Il 1o aprile 2001, oltre alla ristrutturazione dello IASC, il nuovo Consiglio, adottando una delle sue prime decisioni, ha ridenominato lo IASC International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) e, per quanto riguarda i futuri principi contabili internazionali, gli IAS sono stati ridenominati International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).
Further to the restructuring of the IASC, the new Board on 1 April 2001, as one of its first decisions, renamed the IASC as the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and, as far as future international accounting standards are concerned, renamed IAS as International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS).