Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to determine the preparedness of the small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) for the International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for SMEs in Turkey; and to analyze the effect of several firm characteristics on such preparedness....

The International Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Medium-sized Entities (IFRS for SMEs) is adopted by Turkey in November 2010. Turkey initially decided to apply IFRS for SMEs starting from 2013, but recently postponed application to 2014. This research has two primary purposes. The...

In 2009, the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) issued International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) as a simplified version of the full IFRS addressing the financial reporting needs of SMEs. Although IFRS for SMEs is still not...