国际会计准则

国际会计准则

国别会计

（一）国内会计与国际会计的区别（p1）

[Domestic accounting & International accounting]

相同：a、users oriented 以使用者为主要服务对象（creditors investors）

b、economic decisions 用于投资决策

不同：accounting equity

IA，same as above except that the firm being reported on is a multinational company with operations and transactions that cross national boundaries or an entity with reporting obligations to non-domestic readers.（同上，除了被报告的公司是一个跨国交易与经营的跨国公司或是一个有向非本国使用者报告义务的主体）

（二）国际会计发展因素（6个因素，前三个为重点）（p2）

1、Sources of finance融资渠道

（1）Equity markets股权市场

Profits measure how well managers have run the company.以利润来评价管理者经营业绩Accounting is used to assess cash flows, risks, and to value the firm.

会计用来评价现金流、风险及对公司进行评估

Extensive disclosures.（信息披露程度）完全披露

（2）Banks银行

Conservative earnings for creditor protection.（谨慎性原则）低估利润以保护债权人

Less extensive disclosures.不完全披露

2、Legal system法律体系

（1）Code law成文法

Laws are all-embracing—codification of accounting standards and procedures.

法律为会计准则和程序的法律汇编

Accounting standards and procedures are incorporated into national laws.

会计准则与程序符合国家法律

Accounting tends to be prescriptive and procedural.会计趋于规定性与程序性

Accounting focuses on legal form—financial lease.法律形式大于经济形式----融资租赁

（强调所有权）

（2）Common law判例法

Laws develop on a case-by-case basis.法律基于具体情况

Accounting develops from experience and judgment.会计源于经验与判断

Accounting tends to be flexible, adaptive, and innovative.会计趋于革命的、适应的、创新的Accounting focuses on economic substance—financial lease.会计注重经济实质---融资租赁Accounting rules are established by private sector professional organizations.

会计条例由民间组织制定

3、Taxation课税（税法）

Must companies record revenues and expenses in their accounts to claim them for tax purposes?

公司是否必须在他们的账户上按税法记录收入与费用

Are financial accounting and taxation the same?财税合一？

--Germany德国

Or are they different?财税分离

--U.S.A. or Sweden (瑞典）

--LIFO Conformity Rule in USA对LIFO来说，会计法和税法是一样的

4. Political and economic ties政治与经济的联系

5. Inflation通货膨胀

6. Level of economic development经济发展程度

7. Educational level教育水平

•SUMMARY

–Several variables are closely associated.

•Common law legal system, strong equity markets, and separation of financial and tax accounting. •Code law legal system, credit-based（以信贷为基础）financing, and accounting rules that conform to（符合）tax law.

–Result is two basic orientations of accounting.

•Fair presentation公允披露

•Legal compliance遵循法规

（三）国际会计发展分类（p2-p3）

三种分类方法：

第一种，四分类Four approaches

A. Macroeconomic approach宏观经济角度

Accounting derived from and designed to enhance national macroeconomic goals

–stable employment policy平稳的就业政策–smooth income利润平滑性

–the development of certain industry相关产业的发展

Example: Sweden（瑞典强调财税合一，以税法为导向，以国家为主要的服务目标）

B. Microeconomic approach微观经济角度

Its focus is on individual firms whose main goal is to survive（独立企业）

以企业为主体，防范企业破产，保护企业利益

Accounting derived from microeconomics.

–Maintaining physical capital 资产保全（更多强调企业现金流）

–Separation of capital and income现金流与利润分离

–Replacement costs重置成本（与市场价值接轨）

Example: the Netherlands

C. Independent discipline approach独立准则（财税分离）

•Accounting derived from business practices, judgment, and trial-and-error.

•Examples: U.K. and U.S.

D. Uniform approach统一性原则（会计准则、税法与相关法律一致）

•Accounting is standardized by central government and used as a tool for administrative control.