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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,