3. What are the advantages of rules-based standards? 4. Do you think that future international accounting standards will need to be more principlesbased or more rules-based? Many outside the United States claim that a problem with U.S. GAAP is that there are too many rules. They argue for principles-based accounting standards in which the broad principles of accounting are emphasized and less emphasis is placed on detailed implementation rules. Americans counter that IFRS may lack quality and rigor. Additional rules are necessary to provide adequate guidance to users.

3. What are the advantages of rules-based standards? 4. Do you think that future international accounting standards will need to be more principlesbased or more rules-based? Many outside the United States claim that a problem with U.S. GAAP is that there are too many rules. They argue for principles-based accounting standards in which the broad principles of accounting are emphasized and less emphasis is placed on detailed implementation rules. Americans counter that IFRS may lack quality and rigor. Additional rules are necessary to provide adequate guidance to users.

Contemporary Auditing

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Chapter8: International Cases

Section8.5: Shari’a

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