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A Suggested Framework For The Depreciation Of Fixed Assets By The Accelerated Cost Recovery System Method (Acrs) As An Alternative To The Straight-Line Method For The Sake Of Income Tax Purposes In Palestine " An Analytical Study ", Jameel Hassan El-Najjar

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

Tax policy is one of the most important tools, factors, and determinants of investment size since tax policy plays a prominent role in encouraging investment, stimulating economic growth and achieving the overall goals of the economy. More specifically, tax incentives are one of the tools of tax policy that are used to direct investments within a country, especially the system of tax depreciation of fixed assets, which is permitted to be applied by taxpayers in the country. This study suggested an Accelerated Cost Recovery System ACRS), as an alternative to the straight-line method for income tax purposes in Palestine. The …

The Impact Of The Adoption Of Cloud Computing On Improving The Efficiency Of Accounting Information Systems During The Covid-19 Pandemic (A Field Study On The Service Companies Listed On The Palestine Stock Exchange), Abd El Rahman Rashwan, Etidal Alhelo

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This study mainly aimed to know the effect of using cloud computing on improving the efficiency of the performance of accounting information systems in the service companies listed on the Palestine Stock Exchange during the COVID-19 pandemic.

To achieve the objective of the study, the researchers adopted the descriptive analytical method, and the questionnaire tool to collect data from its sources, analyze it through the SPSS program, and extract the results.

The results of the study showed that cloud computing had an impact on improving the efficiency of accounting information systems, their safety and reliability in addition to achieving the …

The Effect Of Audit Quality On Reducing Earnings Management Practices: An Applied Study To Palestinian Banks - Public Shareholding, Dr. Majdi Wael Alkababji

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This study aimed to investigate the existence of the earnings management practices of the public shareholding Palestinian banks listed in Palestine Exchange (PEX), and tests the impact of auditing quality factors represented by the audit fees, audit size (Big 4), size of bank and leverage ratio of bank on reducing the earnings management practices. To achieve the objectives of the study, the researcher used Modified Jones Model, which focuses on measuring the total accruals of the measurement of earnings management practices. The sample of the study consisted of the six public shareholding banks in Palestine during 2014-2016.The results of the …

Examining The Availability Of The Required Controlling Procedures That Obstruct The Logical And Physical Access To Ais: The Case Of The Listed Companies In The Pex, Zahran Daraghma

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

This paper comes to examine the availability of the required controlling procedures that obstruct the logical and physical access threats that face the accounting information system (AIS) of the listed corporations in the Palestine Exchange; PEX: (industrial, service, banking and insurance sectors). Indeed, this study goes together with a specially designed questionnaire, used to answer the study questions. 280 questionnaires were distributed to the respondents (financial managers, accountants, internal auditors, computer employees and external auditors). 211 questionnaires, which statistically constitute (75.4%) of the study sample, were taken back. To achieve the previous objectives, a number of statistical methods have been …

The Nature Of Accounting Standards Used In The Palestinian Financial Reporting, Tawfeeq Abu-Sharbeh

Journal of the Arab American University مجلة الجامعة العربية الامريكية للبحوث

The primary objectives of this study are to investigate the nature of the prevalent accounting standards in Palestine, their suitability to the Palestinian environment, and how to bridge the gap between them in order to enable Palestine to share the whole world the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This study used a stratified sample, which consisted of 82 subjects of both practitioners and academic groups in Palestine selected randomly from the population of accounting instructors in Palestinian universities, and professionals that included both the preparers and users of financial statements in the Palestinian environment mainly in the West Bank. Then, …