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Accounting Classification in the Era of International Financial Reporting Standards: The case of Africa

Elad, C., Shah, N.S. and Agyeman, C. 2023. Accounting Classification in the Era of International Financial Reporting Standards: The case of Africa. Journal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation. 51 100546. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100546

TitleAccounting Classification in the Era of International Financial Reporting Standards: The case of Africa
TypeJournal article
AuthorsElad, C., Shah, N.S. and Agyeman, C.
Abstract

This paper presents the first empirical test of a hypothetical classification of financial reporting in Africa based on de facto or actual practices as opposed to de jure rules. Three multivariate techniques (principal component analysis, cluster analysis, and multidimensional scaling) were used to analyze the accounting policies of large listed companies in Africa that are required by law to adopt International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). It was found that there is a dichotomy between the IFRS policy choices of companies in Francophone and Lusophone countries, on the one hand, and those in common law jurisdictions, on the other, thus confirming the two-group classification schemes proposed by Elad (2015) and Nobes (1983). These findings have important policy implications, particularly in the context of recent recommendations of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund that large entities in Africa adopt IFRS.

KeywordsAccounting classifications
IFRS practices
CFA franc zone
OHADA accounting system
Plan Comptable Général
SYSCOHADA
Article number100546
JournalJournal of International Accounting, Auditing and Taxation
Journal citation51
ISSN1061-9518
Year2023
PublisherElsevier
Accepted author manuscript
License
CC BY-NC-ND 4.0
File Access Level
Open (open metadata and files)
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)https://doi.org/10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100546
Publication dates
Published online29 Apr 2023
Published in printJun 2023

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