Contents
Learning Objectives
Financial accounting defined
User demand for general-purpose financial reports
General vs special-purpose reports
Sources of external financial reporting regulation
Sources of external financial reporting regulation (cont.): FRC
Sources of external financial reporting regulation (cont.): ASIC
Sources of external financial reporting regulation (cont.): AASB
Sources of external financial reporting regulation (cont.): ASX
Process of Australia adopting IFRSs
Structure of the IASB
International cultural differences and the harmonisation of accounting standards
Use and role of audit report
Arguments for and against accounting regulation
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