Effect of the application of IFRS 15 "Revenue from contracts with customers" on the quality of financial reporting

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Abstract

This study aims at identifying the impact of the application of IFRS 15 "Revenue from contracts with customers on the quality of financial reporting, through application to faculty members in the accounting departments of Iraqi universities and auditors. The problem of the study was the multiplicity of accounting rules and standards Which deals with the issues of revenue recognition , as well as the lack of consistency of most of them with the common framework of financial accounting, which results in low quality of financial reporting in the current financial statements, where the formulation of one hypothesis was the lack of relationship of significant significance The application of IFRS 15 "Recognition of revenue from contracts with customers" and the quality of financial reporting. To achieve the objective of the study, a questionnaire consisting of 423 individuals from the study sample composed of faculty members was designed in the accounting departments of Iraqi universities (academics) and auditors (Professionals), quantitative method was selected using the deductive input in this study. The statistical program SPSS was used to enter the initial data. The number of correct forms entered into the program reached 361 (206 academicians, 155 professionals) with 85.5% of the total sample size , Has reached the study The study concluded with a set of recommendations, the most important being the application of IFRS and the need to create a working environment in Iraq's economic units in order to implement the standards