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IFRS within the Multi‐GAAP Canadian Reality: A Teaching and Learning Imperative for Intermediate Financial Accounting

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  • JOAN E. D. CONROD

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Intermediate accounting instructors need to be engaged in the specific complexities and challenges of the new international financial reporting standards (IFRS) reality within the Canadian multi‐GAAP environment. Intermediate accounting courses are directly affected because they represent substantive coverage of the corporate reporting environment. In this article I make the case that these courses should primarily reflect IFRS standards in order to entrench IFRS competencies in students who wish to pursue a professional designation, to prepare students for the global environment, and to concentrate IFRS expertise issues in a robust instructor group. The competency maps of each of the three Canadian professional accounting bodies clearly reflect IFRS. Students can analyze the implications of major areas of policy differences between IFRS and private enterprise GAAP (PEGAAP) through specific targeted course coverage, but also through active learning elements, particularly research elements. This commentary reflects some of the active debate occurring regarding postsecondary curriculum as Canada adapts to IFRS and PEGAAP, and encourages action. Les IFRS dans le contexte canadien de multiplicité des PCGR : un impératif d’enseignement et d’apprentissage en comptabilité générale intermédiaire Résumé Les professeurs de comptabilité intermédiaire doivent s’employer à résoudre les complexités et les difficultés particulières associées à la nouvelle réalité des IFRS dans le contexte canadien de multiplicité des PCGR. Les cours de comptabilité intermédiaire sont directement touchés, puisque leur contenu porte en grande partie sur le cadre d’information financière de l’entreprise. L’auteure fait la démonstration que ces cours doivent essentiellement refléter les IFRS afin de doter les étudiants qui aspirent à décrocher un titre professionnel des compétences nécessaires en matière d’IFRS, de préparer les étudiants à l’environnement international dans lequel ils seront appelés à exercer la profession et de centraliser l’expertise en ce qui a trait aux questions liées aux IFRS au sein d’un solide groupe d’enseignants. Les grilles de compétences de chacun des trois organismes comptables professionnels canadiens reflètent clairement les IFRS. Les étudiants peuvent analyser les répercussions des principales sphères de différences quant aux politiques entre les IFRS et les PCGR pour les entreprises à capital fermé, grâce à des cours dont la matière est spécifiquement ciblée, mais aussi par l’intermédiaire d’éléments d’apprentissage actif, en particulier d’éléments de recherche. L’étude rend compte de certains aspects du vif débat relatif aux programmes d’études post‐secondaires que suscite l’adaptation du Canada aux IFRS et aux PCGR pour les entreprises à capital fermé, et elle incite à l’action.

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  • Joan E. D. Conrod, 2010. "IFRS within the Multi‐GAAP Canadian Reality: A Teaching and Learning Imperative for Intermediate Financial Accounting," Accounting Perspectives, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 9(1), pages 1-13, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:accper:v:9:y:2010:i:1:p:1-13
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1911-3838.2010.00001.x
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