Document Type : Research Paper
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The economic development necessitate that accounting system provides accurate, on-time, and reliable information to all parties involved in the planning, implementation and controlling of development projects. So in developing countries such as Iran, accounting education and its development is part of the infrastructure required for economic development.
Past studies shows that Iranian accounting education system suffers from some fundamental deficiencies, and does not identify and educate true talents to create essential expertise for different sectors as expected. To remove such barriers, identification of development barriers will be the first step to be taken.
This research, tries to recognize these barriers, and to determine how much important is each of them. At the end, some recommendations have been presented to remove those barriers based on the results. The results show that poor English language ability and IT skills is the most important factor which can be considered as accounting education development barrier in Iran.
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