Asymmetry of accounting information - the reasons and proposed treatments

Abstract

The research aims to identify the reasons that lead to asymmetry of information between economic unity administration and the parties that use accounting information such as shareholders, So,  the ability to reach to the solutions that would reduce this problem, these factors have been divided into two types: the first one is the internal factors which represent the administration's desire   in order to expand the self-interest of getting the profits and increase the value and competitive entity and investors to obtaining greater returns for their shares, so the second type is the external factors, which represent the failer that occurs ​​in the laws and regulations  and un-following the criterions of professional conduct by accountants adopted by these units, so to achieve the research objectives, the Researcher has adopted the Inductive approach in view the topic, which was adopted on an extrapolation of the previous experiments and research in the accounting literature review. A questionnaire has been applicated  and distributed to a sample of accountants and professionals working in the economic units that represent the  research sample with total form of (75) persons ,

the most important results reached by this paper that the existing gaps in the Unified Accounting System led to influence the objectivity and credibility of the accounting information contained in the financial statements of economic units in the research sample. As well as the uniform accounting system in its current form does not respond to the needs of the accounting information users, so it requires modifications to ensure consistency with the changes in the business environment of the fact that the use of the principle of historical cost inappropriate manner that reflects the appropriate financial statements and presentation of accounting information to suit all the needs of its users, and no longer provides sufficient information on the business results in economic units of the research sample, it did not take into account changes in the needs of accounting information users, in addition to not taken into account the social and environmental performance of the unit and economic research found that if you do not include corporate law amendments dealing all developments that occur in the contemporary business environment and what should be on the boards of directors have to deal with these variables, led to the effect found in how their duties and functions of the public body.