
Accounting standards must change to reflect future costs

ACCOUNTING standards should be changed to reflect future scheme administration costs, PricewaterhouseCoopers urges.
The financial services firm said current rules included no allowance for scheme running costs under an actuarial valuation. Costs are paid for on a year-by-year basis from ongoing contributions. But...
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