Cryptocurrencies are digital currencies void of any support from regulatory body that is currently in vogue as a medium of exchange and an investment security. This paper examines the accounting treatment for cryptocurrency from the perspective of IFRS and AAOIFI accounting standards and propose actions to standard setters on the best way to treat the Crypto transactions in accounting reports. A proper accounting treatment will allow for a fair reporting of crypto related transactions and facilitate users of financial statements to make objective assessment of this new invention. A content analysis was conducted to review all major accounting standards issued by accounting standards setting bodies for possible accounting treatment for cryptocurrencies. To better understand the issue in practice, an analysis of accounting treatment of cryptocurrencies by 2 companies also was conducted. This study found that there is no suitable accounting standard that could objectively be applied for cryptocurrencies. For example, from the perspective of the current accounting standards, cryptocurrencies match the definition of inventory if it is used as a commodity for broker-trader and intangible asset for others respectively. It is suggested that there an urgent need for the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) to comprehensively develop accounting standard for cryptocurrency, specifically to develop a specific category for this type of assets to allow a standard treatment for cryptocurrency and fill the gap in the IFRS.

We are in doubt on whether the book editors will ever publish this article that questioning the degree of auditor independence. We have repeatedly heard from colleagues (and foes) that papers that touched this issues has been sidelined by unseen upper hands from being accepted in academic publications. However, we choose to remain steadfast to express our concern about auditor indepence. In this article attempt to, albeit in a small scale, discuss and report an objective assessment of this pertinent concept.

Incidents where external auditors do not issue a going concern audit opinion (GC opinion) to companies having severe financial problems have been reported globally. This issue motivated this study : (i) to investigate the effect of selected auditor characteristics in terms of specialization, tenure, and fee on GC opinion issuance and (ii) to examine the moderating effect of management's, family's, and institution's influence on the relationship between auditor characteristics and GC opinion issuance. The study involves 644 Malaysian financially distressed listed companies in the period 2006 to 2012. The results of a panel logistic regression analysis show that auditor characteristics have no relationship with GC opinion issuance. Influential management - measured as the level of their ownership - can dampen the positive relationship between auditor specialization and auditor tenure with GC opinion issuance. The presence of an influential family, on the other hand, can strengthen the positive relationship between auditor tenure and GC opinion. No evidence about an influential institution's impact on the GC opinion process could be found. In conclusion, while auditor characteristics do not affect the possibility of a GC opinion issuance, pressure imposed by influential management and family on the auditor during the audit opinion decision process does have an impact.

Over the last 10 years, Malaysian capital market has made significant progress in instilling an efficient and well-regulated marketplace together with a proper institutional framework for the regulation of the accounting profession. The shareholders and stakeholders interests are safeguarded through high quality corporate financial reporting and corporate governance. It is the aim of the book to provide evidence and research findings on relevant issues. This book is divided into three parts that consists of 11 separate chapters of academic research works. The chapters covered ranging from issues on corporate internet reporting practice, corporate social responsibility, corporate governance, auditor independence and Islamic finance.

This book integrates empirical studies and conceptual discussion in the field of accounting and finance in Malaysia and international setting. The aim of this book is to share findings of empirical results as well as conceptual discussion and to provide reading and reference materials on various accounting and finance topics to undergraduate and postgraduate students, researchers, practitioners and policy makers through relevant information provided. This book consists of ten chapters. Specifically, it is presented into three parts, namely corporate internet reporting and social responsibility reporting, auditor independence and corporate governance and Islamic finance.

Auditors are required to issue going concern opinion (GC opinion) to companies that are incapable to continue their operations in the near future. It is very important for auditors to issue the GC opinion properly because such opinion is the only signal from them on the viability of a company. Investors need such signal before they can make good investment decisions. In Malaysia however, auditors do not want to issue GC opinion to a very large percentage of financially distressed companies. This motivates this paper to discuss the impact of the latest ISA 570 (2016) on GC opinion issuance rate in this country. Overall, we are in the opinion that there is no strong ground to expect the new ISA 570 (2016) to reduce the problem of Malaysian auditors do not issue the GC opinion to many financially distressed companies. This is due to no new stricter measures being introduced in the latest auditing standard. Nonetheless, we propose four actions that can be taken by Malaysian policy makers and standard setters if they want to improve the rate and practice of GC opinion issuance.

This book incorporates selected empirical studies in accounting and finance. All studies were conducted in Malaysia content except one based on Egyptian data. We presented a total of nine chapters. One introductory chapter is followed by one chapter on issues related to auditing. Furthermore, we have two chapters on taxation, a chapter on accounting education and corporate governance respectively, and three chapters on finance. It is hoped that the book is of great value to readers for its meaningful contribution to progress in knowledge, policy making and practice.

This book contains a compilation of studies on selected issues in accounting and finance. These studies are conducted in Malaysian context except one study based in Egypt. The studies cover significant topics in auditing, taxation, accounting education, corporate governance and finance.