Adoption of international financial reporting standards and international accounting standards in islamic financial institutions from the practitioners' viewpoint

• Main Authors: Z, Shafii, N., Zakaria
• Format: Article
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Accounting principles; International Financial Reporting Standards; Islamic financial institutions
• Online Access: http://ddms.usim.edu.my/handle/123456789/8504
• Institution: Universiti Sains Islam Malaysia

Globally, International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are used by more than 100 countries for various types of organizations. The purpose of this paper is to examine the opinion of practitioners in Islamic financial institutions (IFIs) on Shariah issues when adopting IFRS and International Accounting Standards (IAS) to report Islamic financial transactions. Primary data collection involved a group interview with representatives, such as Shariah officers, accountants and academic experts to obtain insights on how the industry practitioners deal with general and specific IFRS issues in applying IFRS and IAS. The result from the group interview revealed that practitioners are highly concern on various Shariah issues, such as the applicability of time value of money, the terminologies used in IFRS and IAS that reflect conventional concepts of banking and takaful. This study provides both the conceptual and practical issues faced by practitioners in applying IFRS for reporting Islamic financial transactions. It suggests the need for collaboration between academicians, standard setter and regulator in providing technical guidance applicable for reporting Islamic financial transactions.