Question

The SEC has lifted its requirement that foreign companies, which have used IFRS as the basis for preparing their financial statements, must reconcile their financial statements using U.S. GAAP in order to be eligible to list their shares on U.S. stock exchanges. When did this happen

Answer 1

Answer: November 2007

Step-by-step explanation:

The SEC came to a conclusion to remove the requirement that restricted foreign private issues from using IFRS from reconciling their financial statement to the U.S GAAP. The reason for this move was because the SEC recognizes IFRS having high quality set of accounting rules which they believe is capable of ensuring adequate disclosure for the protection of investors. This was their reason for the allowance