High Traders Inc

question 22

Essay

High Traders Inc. is a private Canadian company. The company adopted accounting standards for private enterprises in 2011. However, a new CFO has just been hired and is now suggesting that the company consider adopting IFRS in the near future.
Required:
Outline four possible reasons that a private company in Canada might choose to adopt IFRS.

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Definitions:

Economic Profits

The difference between a firm's total revenues and its total opportunity costs.

Barriers to Entry

Economic, procedural, regulatory, or technological factors that obstruct or limit the possibility of new competitors entering an industry.

Long-Run Equilibrium

A state in which all factors of production and costs are variable, allowing firms to make adjustments and the market to stabilize at a point where supply equals demand.

Competitive Market

A market structure characterized by many buyers and sellers, free entry and exit, and products that are close substitutes, leading to price competition.