XY Co Is a Canadian Company That Recently Received Approval for for a Loan

question 26

Essay

XY Co. is a Canadian company that recently received approval for a loan from a bank in Europe. The bankers require statements prepared "in accordance with IFRS as adopted by the EU." The CEO recently stated that now that Canada has adopted IFRS, the company only needs to prepare one set of financial statements for issuance.
Required:
As the CFO, reply to this CEO's statement. Why might this not be the case in this situation? In what areas might there be differences? How would this report have to be prepared and issued?

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