SEC Announces Two Roundtables on IFRS

The SEC announced today that it will host two roundtable discussions in December on issues surrounding the growing prevalence of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).  The first roundtable, on Dec. 13, 2007, will address the issues arising from the current co-existence of two accounting standards in the U.S. markets — a development that has been accelerated by Europe's decision to mandate IFRS for all public companies beginning in 2005. The second roundtable, on Dec. 17, 2007, will focus on the practical issues surrounding the possible future use of IFRS by U.S. companies.

The agenda and list of participants for each roundtable is at the SEC's website.