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Every statement about what a standard requires carries a standard-citation chip naming the paragraph, and a superscript footnote links the primary IFRS Foundation or FASB source. Every worked figure is labelled an illustrative example, not client data. This page documents that system, the accuracy discipline, the correction policy and the scope limit.

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The standard-citation chip

A statement about a standard is never a naked assertion. It carries a chip such as IAS 38§57 or ASC 350-40350-40-25, which links to the reference page for that standard. Every chip resolves to a source recorded in the citation registry; the build fails if a chip names a standard with no source entry, so an uncited standard cannot ship.

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Primary-source footnotes

Where a claim rests on primary text, a superscript footnote links the authoritative sourceS1. The five sources of record are indexed on the standards page with their publisher and jurisdiction, so any claim can be checked against the text.

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Illustrative figures are labelled

This is a finance-accuracy reference, so it invents nothing. Every worked figure sits in a block labelled an illustrative example, not client data. There are no fabricated adoption statistics, no invented company data and no made-up survey numbers anywhere on the site. Where the profession has not reached consensus, the site says so rather than manufacturing a position.

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Accuracy, corrections and scope

Named standards are characterised as they read, not misattributed. If a characterisation is shown to be wrong, it is corrected and the change dated. The scope limit is explicit: this is a citation-grade reference to primary IFRS and FASB text, not accounting advice, and it does not replace judgement applied to your own facts by a qualified professional ASU 2025-06.

Sources of record
  1. S1IAS 38 Intangible Assets, IFRS Foundation (IFRS). https://www.ifrs.org/issued-standards/list-of-standards/ias-38-intangible-assets/
  2. S2Handbook: Software and website costs (ASC 350-40 internal-use software), KPMG (US GAAP). https://kpmg.com/us/en/frv/reference-library/2026/handbook-software-website-costs.html
  3. S4FASB Accounting Standards Codification, PwC Viewpoint (US GAAP). https://viewpoint.pwc.com/dt/us/en/fasb/GAAP/Codification/Codification/228073.html
Standards-anchored reference · not accounting adviceRevised 2026-07-24