Journal of Empirical Research in Accounting
Year:2017 | Volume:6 | Issue:24 |Papers Count:10

Regarding to the quest toward adoption of IFRS in Iran and Intent to globalization of accounting standards and Security and Exchange Organization’ announcement about adherence of IFRS, this study reports on an exploratory study of Iran's accounting and auditing professionals' perceptions about important issues relevant to developing and implementing IFRSs. Results show that harmonization of accounting standards is a worthwhile objective and however there are some challenges about how adoption of IFRS, majority of professionals are agree with developing and implementing IFRSs. Results from test show that Ranking of Enterprises Based on reporting are positively associated with returns. This suggest that the ability for investment with considering the ranking of the enterprises based on reporting disclosed by Tehran Securities and Exchange Organization and taking of the information into account in their decisions.

Information content of consolidated versus parent company financial statements with emphasis on the role of international Financial Reporting Standards. Evidence from the two capital markets (Iran and Singapore) in this paper, information content of consolidated versus parent companies financial statement was analyzed. the sample of this study included the real information of 46 companies in Tehran stock Exchange and 92 companies in Singapore stock Exchange between 2010 and 2014. In this study, descriptive statistics and panel data and undated model were used to analyze the data. our finding indicated that the information content of consolidated financial statements is more than parent company financial statements. Also, the scope of this study was focused on role of international financial reporting standards in providing consolidated financial statement. The result suggested that consolidated financial statement in stock Exchange market in Singapore include more information content than financial statement in stock Exchange market in Iran.

Adopting the international financial reporting standards during the recent years has aroused abundant empirical researches in respect to the outcomes resulting from such a change in accounting regime around the globe. These studies have been carried out upon various legal origins stemming from different temporal periods and research designs, each followed by variegated results. To acquire comprehensive evidences regarding the real consequences of adopting the international financial reporting standards based on the experiences gained by the countries that have exercised these standards, the present research paper carries out a meta-analysis on the studies dealing with the effects of adopting international financial reporting standards on discretionary accrual items. Based on the analyses run over 107 observations, with an independent sample of 401057 firm-years, results signify that adopting the international financial reporting standards has not, led to the financial reporting improvement and by itself the positive or negative consequences resulting from the acceptation of these standards depend on numerous factors such as the countries’ legal systems and the accounting and auditing enforcement regime practiced in a country.

The Options granted in International Accounting Standard No.7 in relation to the classification of four items of interest and income received and paid leads to diverse classifications in the form of cash flows and the ability to compare flows Reduce the historical cash of different companies. The purpose of the present research is to solve this challenge by designing and presenting a new model for the cash flow form using formal logic. The model is designed to meet the three goals of increasing the comparability of cash flow, adaptation of this form with the conceptual framework of Financial Reporting, the development of useful information related to cash flows. Therefore, in this study, by using the deductive reasoning, the classification of the four items mentioned is limited. The two interest and dividends received will be reflected in the category of investment activities and interest and dividends paid in the financing activities. In addition, in the proposed model, two subcategories and an interdisciplinary cluster have been developed under the title of interest of financial instruments and the cost of paying for financial resources that are innovative and innovative in terms of presentation and position, and can lead to Creating new financial ratios, such as the quality of profits, is the maintenance of financial instruments. The use of systematic deductive devices in creating a new model of cash flow forms and verifying this model through a special method of verifying the theorems is considered as one of the other innovations of the present study. The new model, despite the change in the international model, has been designed in a way that is not in conflict with the requirements of International Standard No.7 and is applicable in the framework of the implementation of international standards.

Despite the general acceptance of fair value accounting standards setting, the specific characteristics of this method results in the formation of an interesting debate among academics, businessmen, legislators and invested. One of the key elements in the debate, the emergence of different situations that fair value accounting is considered by supporters or opponents. Despite the recent financial crisis also contributed to this debate and put the opposition in a state Hjvmytry. So Congress Securities and Exchange Commission recently forced America to study and report on the role of fair value accounting in the recent financial crisis. Under this article, the adoption of fair value accounting standards and the impact on earnings from the perspective of financial managers of manufacturing companies in Tehran, academics and internal auditors, standard setters and measured. for this purpose, 48 academics, 47 members of the Institute of internal auditors, 38 financial managers of manufacturing companies and 20 individuals were studied accounting standard setting..br According to this study, there are differences between the views of financial executives with the insights of others but there is no difference between the views of academics and internal auditors and standard setters and academics of view there is no difference, however, there are differences between the views of internal auditors and standard setters.

