Overview on IFRS.
The conversion from GAAP to IFRS will be of great impact to different sectors and parts of the economy. For instance, software used for accounting purposes as well as training will be heavily impacted. On this note, application of different methods of accounting may lead to achievement of varying financial results and may even lead to an increase in the tax liabilities. Analyzing financial statements, with the introduction of IFRS, may require great attention. In this case, the IFRS requirements may sync up with certain versions of Microsoft while they may not sync up with others. Companies in the U.S. became aware of the existence of IFRS not so long ago, a decade or so ago probably. This happened when the matter about convergence came up. IFRS in itself is of great significance to the U.S. companies. It is something that began being planned for the last few years (Kimmel, Weygandt, & Kieso, 2011).
