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        1 - Challenges of Applying the Requirements of Accounting Standard of Employee Retirement Benefits (NO.33)
        محمدرضا عالمی ولی خدادادی سید علی واعظ علی حسین حسین زاده
        Despite the importance of identifying retirement benefit obligations and the challenges associated with them, the application of the requirements of this standard has not yet been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study is assessing the Challenges of applying More
        Despite the importance of identifying retirement benefit obligations and the challenges associated with them, the application of the requirements of this standard has not yet been thoroughly investigated. The purpose of this study is assessing the Challenges of applying the requirements of accounting Standard of Iranian accounting Standard of employee retirement benefits (NO.33). using mixed method of qualitative and quantitative approaches. Thus, in the first phase, In order to evaluate the level of compliance with requirements of accounting Standard by companies, financial statement information and auditor report were analyzed using the statistical method of binomial tset. In the second phase, in order to assessing the Challenges of applying the requirements of accounting Standard, questionnaires and interviews were used to obtain expert opinions.The results of the first phase of the study ndicate that the requirements of the standard have not been operational. In addition, the results of the second phase of the study ndicate that all the requirements are understandable and lead to proper representation of information and all requirements except for the requirements of Actuarial calculations are efficient. Also in all aspects examined, the requirements of standard NO.33 are not enough. As for the operational requirements of the standard results of the survey, indicate that some of the requirements have challenged the implementation of Standard 33. Such as calculating the benefits of retirement based on actuarial, Due to the lack of actuarial standards and lack of knowledge in the field of actuarial, also  Calculations of the fair value of assets, Due to the Lack of markets for some assets. Manuscript profile