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April 23, 2014

New IFRS Research Center Launched

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation, has launched its web-based IFRS Research Center.

Isaac M. O'Bannon

The International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the independent standard-setting body of the IFRS Foundation, has launched its web-based IFRS Research Center.

The IFRS Research Center aims to facilitate communication between the IASB and the broader research community. Its main objectives are to increase awareness of the issues that the IASB will be considering in the coming two to three years, to encourage research professionals to undertake targeted research projects and to contribute to the IASB moving to more evidence-based standard-setting.

To achieve these objectives, the IFRS Research Center will highlight ways for academics to participate in the standard-setting process and enable those engaged in research to stay informed about the IASB’s research activities.

“We recognize the importance of high quality research to help the IASB develop financial reporting standards and assess the outcomes of those standards,” said IASB Chairman Hans Hoogervorst. “The research community has a particularly important role to play by undertaking analysis and research that is independent.

 

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Isaac M. O'Bannon

Isaac M. O'Bannon

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Isaac M. O'Bannon is the managing editor and digital content manager for CPA Practice Advisor (www.CPAPracticeAdvisor.com), drawing on two decades of experience covering the areas of professional accounting, taxation, business productivity and consumer technologies. . Prior to CPA Practice Advisor, O'Bannon was a consultant at firms in San Francisco, Denver and Tulsa, serving clients that included Logitech, Polycom, Hilti, Microsoft, the Stanford Research Institute, the University of Oklahoma's College of Engineering and other technology leaders. He is a U.S. Navy groundforces veteran (never a SEAL). Email: isaac.obannon - @ - cpapracticeadvisor.com . Isaac OBannon 2019 Cropped Small Headshot