

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Regulations to implement international accounting standards and the impact on accounting firms in Australia are discussed. These standards are aimed at greater corporate transparency globally.

Legal issues & crime, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Accounting, auditing, & bookkeeping, Accounting & Auditing Services, Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services, Legal/Government Regulation, Reporting & Disclosure, Laws, regulations and rules, International aspects, Accounting firms, Accounting services, Financial statements

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