
Problems and Solutions in Digital Transformation in the Accounting Profession in Turkey
Chapter from the book:
Şenel,
S.
A.
(ed.)
2025.
The Effects of Digital Transformation on the Accounting Profession and Specia-lization in the Profession.
Synopsis
The globalizing world and the technology developing at a dizzying speed have led to many changes that have significantly affected the daily lives of people in our age. As a result of technological developments, automation has become widespread in every field and jobs have started to be done in a shorter time and with automatic software. Technological developments have significantly affected the accounting profession as well as other professions. Within the framework of digitalization in our country as in the world, the accounting profession has changed its shell in a sense and moved to a new dimension.
The digital transformation process in Turkey started with e-government (Electronic State) applications. The digital transformation process, which started within the scope of e-Government applications, has also been reflected in accounting applications in electronic environment and the Revenue Administration (RA) has enabled the transition to e-document, e-ledger, e-invoice, e-invoice, e-archive invoice, e-declaration, e-archive, e-notification, e-dispatch note, e-ticket, e-passenger list and e-ledger applications.
The purpose of this study, written by members of the accounting profession who actually practice the accounting profession and an academician, is to offer solutions to the problems experienced in digital transformation in the accounting profession in Turkey, especially from the perspective of members of the accounting profession who actually practice the accounting profession.
In the study, first of all, the accounting profession, the development process of the profession in the world and in Turkey, digitalization in the accounting profession are analyzed by making use of articles, books, theses, papers and other written documents.