Sunday, August 28, 2005

IASB on Short-Term Convergence


The International Accounting Standards Board has made a number of decisions regarding short-term convergence with the U.S. on accounting for income taxes and on segment reporting.

Regarding implementation guidance on how to derive a tax balance sheet, clarification has been deemed needed in some examples to separate the determination of the tax base from the fact that a temporary difference does not exist if there are no taxable consequences of recovering an asset. The proposed guidance will regard the process as a whole.

See full Article.