scholarly journals Problematics of Creative Accounting and Earnings Management in the Context of the Development of Accounting Theories

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Diana Bachtijeva

The beginnings of accounting can be found even in the 14st century, when trade transactions began to be recorded in the books of account. To this day, accounting has evolved at certain stages, depending on goals were set for the accounting for that period. In the article after concluding the analysis of scientific sources the following are presented: the stages of accounting development, which were influenced not only by different Anglo-Saxon, Germanic and Latin accounting systems, but also by economic and political factors; the influence of accounting on the development of accounting theories is revealed. The concept of positive accounting theory, assumptions for manipulating accounting and the concept and application methods of earnings management and creative accounting are presented. Based on the research, a model of multi-paradigm approach is presented, in which the methodologies of normative and positive accounting theory can be fully applied. The proposed complexity of methodologies can help to solve not only the problems of creative accounting and earnings management, but also other problems of the 21st century. accounting issues.

Author(s):  
Ionica Oncioiu ◽  
Cristina Maria Ștefan ◽  
Valentin Radu ◽  
Georgiana Burlacu

The dual nature of creative accounting has been intensely debated since its emergence in the Anglo-Saxon economies. The lack of a common accounting language, different accounting systems at international level, applied in different languages, international legislation harmonized more or less correctly, amidst a turbulent economic environment, left room for multiple interpretations and meanings. This chapter presents the advantages of fair value in manipulating business performances by creative accounting, but there are voices that are challenging this concept because of its volatility and tendency to subjectivism, and also manipulating the models used to evaluate balance-sheet structures or profit and loss account. The results show that fair value was introduced by accounting norms in response to the deterioration of confidence in the financial statements and targets a new system for assessing the entity's assets and liabilities.


Author(s):  
Suripto Suripto ◽  
Supriyanto Supriyanto2

The purpose of this study is to test positive accounting theory by analyzing the effect of audit committees, independent commissioners on earnings management through debt hyphothesis testing, bonus motivation on earnings management, by adding the firm size variable as a control variable on earnings management in banking companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2015-2020. The results of the study confirm that the independent commissioners partially have a significant influence on earnings management. The audit committee has a significant effect on earnings management and bonus motivation has no effect on earnings management and debt motivation has no effect on earnings management. While the firm size variable has no effect on earnings management. Simultaneously independent commissioners, audit committee, bonus motivation, and firm size have a significant effect on earnings management. This findings indicates that the motivation developed in positive accounting theory in earnings management.


2012 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Radian Sri Rama

Earnings management occurs as a direct consequence of the efforts of managers or preparers of financial statements for management accounting information, especially earnings for the sake of personal interests or companies. That earnings management can not be interpreted as a negative action since it does not profit-oriented management of earnings manipulation. Positive accounting theory suggests that managers have an incentive or encouragement to be able to maximize their welfare. In this paper the behavior of managers in the conduct of earnings management will be reviewed from the standpoint of ethical hedonism. Used in the sense of ethical values and moral norms which become the handle for one person or a group to regulate behavior hedonism Ethics plays an important role of earnings management. Because hedonism starting from the assumption that human beings should live in such a way that it can be more happy. Efforts to gain reward management priorities, reward obtained by showing a stable performance from several periods. Earning management one way to show achievement. By looking at two perspectives of psychological hedonism and ethical hedonism, it can be drawn a conclusion that earning management is a reasonable action to meet the man himself hedonism.<br /><br />Keywords: Earnings Management, Positive Accounting Theory, Ethical   Hedonism<br /><br />


Author(s):  
Ionica Oncioiu ◽  
Traian Ovidiu Calotă ◽  
Alin Eliodor Tănase

The dual nature of creative accounting has been intensely debated since its emergence in the Anglo-Saxon economies. The lack of a common accounting language, different accounting systems at international level, applied in different languages, international legislation harmonized more or less correctly, amidst a turbulent economic environment, left room for multiple interpretations and meanings. This chapter presents the advantages of fair value in manipulating business performances by creative accounting, but there are voices that are challenging this concept because of its volatility and tendency to subjectivism, and also manipulating the models used to evaluate balance-sheet structures or profit and loss account. The results show that fair value was introduced by accounting norms in response to the deterioration of confidence in the financial statements and targets a new system for assessing the entity's assets and liabilities.


