Abstract
The draft FRS for SMEs (Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Micro Enterprises) was published in 2019 by the Public Oversight, Accounting and Auditing Standards Institution of Turkey to provide relevant and comparable information for businesses that are not subject to independent audits. Considering that FRS for SMEs, a new standard, will be implemented by professional accountants, it is important to examine the perceptions of professionals regarding this standard. In this context, the aim of the study is to reveal whether the perceptions of professional accountants regarding the Financial Reporting Standard for Small and Micro Enterprises (FRS for SMEs) differ according to demographic characteristics. The population of the study is professional accountants who operate independently in the province of Elazig. The sample, consists of 168 randomly selected accounting professionals representing the universe. The data obtained by the survey method were analyzed with the SPSS-22 program. The main statistical analyses used are descriptive statistics, validity and reliability analysis, independent t-test and one-way Anova. In the study, it has been determined that FRS for SMEs and its dimensions differ according to gender, age, education level and knowledge level about FRS for SMEs applications. On the other hand, it was concluded that there is no difference between professional experience and FRS for SMEs and its dimensions.