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Change likely on share options

Accounting rules up for debate...

By John Oates

Published: 2 August 2001 08:00 BST

An international body charged with unifying company accounting practices is set to make companies treat share options as an operating cost.

The International Accounting Standards Board is likely to accept that the share option plan will be unpopular, according to the Financial Times.

The news is likely to upset companies in the US where similar proposals were dropped after lobbying from the high-tech sector.

The European Commission wants all European listed companies to follow IASB rules by 2005.

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