scholarly journals SOME NOTES ON IFRS CONVERGENCE AND THE ISLAMIC FINANCIAL INDUSTRY

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Ratna Mulyany
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Service Industry ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Worldwide Phenomenon ◽  
Accounting Convergence

IFRS Convergence has been a worldwide phenomenon with most of countries in the world are adoptingIFRS instead of their national accounting standards. At the same time, the Islamic finance is gaining its popularity in the present world with the increasing acceptance by international community. In relation to these two phenomena, there have been concerns that the establishment of Islamic financial institutions together with its own unique characteristics will impede the achievement of the global accounting convergence. Furthermore, the promulgation of accounting standards by Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI), which is intended to fulfil the unique features of Islamic Financial Industry is viewed as a challenge to the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), which is promoted by the convergence agenda. Numerous complex issues emerge as result of the dilemmatic position of IFIs in retaining its distinct Shari’ah principles, while attempting to be part of the global financial system through adopting the IFRS. This study aims to describe some notes relating to the IFRS convergence and the development of Islamic finance. The objective is to outline the issues, not necessarily to resolve them, and to consider the implications they have for pursuing IFRS convergence in the context of Islamic financial service industry.

Financial Reporting of Islamic Financial Institutions

2020 ◽  
pp. 854-873
Author(s):  
Mezbah Uddin Ahmed
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Differential Approach ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Similarities And Differences

This chapter elucidates the arguments for and against differential approach pertaining to financial reporting amongst Islamic Financial Institutions (IFIs). The chapter has identified additional objectives which the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) aims to achieve in comparison to International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). The chapter has also identified the global adoption status for both AAOIFI Financial Accounting Standards (FAS) and IFRS Standards, as well as the difficulties faced in adopting AAOIFI's FAS. This chapter offers illustrative examples of AAOIFI's FAS and IFRS applications to help in providing a much better understanding in terms of similarities and differences in the application of these two sets of standards.

A critical analysis of the use of fair value by Islamic Financial Institutions

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 170-183 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Gharbi
Keyword(s):  
Growth Rate ◽  
Interest Rate ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Fair Value ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Narrative Methods ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

Purpose This paper aims to address a specific question over the compatibility of International Financial Reporting Standards with Islamic finance regarding the use of interest rate as discounting rate in impairment testing and valuation techniques. Design/methodology/approach Inductive methodology and qualitative-narrative methods are used to explore the available texts and literature. Findings There are two main findings: first, the use of reference rate obtained in non-Islamic financial system is inappropriate from the Islamic perspective. Interest-based valuation techniques have not been adopted by the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions in its adaptation of conventional accounting practices, and the majority of Islamic scholars argue against Interest rate benchmarking. Second, the authors suggest nominal gross domestic product (NGDP) growth rate as an alternative benchmark because Islamic finance, in its ideal sense, is based on and closely linked to the real sector. Moreover, recent studies show that there are no statistical differences between NGDP growth rate and nominal interest rate for most of the countries studied. Originality/value This paper highlights the accounting implications of the prohibition of interest for valuation techniques and raises the need of acceptable alternative pricing benchmark.

scholarly journals The Regulation of Islamic Finance in the United Kingdom

2010 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jonathan Ercanbrack
Keyword(s):  
United Kingdom ◽  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Religious Dimension ◽  
The United Kingdom ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

This article examines the unique risks associated with Islamic financial institutions and the secular state's reticence to directly regulate their religious dimension. It argues that the state's method of regulating the Islamic financial industry ignores special reputational risks associated with the religious and cultural distinctiveness of Islamic banks.

scholarly journals Explore the Lessee Accounting Treatment When Utilizing the Islamic Financial Leasing

2020 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-78
Author(s):  
Amer Morshed ◽  
Zsuzsanna Széles
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Research Method ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
Financial Assets ◽  
Financial Leasing ◽  
Financial Position ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

AbstractThis study aims to discuss the effects of the AAIOFI accounting standards of financial leased assets on the accounting treatment of the lessee in the case of using the Islamic finance lease. The importance of this study became evident when AAIOFI announced Islamic accounting standards with a significant difference between the IFRSs about the recognition of leased financial assets. Islamic financial institutions recognize the financial leased assets following AAIOFI accounting under long-term assets in the statement of financial position. This study used the interviews as a qualitative research method with financial managers of Jordanian companies using Islamic financial leasing. This study reached the conclusion that both Islamic financial leasing parties recognize the assets in the long-term asset side. The recommendations to avoid the inflation of the Islamic financial leased assets will be by applying a reasonable accountancy treatment by the lessee and consider it as operational leasing with proper justification for the non-compliance with the IFRS.

