International Financial Reporting Standard 1: First-time adoption of international financial reporting standards

This version was issued in November 2008. Its effective date is 1 July 2009. IFRS 1 First-time Adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards was issued by the International Accounting Standards Board in June 2003. It replaced SIC-8 First-time Application of IASs as the Primary Basis of Accounting (issued by the Standing Interpretations Committee in July 1998).