Primary Task Response:

Your first task is to post your own Key Assignment Outline to the discussion area so that other students are able to review your plan. Attach your document to the main discussion post, and include any notes you feel are appropriate. The purpose of this assignment is to help improve the quality of the Key Assignment Draft that you will complete next week.

This is what the outline needs to be about, I hope it's helpful.

Key Assignment Draft

Choose a company from the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) EDGAR Web site for your Key Assignment to evaluate for the impact of convergence to IFRS.

Review the financial reports and notes for the company that you have chosen from the EDGAR Web site. Using this company as your point of reference, provide general information on the following:

1. Create an overview on IFRS.

2. What will be some of the main concerns for your company as it moves from U.S. GAAP to IFRS?

3. Generate a list of differences that you would expect to see on your income statement and your balance sheet after the convergence process is complete.

4. Describe what impact the convergence will have on your company's inventory account (IAS 2).

5. Describe some of the differences between IFRS and U.S. GAAP regarding the accounting for financial instruments.

6. Give a minimum of 2 examples of how your company will be impacted by the conversion process (IAS 32, IAS 39, and IFRS 7).