Accounting Standards Come Under Fire from UK Lawmakers

A trio of lawmakers in the upper house of the UK parliament have lined up to launch an unprecedented attack on accounting policy issues.

In the firing line was the new body charged with endorsing International Financial Reporting Standards for use in the UK, the International Accounting Standards Board’s planned new insurance liabilities accounting standard, IFRS 17, and the mark-to-market pensions model.

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