The questions addressed for this research
is whether the accounting quality of the ASEAN
member countries less differs after the declaration of
AEC establishment, and whether the improvement,
if any, of the accounting quality is associated with
IFRS adoption in domestic accounting standards
which is vary across countries. In the research,
the accounting quality is described by the degree
of earnings smoothing, managing earnings toward
targets, and timely loss recognition. The use of
three indicators was intended to help confirm the
validity of the results and observe multiple views
of quality.