Turkey Introduces New Financial Reporting Standard For Large And Medium-Sized Companies

Turkey has introduced a new Financial Reporting Standard for Large and Medium-Sized Companies ("New Standard"), relevant to entities which are currently subject to independent audit, but are exempt from applying the Turkish Financial Reporting Standards. The New Standard will apply to these companies for financial periods beginning on or after 1 January 2018.

Large companies are those which meet or exceed at least two of the following criteria, either individually, or with their affiliates, for two subsequent reporting periods::

• Net assets of 75 million Turkish Lira.
• Annual net sales revenue of 150 million.
• Average 250 employees.

Implementation details for the Standard are outlined in Communiqué (Serial No: 56) ("Communiqué"), issued by the Public Oversight Accounting and Auditing Standards Authority.