The proposals draw upon international best practice in the preparation and presentation of management commentary. Providing non-mandatory guidance will improve the consistency and comparability across jurisdictions, the IASB believes.
The IASB published a proposed non-mandatory framework to help entities prepare and present a narrative report, often referred to as management commentary. While management commentary-type reporting is mandatory in many jurisdictions, some do not have guidance for this type of narrative report. Many preparers and users therefore indicated a need for the IASB to provide such guidance.
The proposals draw upon international best practice in the preparation and presentation of management commentary. The IASB believes that providing non-mandatory guidance will improve the consistency and the comparability of management commentary across jurisdictions.
Deadline for comments is 1 March 2010.
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