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The Optimization Method of Financial Statements Based on
Accounting Management Theory
ABSTRACT
This paper develops an approach to enhance the reliability and usefulness of
financial statements. International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) was
fundamentally flawed by fair value accounting and asset-impairment accounting.
According to legal theory and accounting theory, accounting data must have legal
evidence as its source document. The conventional “mixed attribute” accounting
system should be replaced by a “segregated” system with historical cost and fair value
being kept strictly apart in financial statements. The proposed optimizing method will
significantly enhance the reliability and usefulness of financial statements.
I.INTRODUCTION
Based on international-accounting-convergence approach, the Ministry of Finance
issued the Enterprise Accounting Standards in 2006 taking the International Financial
Reporting Standards (hereinafter referred to as “the International Standards”) for
reference. The Enterprise Accounting Standards carries out fair value accounting
successfully, and spreads the sense that accounting should reflect market value
objectively. The objective of accounting reformation following-up is to establish the
accounting theory and methodology which not only use international advanced theory
for reference, but also accord with the needs of China's socialist market economy
construction. On the basis of a thorough evaluation of the achievements and
limitations of International Standards, this paper puts forward a stand that to deepen
accounting reformation and enhance the stability of accounting regulations.
II. OPTIMIZATION OF FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SYSTEM: PARALLELING
LISTING OF LEGAL FACTS AND FINANCIAL EXPECTATION
As an important management activity, accounting should make use of information
systems based on classified statistics, and serve for both micro-economic management
and macro-economic regulation at the same time. Optimization of financial statements
system should try to take all aspects of the demands of the financial statements in both
macro and micro level into account.
Why do companies need to prepare financial statements? Whose demands should
be considered while preparing financial statements? Those questions are basic issues
we should consider on the optimization of financial statements. From the perspective
of "public interests", reliability and legal evidence are required as qualitative
characters, which is the origin of the traditional "historical cost accounting". From the
perspective of "private interest", security investors and financial regulatory authorities hope that financial statements reflect changes of market prices timely recording
"objective" market conditions. This is the origin of "fair value accounting". Whether
one set of financial statements can be compatible with these two different views and
balance the public interest and private interest? To solve this problem, we design a
new balance sheet and an income statement.
From 1992 to 2006, a lot of new ideas and new perspectives are introduced into
China's accounting practices from international accounting standards in a gradual
manner during the accounting reform in China. These ideas and perspectives enriched
the understanding of the financial statements in China. These achievements deserve
our full assessment and should be fully affirmed. However, academia and
standard-setters are also aware that International Standards are still in the process of
developing .The purpose of proposing new formats of financial statements in this
paper is to push forward the accounting reform into a deeper level on the basis of
international convergence.
III. THE PRACTICABILITY OF IMPROVING THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
SYSTEM
Whether the financial statements are able to maintain their stability? It is necessary
to mobilize the initiatives of both supply-side and demand-side at the same time. We
should consider whether financial statements could meet the demands of the
macro-economic regulation and business administration, and whether they are popular
with millions of accountants. Accountants are responsible for preparing financial
statements and auditors are responsible for auditing. They will benefit from the
implementation of the new financial statements.
Firstly, for the accountants, under the isolated design of historical cost accounting
and fair value accounting, their daily accounting practice is greatly simplified.
Accounting process will not need assets impairment and fair value any longer.
Accounting books will not record impairment and appreciation of assets any longer,