scholarly journals Resistance to change in the processes of implementation of international accounting standards

CIID Journal ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 42-79
Author(s):  
Sergio Manuel Buvoli Lara ◽  
Boris Ricardo López Álvarez ◽  
William Salcedo Quiroz ◽  
Lina Marcela Mercado Tordecilla
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Resistance To Change ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
International Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
The Social ◽  
Financial Allocation ◽  
Communication Lines ◽  
Accounting Convergence

This article aims to analyze the resistance to change in the process of implementation of IFRS in the background of employees and retirees of the Entities of the Social security of Córdoba, which was theoretically based on international financial reporting standards and the theoretical contributions in the field of resistance to change. On the other hand, it is framed in the qualitative methodology through the deductive, under the type of descriptive study method and was carried out under a non-transactional, experimental design and field. Likewise, the facts were studied from January/2018 to February/2018, through the application of a questionnaire with scale Likert type (validated 3 experts) to measure the resistance to change in the process of implementation of IFRS and was directed to the members of the Committee of implementation of IFRS in the entity. Descriptive statistics was used for the analysis of data, and the following conclusions were obtained: accounting convergence processes lack elements that can reduce resistance to the change of system of accounting standards International, this resistance is evident in the lack of clear objectives in terms of the process of convergence, lack of a specific methodology, low budgetary and financial allocation for the implementation of the activities related to the process of conversion, little communication in organizational communication lines and difficulties in the remuneration and compensation.

Comparative study between IFRS and AAOIFI disclosure compliance

2017 ◽  
Vol 15 (3) ◽  
pp. 269-292 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hana Ajili ◽  
Abdelfettah Bouri
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Accounting Disclosure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Disclosure Requirements ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

Purpose This study measures and compares the level of compliance with the disclosure requirements provided by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) and the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI). This study also aims to investigate the factors associated with this compliance in a sample of Islamic banks (IBs) in Gulf Cooperation Council member states. Design/methodology/approach The sample consists of 39 IBs between 2010 and 2014. Among the selected IBs, 23 banks were complying with the AAOIFI standards and 16 banks were complying with the IFRS standards. An unweighted disclosure index was used to measure the level of compliance with IFRS/AAOIFI disclosure requirements. Findings It was found that the level of compliance with IFRS is higher than that of compliance with AAOIFI. In addition, the results reveal that compliance with IFRS/AAOIFI disclosure requirements is higher for larger and older IBs. Finally, it was observed that compliance was more noticeable for IBs having a higher leverage and multinational subsidiaries. Originality value These findings would be of great help to regulators and policymakers to better understand the accounting disclosure practices of IBs.

scholarly journals Diverse accounting standards on disclosures of Islamic financial transactions

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 866-896 ◽  
Author(s):  
Habib Ahmed ◽  
Faruq Arif Tajul Ariffin ◽  
Yusuf Karbhari ◽  
Zurina Shafii
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Transactions

Purpose Since International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) are not primarily meant for the accounting needs of Islamic banks, the Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) was established to develop specific accounting standards for Shari’ah compliance. The purpose of this paper is to assess the de jure harmonisation between the disclosure requirements of the IFRS-based Malaysian Accounting Standards (MAS) and those of the AAOIFI. Design/methodology/approach Using Malaysia as a case study, the paper examines the extent of the de jure congruence between the IFRS-based MAS and AAOIFI’s Financial Accounting Standard No 1 (FAS1), which is considered to be one of the key disclosure standards for Islamic banks. We employ leximetrics and content analysis to analyse these accounting standards and the additional guidelines introduced by the Malaysian Accounting Standards Board (MASB) and the Central Bank of Malaysia (Bank Negara Malaysia, BNM) to identify the gaps between different tiers of MAS and FAS1. Findings The study finds that de jure congruence between the IFRS-based MAS and AAOIFI standards has improved through the introduction of additional accounting guidelines by both the MASB and the banking regulator, BNM. However, some gaps remain between the two standards. These gaps may be difficult to completely eliminate due to differences in the fundamental principles underlying the development of both standards. Originality/value While some studies have explored the de facto congruence between AAOIFI accounting standards and others, this paper is the first, to the best of the authors’ knowledge, to examine the de jure congruence between those standards with the IFRS-based MAS.