The purpose of current paper is to consider the impact of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards on the efficiency of tax systems from the perspective of accounting and tax professionals in South Khorasan. To achieve intended goal in this study, descriptive method with the correlational approach has been used. The sampling method is based on classification and data gathered from a self-made questionnaire (after estimating the reliability and validity). The questionnaire is distributed among accounting professors of the university, members of the Iranian society of CPAs, managers and employees of taxation affairs organization in South Khorasan province. After completing the questionnaire, the statistical coefficients depending on the type of hypotheses (correlation coefficient, independent t-test, ANOVA, multivariate regression analysis) were calculated and analyzed using SPSS software. The results of hypotheses indicate that the use of International Financial Reporting Standards particularly standard No.12. the income tax has a positive and significant impact to increase the efficiency of tax systems. The results can be used in line with adjusted accounting standards for more accommodating financial reports in terms of alignment with the needs of tax authorities. Therefore, the tax authorities can achieve an efficient tax system.

The culture of a society unconsciously impact on the design and implementation of information systems in companies and organizations of that society. Obviously, accounting that is a part of the performance of business firm, hardly affected by national and organizational culture. On the other hand needs to globalization and integrating financial reporting systems, has already been raised. In this regard aim of this study is to investigate the influence of cultural factors on International financial reporting standards. This study is an applied research regarding and on methods of collecting and analyzing data, descriptive research and survey The study population is exchange brokers, senior auditors, banking experts and accounting PhD students. Data collected by questionnaire and structural equation model using SPSS software and analyzed LISREL. The results showed among the cultural aspects of the research, avoiding of uncertainty has a significant and positive impact on the international standards of financial reporting.

According to information disclosure instruction for listed companies in Tehran stock exchange, these companies have to disclose annual performance anticipates as well as anticipates of actual performance based on 3, 6, and 9 months. Regarding disclosure of this information by listed companies, it is necessary to investigate the effects of it for users. The purpose of this study is to measure the effect of aforementioned midterm earnings disclosure on investors. Thus, three hypotheses were formulated based on the influences of these anticipated earnings. Research hypotheses were tested and analyzed according to financial information of listed companies in Tehran stock exchange from 1382 to 1392. Finally, findings show earning response model improvement and simultaneous significance of anticipated earnings.

Management of internal financial flexibility depends to the use of cash, debt capacity and their interactions in the face of crisis and external shocks. Debt capacity as one of the decisive factors of internal financial flexibility, refers to amount of debt that companies can make in theirs financing resources without encountering difficulties in repaying debts. Study effective factors on the debt capacity as one component of internal financial flexibility is important for any company, because identification of these factors will leads to improvement business performance and companies can have better reaction in counter of unexpected events and investments opportunities. In this research, we examine the influence of cash holding on the debt capacity in 69 companies listed in Tehran Stock (TSE) during 2003 to2012. Our finding indicates that the level of cash holding is one of the most important factors that can affect the Company's debt capacity. Therefore cash is one of the main factors in the creation of internal financial flexibility and also has an important role in the determining of debt capacity.

The cost of capital is one of the most important and significant feature in many financial decisions and management. It also has the high value for the managers of companies and affects on several factors such as financial leverage, profitability, shareholders combination, composition of the board, company's activities, liquidity and size. Inspite of the fact that the ability of fundraising and financial providing of companies is the most important factors to remain in the current market competition, so this study examines the effect of product market competition and return momentum on the cost of capital of Companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange over 2009-2014.To do so, Excel and Eviews softwares were used in this research. Also, Herfindahl-Hirschman index is used to measure Product market competition return momentum. The results show that Product market competition has negatively significant effect on the cost of capital of Companies listed in Tehran Stock Exchange. However, there is no significant relationship between return momentum and the cost of capital.