The financial statements are prepared on the basis of various accounting practices. Among these accounting practices, some are quite discretionary in nature. The result is that a few of the companies follow them, adopt them while others do not. Due to this discrepancy, the results of two or more companies or for two periods are not comparable. This discrepancy exists on international financial reporting scenario wherein companies in different countries follow different reporting procedures making financial results non comparable. The Accounting Standards/financial reporting standards provide...