Featured Publications
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Ethics
Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants (revised June 2005)
A print version of the Code of Ethics may be obtained by purchasing the handbook on Ethics and International Standards on Auditing
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Policy Positions
Regulation of the Accountancy Profession
This policy position sets out IFAC's view that professional accountancy bodies, acting in the public interest, must play an active role in the regulation of the profession and that professional accountancy bodies and governments need to work together to ensure that regulation is effective and efficient.
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Public Sector Accounting
International Public Sector Accounting Standards (IPSASs) and Statistical Bases of Financial Reporting: An Analysis of Differences and Recommendations for Convergence
This research report details the differences between financial reporting in accordance with IPSASs and statistical reporting in accordance with the International Monetary Fund's "Government Finance Statistics Manual 2001," Eurostat's "European System of Accounts 1993" and "ESA95 Manual on Government Deficit and Debt," and the UN's "System of National Accounts 1993."
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Auditing, Assurance & Related Services
Assurance Aspects of G3 - The Global Reporting Initiative's 2006 Draft Sustainability Reporting Guidelines
This consultation paper explores the assurance aspects of the Global Reporting Initiative's (GRI's) proposed new Sustainability Reporting Guidelines (G3). The paper seeks to stimulate interest among professional accountants in the GRI's proposed new reporting guidelines - especially those aspects related to assurance reporting; encourage accountants to review and provide comments to the GRI; gauge whether G3 would be suitable as criteria for assurance engagements; and provide the International Auditing and Assurance Standards Board with feedback on the application of its International Standard on Assurance Engagements 3000 to sustainability reporting.
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