2015 ◽  
pp. 23-40 ◽  
Author(s):  
Francesco Avallone ◽  
Claudia Gabbioneta ◽  
Paola Ramassa ◽  
Marco Sorrentino

Increased comparability of financial statements across adopting countries is one of the main objectives of IFRS adoption. The level of achievement of this objective, however, is still debatable. While some studies have documented that crosscountry comparability of financial statements has increased after IFRS adoption, other studies have found that comparability has actually decreased since 2005. We contribute to this debate by studying whether the motivations for goodwill writeoff are the same or vary across countries with different accounting systems. Although a good deal of research has investigated the motivations for goodwill writeoff, our study is the first to analyze whether these motivations vary across countries with different accounting systems. We find that firms that expect low cash flows in the future are more likely to report goodwill write-offs if they are located in countries with an Anglo-Saxon accounting system than if they are located in countries with a Continental accounting system. These results suggest that IFRS are "interpreted" differently in different countries and that harmonization of financial statements has not been fully achieved yet.


Author(s):  
Denies Priantinah

Managemen laba bisa muncul dari adanya problem asimetri informasi dan konflik keagenan. Kondisi asimetri informasi ini akan eksis apabila kepemilikan ekuitas terpisah dari operasi perusahaan dan manager memiliki keunggulan atas informasi dibandingkan pemegang saham. Di sisi lain kondisi pasar tidak sempurna mampu menciptakan lingkungan bagi manager untuk melakukan diskresi akuntansi yang dilakukan untuk kepentingan manager yang dibebankan pada pemegang saham. Namun, di sisi lain managemen laba juga mampu menciptakan kesempatan bagi manager untuk menggunakan diskresi akuntansi untuk mengkomunikasikan kinerja perusahaan terkait dengan informasi dengan cara yang memadai kepada para investor.Salah satu alasan  yang mendasari fenomena managemen laba ini terus eksis dan dilakukan oleh banyak perusahaan karena adanya sisi baik dari managemen laba. Sisi baik dari managemen laba bisa ditinjau dari sudut pandang kontrak efisien dan pelaporan keuangan. Dari perspektif kontrak efisien dalam Positive Accounting Theory, tingkat managemen laba bisa dianggap baik karena mampu meningkatkan efisiensi kontrak, alih-alih dilakukan sebagai bentuk perilaku oportunistik managemen. Kontrak yang efisien, memberikan keleluasaan kemampuan bagi manager untuk mengelola laba dalam kontrak yang rigid dan incomplete. Dalam kondisi ini, interpretasi terhadap perilaku managemen laba yang dilakukan manager dalam hal skema bonus, perjanjian hutang dan biaya politik harus dilakukan secara hati-hati, karena perilaku tersebut bisa mengambil bentuk sebagai perilaku yang efisien atau oportunis.Perspektif perilaku oportunistik atas managemen laba, memiliki sudut pandang bahwa manager menggunakan asimetri informasi antara pihak eksternal dan internal perusahaan untuk memaksimisasi utilitas mereka terkait dengan kontrak kompensasi, kontrak hutang dan regulasi. Investor kemudian dikelabuhi dengan laporan informasi yang tidak reliabel. Manfaat dari manajemen laba ditengarai diperoleh jika manajer melakukan manajemen laba demi kepentingan entitas, khususnya pemegang saham. Fenomena ini banyak ditemui dalam hal political cost dan debt covenant. Penggunaan manajemen laba yang mengedepankan kepentingan perusahaan ini masuk dalam perspektif efisien. Dua sisi manajemen laba, yakni perspektif efisien dan perspektif oportunistik terjadi dalam banyak perusahaan. Usaha untuk menekan perilaku manajemen laba tentunya kemudian sedikit banyak harus memperhatikan dampak yang muncul atas perilaku tersebut, apakah dilakukan dalam kepentingan pribadi manajer atau untuk kepentingan entitas. Kata kunci: Manajemen Laba, Perspektif Oportunistik


Author(s):  
David Godsell

The purpose of this editorial is to describe financial protectionism as a potentially important determinant of financial reporting outcomes. Fear of foreign capital, or capital xenophobia, spurs financial protectionism. Examining the effects of financial protectionism on financial reporting outcomes potentially permits an expansion of positive accounting theory and, in particular, the political cost hypothesis. I first describe extant literature examining the political cost hypothesis. I then describe national-security related drivers of capital xenophobia. Next, I examine settings in which we can observe variation in financial protectionism. I conclude by positing varied paths by which financial protectionism can affect financial reporting outcomes.


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