FASB og IFRS skal forsøke å lage felles konseptuelt rammeverk
FASB er under politisk press for tilordne seg IAS. De starter derfor et felles prosjekt med IASB for å definere et felles konseptuelt rammeverk for finansiell rapportering.
At their joint meeting in April 2004, the IASB and the FASB agreed that suchMen, siden det her er snakk om å gi fra seg retten til å definere hva som er "god regnskapsskikk", forlanger de, i hht sin ny empiriedoktrine og gjøree det på sine premisser:
a project should be undertaken jointly, that is, that the Boards would work together to develop a single, complete, and internally consistent conceptual framework that would be used by both Boards.
In undertaking that project, the FASB would complete and refine its existing framework rather than comprehensively reconsider all components of that framework.Se hele svaret i PDF dokumentet kalt FASB Response to SEC Study on the Adoption of a Principles-Based Accounting System.