Thursday, May 04, 2006

Leaked paper exposes PwC rift


A rift has emerged within PwC, the world's largest accountancy firm, following the leak of an internal document calling for a halt to the harmonisation of US and international accounting standards.

Some PwC partners have taken umbrage at the content of the draft positioning paper, produced in the UK, which attacked the long-held view that convergence should be the primary goal of accounting standard-setters.

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