PRAG rejects ASB proposals on scheme accounts

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ACCOUNTING Standards Board proposals to include long-term pension liabilities in the financial reports of pension schemes should be rejected, the Pension Research Accountants Group warns.

The research group’s formal response to the ASB’s discussion paper on accounting for pensions – released this week – said the accounting standards body proposes to make pension schemes general purp...

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