Accounting practitioners’ views on the proposed “Micro GAAP”: A South African perspective
Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences
| Field | Value | |
| Title | Accounting practitioners’ views on the proposed “Micro GAAP”: A South African perspective | |
| Creator | van Wyk, Hentie A. Rossouw, Cobus | |
| Description | Even though the IFRS for SMEs does provide some relief in respect of the financial reporting burden for non-public entities, there still seems to be a need for an even lower level of financial reporting. In recent years South Africa embarked upon the development of a financial reporting framework for non-public entities and various versions of this so-called micro GAAP have been issued. However, the Accounting Practices Board raised some concerns about the then proposed micro GAAP. This article highlights the South African accounting practitioners’ views from different professional bodies on micro GAAP. They generally believe that micro GAAP will represent fair presentation and that the financial statements prepared under micro GAAP can still be regarded as general purpose financial statements. Furthermore, the majority of accounting practitioners believe that there is a definite need for a third tier of financial reporting in South Africa and indicated their preference of which entities may apply micro GAAP. Legal backing of micro GAAP is also considered appropriate by the practitioners. | |
| Publisher | AOSIS | |
| Date | 2011-10-31 | |
| Identifier | 10.4102/jef.v4i2.320 | |
| Source | Journal of Economic and Financial Sciences; Vol 4, No 2 (2011); 257-274 2312-2803 1995-7076 | |
| Language | eng | |
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