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Companies wanting to migrate to international auditing norms, the International Financial reporting Standard (IFRS), may be spared from maintaining two books of accounts -- one under the Companies Act and the other for taxation purposes, if a Finance Ministry proposal gets implemented. The proposal, which was floated in a Discussion Paper on Tax Accounting Standards (TAS) issued by the ministry today, aims at 'reducing the complinace burden on businesses'. Full Article

The financial year 2011-12 is going to be more vibrant, especially for the accounting professionals, with the implementation of Direct Taxes Code (DTC) and the convergence of Indian accounting standards with IFRS (International Financial Reporting Standards), according to Mr G. Ramaswamy, Vice-President of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI). Full Article

Come 2014, the US will align its accounting practices with the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) – a system of harmonised standards recommended by the International Accounting Standards Board, an independent body of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation. Full Article

Accounting regulator in India have not yet clarified on whether Indian companies, when they shift to IFRS on April 1, 2011, should recast revenues and expenses of the previous years, in line with the IFRS practices followed elsewhere, or would the domestic accounting regulator excuse local entities from this restatement. Full Article

Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) is mulling bringing about some changes in the chartered accountancy course syllabus, ICAI president Uttamprakash Agrawal said recently. “Indian chartered accountants are capable enough not just to fight the economic downturn, but also guide the world on how to come out of it,” he said. Nearly 4.50 lakh [...] Full Article