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The Effect of Cloud Computing in Facing the Challenges of Applying IFRSs in Iraqi Private Banks

Mustafa Mohamed Helio, Prof. Dr. Bushra Najim Abdullah

Volume: 13 Issue: 2 2023

Abstract:

The research aims to explain the role of cloud computing technology in facilitating the application of international financial reporting standards in Iraqi banks, by preparing a checklist that included a set of paragraphs to measure the level of application of IFRSs. In those banks and then the need to use cloud computing technology, and the researchers reached a set of conclusions, including, that cloud computing technology has a role in facilitating the application of international financial reporting standards in the banks, the research sample, because of the ease it provides in preparing and saving accounting information and the possibility of accessing it in any time and from any place where the Internet service is available. The research also found that there is a shortage in the field of local knowledge and professional expertise. In addition to the difficulty of benefiting from international experiences that have succeeded in applying international financial reporting standards due to the difficulty of viewing and analyzing data prepared manually or traditionally, due to the dependence of most of the research sample banks on traditional means in managing their financial activities, which makes it difficult to upload them to the cloud and present them to experts to benefit from Their expertise that facilitates the application of international financial reporting standards. The research recommended the need to take advantage of the capabilities and capabilities provided by cloud computing technology in facilitating the application of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) in the research sample banks and reaping the benefits accrued, as well as benefiting from the experiences of international banks that have succeeded in the field of applying international financial reporting standards, especially in Arab countries. This is due to its proximity to the local environment by developing human resource skills and moving away from traditional means in preparing, preserving and communicating accounting information.

DOI: http://doi.org/10.37648/ijrssh.v13i02.015

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