Regulation of Financial Accounting in Canada and Trasition to IFRS

The aim of this thesis is to introduce the issue of regulation of financial accounting and the transition to IFRS in Canada. It describes the history of Canada's financial accounting. Financial accounting in Canada is regulated by accounting standards, the issuance is in charge of the Accounting Standards Board and the Public Sector Accounting Board, subject to the Canadian Institute of Chartered Accountants. Then there is described the transition to IFRS in Canada, the growing importance of IFRS in the world. The last part can be found some differences between Canadian GAAP and IFRS