Wednesday, September 08, 2010

IASB has abandoned prudence, professor warns


Annual reports have become "absurdly lengthy” professor claims

Annual reports have become “absurdly lengthy” and “virtually incomprehensible” according to a senior professor, who has accused accounting standard setters of doing away with prudence.

Professor David Myddelton, professor of finance and accounting, at Cranfield School of Management, has taken aim at the international accounting standard setter, which he claims has abandoned prudence as a core accounting principle.

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