Teleological versus Non-Teleological Perspectives in Financial Statement: The Debate between Chambers and Onida

2017 ◽  
Vol 44 (2) ◽  
pp. 157-179
Author(s):  
Enrico Gonnella ◽  
Lucia Talarico
Keyword(s):  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Pure Science ◽  
Scientific Debate ◽  
Multiple Realities ◽  
Italian Journal ◽  
Italian Author ◽  
Objective Being ◽  
Chartered Accountants ◽  
Jel Classifications

ABSTRACTThis paper examines the scientific debate that took place in 1973 in the journal Rivista dei Dottori Commercialisti (Italian Journal of Chartered Accountants) between Pietro Onida and Raymond J. Chambers concerning the nature of financial statement information. Our research revealed that Onida was the advocate of a teleological theory of the financial statement, whereas Chambers supported the perfect neutrality of accounting information. Going back to theoretical precedents, the thoughts of the two scholars have different ontological and epistemological assumptions. If, ontologically, Chambers conceives reality as unique and objective, being inspired by the neopositivism of the “received view,” Onida admits the existence of multiple realities by adopting an interpretivist perspective. Epistemologically, the Australian scholar approaches accounting as a pure science by leveraging its deductive moment rather than empirical recognition, whereas the Italian author conceives accounting as an “application science” and adopts a method where the inductive approach prevails.JEL Classifications: M40; M41; M49.

Telaahan Penerapan Sistem Informasi Akuntansi Berbasis Komputer Akuntansi (Menggunakan Microsoft Excel) dalam Penyajian Laporan Keuangan (Studi Kasus pada Rumah Sakit Islam Bogor)

2010 ◽  
Vol 6 (02) ◽  
pp. 49
Author(s):  
Syarief Gerald Prasetya
Keyword(s):  
Information System ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Financial Reports ◽  
Accounting Information System ◽  
Achievement Data ◽  
Medical Needs ◽  
Processing Data

Hospital was established to serve the medical needs of the citizen. In addition to serving, hospitals also need to explore the benefits for the sustainability and the development of the hospital. To achieve financial reports have involved a large role. Accounting information system computer-based accounting will help serving the financial reports, so that more accurate and faster. Errors can be diminished.  Research object is selected by the author to conduct research is Bogor Rumah Sakit Islam. A hospital that is located on Jl. Perdana Raya. 22 Budi Agung, Jakarta Utara. This hospital was established on May 12, 1991. The location is strategic as it is in the center of Bogor. In doing activity, accounting information system based on computerized accounting still not yet common use. Computer already exist but support application to create an accurate and fast financial statement does not exist. So much weaknesses if we still using manual method. Like slowly processing data, still using much worker and much step while processing. The information result is still contained high mistake. To solve all problems above we need accounting software as tool for accounting division. For that I try to apply computerized accounting using Microsoft Excel for helping creating financial statement. By doing observation and interview with related employee, this research can do well. Journalize transaction process by using Microsoft Excel is to make a column for each transaction such as Journal Voucher, General Ledger, Balance Sheet. After making a column, the next step is inputing achievement data to Journal Voucher. After inputing data, General Ledger and Balance Sheet can automatically fill up. By using computer, processing data is more faster, information result is more accurately, human resource is less needed. Related management can get information they need more faster, because amount recalculated every doing transaction.

The Effect of Misstatements on Decisions of Financial Statement Users: An Experimental Investigation of Auditor Materiality Thresholds

2002 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 11-27 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brad Tuttle ◽  
Maribeth Coller ◽  
R. David Plumlee
Keyword(s):  
Economic Condition ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Critical Factor ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Asset Markets ◽  
Market Prices ◽  
Financial Misstatements ◽  
Experimental Asset Markets ◽  
Financial Misstatement ◽  
Materiality Thresholds

Auditors are faced with the dilemma of inferring materiality based, in part, on whether a given level of financial misstatement will affect the decisions of statement users. Misstatements in accounting information that are below the materiality threshold are not expected to change users' assessments of a company's economic condition. While the auditing profession accepts materiality in concept, its application in practice is more controversial. In certain settings, the nature of a misstatement, such as changing a small profit into a loss, may affect an auditor's materiality judgment. However, in many cases the magnitude of the misstatement is a critical factor in judging materiality. We focus solely on the issue of magnitude and examine whether financial misstatements that are at or below commonly applied materiality thresholds result in market prices that differ from those resulting from correctly stated information. We conduct a series of 12 experimental asset markets each consisting of 12 independent three-minute trading periods with six traders in each market. We then compare prices for companies generated by markets that are provided either correctly stated information, information containing misstatements that would typically be considered immaterial, or information containing material misstatements. Results indicate that undisclosed misstatements within materiality thresholds that are consistent with current audit practice do not affect market prices, while misstatements well above these thresholds do.

