Deloitte claims interest is growing, with 30 percent of finance executives considering its adoption, up from 20 percent just six months ago.
After years of resistance to a global accounting overhaul, American companies are rapidly coming around to the idea of adopting international financial reporting standards, a new Deloitte survey of finance executives suggests.
Polling executives at 200 companies, Deloitte found that 30 percent of CFOs and other finance officials would consider adopting IFRS within the next three years if given the option by the Securities and Exchange Commission. Just six months ago, only 20 percent responded positively to Deloitte's question. The SEC's decision to accept IFRS filings from foreign companies, and its signaling that the principles-based standards used in much of the world are likely to take hold here, were factors in the change, the accountancy suggested. Now, U.S. firms are busy considering what this will mean for them.
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