"Cairns' work is notable for its breadth and depth … Sir David Tweedie says the Cairns Report is valuable"
Financial Times, 22 March 2001

"This is an extraordinarily useful book for anyone who wishes to keep up-to-date with developments on IAS"
Professor Stephen Zeff, International Journal of Accounting, in a review of International Accounting Standards Survey 1999

The International Accounting Standards Survey 2000 examined the financial statements of 165 listed companies that referred to compliance with IASs in 1999.

International Accounting Standards Survey 2000
The IFRS Survey 2004 will examine the application of IFRS in 2003 and later financial statements.

The International Accounting Standards Survey 2000 examined the financial statements of 165 listed companies that referred to compliance with IASs in 1999. For each company, the Survey identified:

• the level of compliance with IASs
• the way in which new IASs had been applied
• the approach adopted by its auditors
• The implications of any US GAAP disclosures