Exit this survey The future of financial reporting - principles or rules? Question Title * 1. What is your preference for a financial reporting framework? Should it be based on: Principles only Principles with minimal additional guidance Principles with additional guidance or rules Principles with additional detailed rules Detailed rules which override any underlying principles Question Title * 2. Where on the spectrum of principles and rules do you believe IFRS is currently positioned? Very rules dominated Mainly rules Balanced Mainly principles Very principles dominated Question Title * 3. To what extent has IFRS changed over the last five years towards rules or principles? Now substantially more weighted towards rules Now slightly more weighted towards rules No change Now slightly more weighted towards principles Now substantially more weighted towards principles Question Title * 4. What impact has the financial crisis had on the campaign for principles-based standards? Made rules-based standards much more likely Made rules-based standards slightly more likely No impact Made principles-based standards slightly more likely Made principles-based standards much more likely Next