The result of research question three indicated that IFRS adoption would significantly improve the
transparency and usefulness of account to investors. The quality of financial reporting is indispensable to the
need of users who requires them for investment and other decision making purposes. Financial reports can only
be regarded as useful if it represents the “economic substance” of an organization in terms of relevance,
reliability, comparability and aids interpretation simplicity (Penman, 1984). Ashbaugh and Pincus (2001)
research shows that the association of the differences between domestic accounting standards and IFRS with
analysts’ forecasts of earnings is positive and significant, and the convergence in accounting policies by applying
IFRS can reduce the financial analysts’ errors and increase the quality of earnings.