Enhance your products and services with globally accepted IFRS Accounting Standards
IFRS Standards can be used free of charge for non-commercial purposes, such as preparing corporate disclosures. Any other use, including integration into products and services, requires a license from the IFRS Foundation. The Foundation is a not-for-profit, public-interest entity, so 100% of its licensing income goes toward further advancing our standard-setting work.
Why license IFRS Accounting Standards?
- Global consistency—IFRS Accounting Standards are used for financial reporting in more than 140 jurisdictions around the world. Licensing these Standards helps you align your financial products or services with international requirements, making them more appealing to multinational clients and partners.
- Enhanced credibility—Using IFRS Accounting Standards enhances the credibility of your products and services, because clients and stakeholders can trust that your offerings align with globally accepted Accounting Standards.
- Easier integration—Access IFRS Accounting Standards in a format that can be seamlessly integrated into your systems, products and services.
- Updated information—Continuously receive updated content as IFRS Accounting Standards evolve, ensuring your systems are easily maintained and up to date.
Get started with licensing
The IFRS Foundation offers many licensing options to ensure that each licensee can access the content that best supports its own products or services. To learn more or to select a package that meets your needs, contact us.
Illustrative applications of licensing
- Accounting software platforms—Provide reference tools that include local and international standards, solutions that help accountants increase productivity or research databases that can be easily searched for relevant information about IFRS Accounting Standards.
- ERP software platforms—Provide software that helps companies collect data, improve controls, enable assurance and generate reports with XBRL tagging aligned to the IFRS Taxonomy.
- Training providers—Deliver in-house training courses or professional seminars using IFRS Accounting Standards.
- Education providers—Create books, manuals, notes and study guides with IFRS Accounting Standards content.
Licensing for jurisdictional use
If you are a jurisdictional authority (for example, a national standard-setter, regulator, government body or a stock exchange) and are interested in adopting our Standards for your jurisdiction, please refer to our adoption or other jurisdictional use guidelines.
