Accounting practitioners have criticized some proposed accounting standards on the grounds that they are difficult to implement because of measurement problems. They, therefore, conclude that the underlying theory is inappropriate. Assuming that the critics are correct about the implementational difficulties, do you agree with their thinking? Discuss.

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