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Australian Accounting Standards Boards
Issue 7-10
15 February 2010
Website Update Alert
Subject: International Update
1. International
   

International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)

1. The Trustees of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation announced enhancements to their governance arrangement (Press Release).

2. The agenda and selected agenda papers for the 15-19 February 2010 IASB meeting are now available.

3. The agenda and selected agenda papers for the 16-18 February 2010 joint IASB and FASB meeting are now available.

4. The IASB calendar has been updated.

 
 
   
2. United States
   

Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

1. The minutes for the 2 February 2010 Joint FASB and IASB meeting on Leases are now available.

2. The following documents relating to the 10 February 2010 FASB meeting are now available:

3. The Summary of Decisions for the 10 February 2010 FASB and IASB joint meeting is now available.

4. The FASB calendar has been updated.

5. The Current Technical Plan and Projects Updates page has been updated.
 

Government Accounting Standards Board (GASB)

1. An article relating to the GASB proposal to enhance the usefulness of it's codification for constituents has been released.

2. The agenda for the 16-18 February 2010 GASB meeting is now available.

 
 
   
3. Canada
   

Public Sector Accounting Board (PSAB)    

1. The PSAB has updated the following project pages:

 
 
   
4. Europe
   

European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG)

1. The EFRAG calendar has been updated.

 
 
   
5. Other News
   

 Institute of Chartered Accountants of Trinidad and Tobago (ICATT)

1. The ICATT has adopted the IFRS for Small and Medium-sized Entities, as issued by the IASB, for use in Trinidad and Tobago, effective immediately, which includes 2009 and prior periods (Press Release).
 

Ministry of Corporate Affairs of India (MCA)

2. The MCA has adopted a plan for phased transition to 'notified Indian standards that have been converged with IFRS' (notified standards) by listed and large Indian companies, other than banks and insurance companies (Press Release).

 
 
   
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