Recent changes in the financial reporting environment include which of the following?
A)The adoption or planned adoption of IFRS, or standards based on IFRS, for financial reporting in over 100 countries.
B)The willingness of the Securities and Exchange Commission in the United States to permit non-U.S.firms that list and trade their securities in the United States to report using IFRS without a reconciliation to U.S.GAAP.
C)The requirement to measure certain assets and liabilities at fair value instead of acquisition cost, and in some cases, to include the changes in fair value in net income instead of other comprehensive income.
D)The codification of U.S.GAAP into a single body of literature.
E)all of the above

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All the options listed are recent changes in the financial reporting environment. The adoption of IFRS has been widespread, the SEC allowing non-U.S. firms to report using IFRS without a reconciliation to U.S. GAAP has also been a change, fair value accounting has been required for certain assets and liabilities, and the codification of U.S. GAAP into a single body of literature has also taken place.

Recent Changes in the Financial Reporting Environment Include Which of the Following