The need for Shariah harmonization in financial reporting standardization

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 455-471 ◽  
Author(s):  
Murniati Mukhlisin ◽  
Mohammad Hudaib ◽  
Toseef Azid
Keyword(s):  
Financial Institutions ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Deep Understanding ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Banks ◽  
Reporting Standard ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions

Purpose – This study aims to analyze IFIs’ stakeholders’ perception on Shariah harmonization for financial reporting standards inIndonesia as a part of the development effort of linking the emerging global Islamic banking to Indonesian financial and industrial markets. Design/methodology/approach – A sample of 160 respondents, who were stakeholders of Islamic banks, was taken from Jakarta, the capital city of Indonesia and its surrounding major districts to examine the stakeholders’ perception on Shariah harmonization effort toward the implementation of a uniformed financial reporting standard for Islamic financial institutions. Data for this study were collected using a structured questionnaire. Findings – Through this study, the authors found several measures to be taken to ensure Shariah harmonization efforts in Indonesia such as deep understanding on the fatawā brought into practices and strict monitoring on the Islamic banks in applying the financial reporting standards that imply practicing the fatawā, both de jure and de facto. However, the respondents differ in their opinion on the possibility of Shariah harmonization, both de jure and de facto. The role of various actors involved in the financial reporting standardization may impede Shariah harmonization to take place. Research limitations/implications – The study is only looking at one case study, which is Indonesia. Therefore, future studies should consider more countries and significant number of respondents. Different research instruments to measure the perception can also be an interesting research exploration. In addition, adopting deep Islamic political economy of accounting theory may support better analysis on the issue of financial reporting standardization for Islamic financial institutions. Originality/value – This paper has practical significance for financial reporting standard setters for Islamic banks and policy-makers to understand the key behavioral and demographical dimensions of their stakeholders and using these dimensions to effectively position important aspects in financial reporting standards setting.

scholarly journals Islamic Finance and the Convergence towards International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS): The State of Research Development

2018 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 85-97
Author(s):  
Ratna Mulyany ◽  
Noraini Mohd. Ariffin
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Academic Research ◽  
Empirical Method ◽  
Islamic Finance ◽  
International Accounting ◽  
Financial Industry ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Research Theme ◽  
Islamic Financial Institutions ◽  
International Accounting Standard

Objective – Extensive research has been undertaken in the area of accounting harmonization ever since the idea of harmonizing accounting standards and practices was probably initiated as early as 1930s. The transformation of International Accounting Standard Committee (IASC) into International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) in 2001, which refines the harmonization agenda into convergence initiative, has escalated the academic research devoted in this field. Nevertheless within the broad research theme of International accounting harmonization and convergence (IAHC), quite limited studies have looked at the issues of IAHC and linking it to the development of Islamic banking and finance. Not until recently where quite significant acknowledgement has been given on this issue especially by the industry community, the earlier development of research in IAHC has not sufficiently covered the interaction between IAHC and the Islamic financial industry. Departing from this context, this paper aims to review the development of research that particularly looked into the issues of IAHC in relation to the Islamic financial industry.Design/methodology – This study was conducted based on rigorous literature review about the topic to identify gaps or inconsistencies in a body of knowledge.Results – Research in IAHC has progressed over the time evidenced with the various topics that have been studied within this theme. Of the broad research theme within IAHC is its interaction with the growing Islamic financial industry. While the reviewed studies in this paper have provided preliminary path in identifying the challenges of IAHC in relation to the financial reporting of Islamic banks (IBs), however there is lacking studies that theoretically and practically examines areas of incompatibility which may prove to be obstacles to the IAHC process and other important elements such as to understand what could be the possible approach to be pursued by IBs within the overall objective of IAHC or IFRS convergence specifically. Most studies within this theme are notably descriptive in nature and few has utilized the empirical method in their analysis.Research limitations/implications – This study is limited in its method of merely reviewing the literature. The use of other various methods may provide more meaningful findings. The result of this study nevertheless implies that further comprehensive research involving standard setters and regulators is viewed as an important future step in resolving the reporting issues for Islamic financial institutions. Given the unresolved dimensions between the adoption of IFRS and the application of Islamic financial activities, the issues examined in this study will continue to be highly relevant, as the Islamic financial industry expands further.Novelty/Originality – A review of researches in IAHC with particular reference to the unique accounting requirements of Islamic financial entities is still limited thus this study perhaps has sketched a map of overall studies that have been performed and shed the light for future areas to be researched within this themeKeywords Islamic Finance, IFRS Convergence, Accounting Harmonization

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