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December 2009




To contact the  Moore Stephens Technical Accounting Services team call Rob Mackay
or Kim Barson on (03) 9614 4444 or email:

Rob Mackay
rmackay@moorestephens.com.au

Kim Barson
kbarson@moorestephens.com.au

    Proposed reforms to corporate reporting

    Treasury has recently released the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Reporting Reform) Bill 2010.  The purpose of the proposed reforms is to reduce red-tape, improve accountability and transparency of disclosures and refine the reporting framework.
    The AASB has now released their proposals for a change to the differential reporting framework in Australia.  These proposals are in light of the previous decision not to apply the new IASB standard IFRS for SMEs released in July 2009.

    AASB 9 – Financial Instruments

    The AASB has now issued accounting standard AASB 9 Financial Instruments which represents the first phase of the replacement of AASB 139.