Unexpected Consequences: The Effects on Non-Accelerated Filers of an Accelerated Filing Deadline and SOX Section 404

2020 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 87-112
Author(s):  
Bei Dong ◽  
Stefanie L. Tate ◽  
Le Emily Xu
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Negative Consequences ◽  
Section 404 ◽  
Auditor Change ◽  
Time Required ◽  
Allocation Decisions ◽  
Jel Classifications ◽  
Resource Allocation Decisions

SYNOPSIS Regulations implemented by the SEC in 2003 and 2004 simultaneously shortened the financial statement filing deadlines and increased the time required for both the preparation of financial statements and the related audit of accelerated filers (AFs). However, there were indirect, unintended negative consequences for companies not subject to the regulations, namely, non-accelerated filers (NAFs). The new regulations imposed strains on auditor resources requiring auditors to make resource allocation decisions that negatively affected NAFs. We find that NAFs with an auditor who had a high proportion of AF clients (high-AF) had longer audit delays after the regulations were implemented than NAFs of an auditor with a low proportion of AF clients (low-AF). Further, we document that NAFs with high-AF auditors were more likely to change auditors than NAFs with low-AF auditors. Finally, NAFs that switched to auditors with less AFs experienced shorter audit delays after the auditor change. JEL Classifications: M42; M48.

scholarly journals Reaksi Pasar atas Manajemen Laba

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Fery Friyo Handoko ◽  
Mu'minatus Sholichah
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Empirical Evidence ◽  
Capital Market ◽  
Abnormal Return ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Agency Conflict ◽  
Manufacturing Company ◽  
Simple Regression

Abstract This research examine the capital market reaction on earnings management.  Agency conflict represented by information asymetry caused earnings management.  Managers have incentive to play accounting method and estimate to gain certain amount of earnings.  Hereafter, investor have interest regarding their invesment decision.  They rely on accounting information that represented in financial statement.Based on premise in Signalling Theory, we then hypothesized that investor would response any information addressed to them.Sample and population that used to test hypothesis taken from listed manufacturing company during 2015-2017.  We documenting data from financial statement items.  We obtain 40 manufacturing company that comply to purposive sampling requirement.  We use simple regression to do data analysis.  We found the empirical evidence that market reac the earnings management indication.  There is empirical fact that cummulative abnormal return decreas when determinate by discretionarry accruals.  This research conclude that market reacting the earnings management indication generally.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TEKNOLOGI INFORMASI DAN KOMPETENSI APARATUR PENGELOLA KEUANGAN TERHADAP KUALITAS INFORMASI AKUNTANSI PADA SKPD DI KOTA MANADO

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ribka L.V Nantingkaseh ◽  
Ventje Ilat ◽  
Sintje Rondonuwu
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Financial Management ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Technology Competence ◽  
Quality Of Accounting Information

Quality of accounting information is a normative prerequisite that must be met in the preparation of financial statements so that accounting information generated can be useful for users of financial statement. This study aims to determine the effect of information technology and the competence of the financial management apparatus on the quality of accounting information on SPKD in Manado City. The data collected by through the spreading of questionnaires to 50 respondents which is the apparatus of financial management at SKPD in Manado City. The data were analyzed by using multiple linear regression analysis method with the help of SPSS 23 program. The result of this research indicates that information technology and competence of financial management apparatus have a positive and significant influence on the the quality of accounting information at SKPD in Manado City.Keywords : Information technology, Competence of financial management apparatus, Qualityof accounting information

scholarly journals ANALISIS PENYAJIAN LAPORAN KEUANGAN BERDASARKAN PENERAPAN STANDAR AKUNTANSI KEUANGAN ENTITAS TANPA AKUNTABILITAS PUBLIK PADA PT. FORTUNA INTI ALAM

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Marddyanto Dwi Saputra ◽  
Jullie J. Sondakh ◽  
Treesje Runtu
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Cash Flow ◽  
Descriptive Analysis ◽  
Accounting Standards ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Public Accountability ◽  
Financial Situation ◽  
Chartered Accountants

The financial statements in principle are the result of the accounting process used to communicate the financial situation to internal and external parties that are aimed at decision making. The importance of the financial statements, then the financial statement should be prepared carefully and without errors. Financial Accounting Standards generally are not in accordance with entities whose accountability is not as significant. Therefore, the Institute of Indonesia Chartered Accountants (IAI) has issued Financial Accounting Standards Entity Without Public Accountability (SAK ETAP) intended for entities that do not have significant public accountability and publish financial statements for general purposes for external users. This study aims to analyze the implementation of ETAP in the presentation of PT. Fortuna Inti Alam’s financial statement. The method used in this study is comparative descriptive analysis. Results of this research is based on the financial statements of 2016 show that PT. Fortuna Inti Alam has implemented ETAP but it is not fully complete yet. The Company has not presented Statement of Owner’s Equity, Cash Flow Statement, and Notes to Financial Statements. This research suggests that companies can prepare components of other financial statements in accordance with applicable standards.Keywords : Financial Statements, SAK ETAP.

scholarly journals Determinations Affecting The Quality Of Local Government Reports With Human Resources And Organizational Culture As Moderated Veriables

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 94
Author(s):  
Rapika Anwar ◽  
Parmin Ishak
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Culture ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Regional Government ◽  
Research Findings ◽  
Work Units ◽  
Regional Work

Regional Government Financial Statement Quality Moderated with competence of human resource and organizational culture at regional work units (SKPD) of Gorontalo Province. This is a quanititative research by having regional work units of Gorontalo Province as the research object. Research samples are determinant by applying purposive sampling. Then, research data are collected through survey method by distributing questionnaire directly to employees of accounting division in 32 of Gorontalo Province and the results are processed using smart PLS.3.0. Research findings show that the implementation of accrual – based accounting, information technology has positive and significant influence on regional government financial statement quality and that is moderated with human resorce competence, and organizational culture.

Do donors respond to discretionary accounting information consolidation?

2018 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 16-39
Author(s):  
Benedikt Quosigk ◽  
Dana A. Forgione
Keyword(s):  
Charitable Giving ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Performance Measure ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Financial Accounting Standards Board ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Segment Reporting ◽  
Allocation Decisions ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate donor responses to discretionary accounting information consolidation. Nonprofit (NP) financial statement consolidation discretion significantly impacts program ratio reporting, the primary NP performance measure. Stakeholders are misled to allocate limited resources inefficiently. While some NPs file group Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Form 990 returns with their affiliates, effectively providing consolidated statements, others choose to file independently of their affiliates. Design/methodology/approach The authors use OLS regression analysis and panel data for 5,697 NP-year observations for the period 2009-2011 retrieved from the National Center for Charitable Statistics Form 990 database. Findings The authors find evidence that consolidation discretion substantially impacts donor decisions. NP managers have incentive to utilize consolidation discretion to influence charitable giving. Practical implications The authors urge the IRS and the Financial Accounting Standards Board to reconsider the consolidation guidance for NP organizations, to develop performance measures beyond the widely used program ratio, and to require program ratio segment reporting to allow for better comparability among NPs irrespective of consolidation status. Further, the authors caution stakeholders to consider supporting organization transactions in their resource allocation decisions. Originality/value The authors are the first to use NP supporting organization information to investigate consolidation discretion and its impact on donor responses.

Accounting Information Aggregation and Managerial Cooperation

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 193-210 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric Marinich
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Evidence ◽  
Group Decision ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Information Aggregation ◽  
Psychology Theory ◽  
Jel Classifications

ABSTRACT Managers in decentralized organizations often face incentives against cooperation. In these situations, accounting information can increase cooperation when it reveals the cooperativeness of other managers' prior actions. The extent to which accounting information reveals other managers' prior actions, however, can depend on its aggregation. This study provides theory-consistent experimental evidence of the effects of accounting information aggregation on managerial cooperation when managers face incentives against cooperation. Based on the psychology theory of non-consequential reasoning, I predict and find that managerial cooperation is higher when accounting information is aggregated than when it is disaggregated. When accounting information is aggregated and does not reveal the cooperativeness of managers' prior actions, individuals frame the decision to cooperate as a group decision and prefer cooperation because it is the only action that leads to the best group outcome. JEL Classifications: D81; M4.

The Nature of Accounting Information Reliability: Inferences from Archival and Experimental Research

2006 ◽  
Vol 20 (4) ◽  
pp. 399-425 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laureen A. Maines ◽  
James M. Wahlen
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Experimental Research ◽  
Research Evidence ◽  
Accounting Information ◽  
Financial Statement ◽  
Empirical Literature ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Information Reliability ◽  
Conducting Research

Reliability is an essential characteristic for accounting information to be useful for decision making. Reliability represents the extent to which the information is unbiased, free from error, and representationally faithful (FASB 1980). Despite the central role of reliability, it is a complex and elusive construct of accounting information. Reliability is difficult to specify precisely in accounting standards and practice, and it is difficult to examine directly with research. The primary goal of this paper is to better understand the nature of accounting information reliability by synthesizing archival and experimental research evidence within the context of a framework for accounting information usefulness. Greater understanding of the empirical literature on accounting information reliability should assist standard setters and regulators in establishing financial reporting standards, preparers and auditors in implementing standards, and financial statement users in evaluating accounting information reliability. Finally, greater understanding of reliability should assist academics in conducting research to produce new insights on reliability and in conveying the important role of reliability to students.

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