我国会计师事务所合并的整合效果研究——以会计信息可比性为视角北大核心CSSCI

近年来我国会计师事务所经历了多次合并,合并的关键在于合并后的整合。我国会计师事务所的合并是形式合并还是实质性整合一直富有争议。为此,本文从会计信息可比性角度对我国会计师事务所合并的整合效果进行了研究。研究发现,整体而言,我国会计师事务所合并后整合效果良好,其中有国内十大会计师事务所参与合并的案例其整合效果更为明显。在有国内十大参与的合并中,整合效果呈现出明显的方向性,小所提升较多而大所没有显著变化。同时,地理距离带来天然的整合难度,对事务所整合产生不利影响。不同的合并方式下,事务所的整合效果未有显著性差异。本文的结论为我国注册会计师行业主管部门推动事务所做大做强的政策执行效果提供了经验证据。     

审计师流动与财务报告可比性——基于中国会计师事务所合并的经验证据

本文主要从审计师流动的视角考察审计师对客户财务报告可比性的动态影响。基于1998-2012年中国发生的47起会计师事务所合并事件,我们发现,合并前,相对于相同审计师群审计的两家客户的应计利润可比性,不同审计师群审计的两家客户的应计利润可比性更差;而合并后,不同审计师群审计的两家客户的财务报告可比性显著提高。同时,我们还发现,在合并后,相对于两家新客户的应计利润可比性,不同审计师群审计的两家老客户的应计利润可比性更差。这些研究结果表明,审计师流动导致的审计风格转变是影响财务报告可比性的重要因素,而且其影响程度在老客户与新客户上存在显著的差异。     

会计师事务所合并能提高财务报表的可比性吗?——基于中国上市公司的经验证据

以1998-2012年中国A股上市公司数据为样本,本文考察了会计师事务所合并对客户财务报表可比性的影响。研究发现,合并后事务所审计的财务报表可比性显著高于合并前事务所审计的财务报表可比性。进一步的研究还发现,事务所合并后的整合程度会影响合并的效果。合并后事务所对签字会计师重新配置的比例越高,则事务所合并对报表可比性的提升作用越明显。本研究为监管层更全面地评价和改进事务所"做大做强"政策提供实证支持。     

会计师事务所整合战略探讨

河南省的注册会计师行业发端于1984年河南省财政厅附属设立的河南省会计师事务所,至今已走过了27个年头。27年来,河南省的会计师事务所迅速完成了从无到有、由少到多的产业演进过程。客观分析,河南省注册会计师行业已经、正在经历三次大的整     

我国会计师事务所审计收费研究——以瑞华会计师事务所为例

我国经济的发展带动了社会各行业的发展,审计服务行业是我国发展壮大的行业之一。会计师事务所的增多、审计从业人员数量的急剧增加、行业竞争的加剧等暴露出各种审计问题。本文以瑞华会计师事务所为例,探究我国会计师事务所在审计收费方面存在的问题,并提出相关建议。     

我国会计师事务所合并问题探讨

当今我国会计师事务所受到国外市场影响很大,既冲击了行业发展,也提供了机会.但是我国会计师事务所起步于二十世纪八十年代,虽然发展到现在取得了很大的成就, 但是与国际会计行业相比,竞争力较弱.因此我国会计师事务所行业目前很需要一批规模大、能够承接国内外高端业务、具备国际竞争力的大型本土会计师事务所来与国际会计公司抗衡,其中最有效的途径之一就是合并.合并有许多可取之处,如可以调整行业结构,节约资源,形成规模优势.然而当前我国多数会计师事务所选择合并只是一种为满足政府政策需要的应急性措施,没有相对应的资源整合措施以避免冲突的产生,在合并过程中以及合并之后产生不少问题.因此,我们更应该理性地分析我国会计师事务所合并存在的问题,并找到解决问题的方法 ,为我国会计师事务所实现规模化发展提供更好的理论支持.     

我国会计师事务所合并的优化探讨

为满足我国市场经济的不断发展和企业规模的不断扩大,我国注册会计师行业发展驶入快车道,随之会计师事务所也进行了规模化的整合、合并,包括文化、人力资源、技术、机制等一系列的整合与合并。中注协也对我国会计师事务所合并问题印发了《会计师事务所合并程序指引》,旨在进一步规范和优化会计事务所合并。本文在分析我国会计师事务所合并历程和方式的基础上．就如何优化我国会计师事务所合并、有效提高合并效益提出了自己的见解。     

新时代会计师事务所品牌建设研究——以苏亚金诚会计师事务所为例

经历了几十年市场化体制改革,我国会计师事务所行业已经得到充分发展,但行业竞争日趋白热化。面对激烈的市场竞争,会计师事务所的品牌建设显得愈发重要。本文通过分析苏亚金诚品牌建设方面的实践经验,为我国会计师事务所的品牌建设提供参考和借鉴。     

签字注册会计师行业专长与会计信息可比性

以我国 A股上市公司为研究对象,考察签字注册会计师行业专长对会计信息可比性的影响.结果显示:由拥有行业专长的签字注册会计师审计的配对客户公司会计信息可比性要强于其他公司,特别地,在拥有行业专长的签字注册会计师审计的配对客户公司中,来自同一事务所的签字注册会计师审计的配对客户公司可比性要高于其他客户公司;进一步,地区分签字注册会计师角色差异后发现,这一现象在项目负责人签字注册会计师和复核人签字注册会计师中同时存在,但其影响在项目负责人当中更加显著.     

法律责任、审计风格和感知的会计信息可比性

本文以2010年会计师事务所实施特殊普通合伙制转制为背景,研究市场是如何感知审计师法律责任对会计信息可比性的影响.研究发现:(1)市场感知转制增强了审计师的法律责任,提高了会计信息可比性.(2)市场感知法律责任的增强,不仅降低了不同会计师事务所之间的审计风格差异,提高不同会计师事务所客户之间的会计信息可比性,同时也降低了同一会计师事务所中不同合伙人之间的审计风格差异,提高了同一会计师事务所不同合伙人客户之间的会计信息可比性.本文研究对于监管者、行业协会、会计师事务所、企业管理层具有重要意义.     

会计师事务所合并与审计定价——基于2003—2009年十起合并案面板数据的研究

会计师事务所合并究竟是会提高还是会降低审计收费,取决于合并后事务所声誉及市场势力提升所带来的审计溢价与规模效应所导致的审计成本降低两方面孰者相对占优。文章以我国2003—2009年间十起事务所合并案为对象,利用其上市公司客户在事务所合并前后各2年的面板数据,检验了事务所合并对审计定价的影响。结果发现,事务所合并后,其审计收费显著提高。对所有事务所客户审计费用的横向比较也印证了上述结论。研究还发现,事务所合并后第一年审计收费的提升较第二年更为明显;就稳定客户数据而言,本土事务所之间合并对审计定价的影响不如涉及"四大"的合并显著;此外,新设合并与吸收合并对审计定价的影响没有显著差异。     

The Benefits of Financial Statement Comparability

Investors, regulators, academics, and researchers all emphasize the importance of financial statement comparability. However, an empirical construct of comparability is typically not specified. In addition, little evidence exists on the benefits of comparability to users. This study attempts to fill these gaps by developing a measure of financial statement comparability. Empirically, this measure is positively related to analyst following and forecast accuracy, and negatively related to analysts’ dispersion in earnings forecasts. These results suggest that financial statement comparability lowers the cost of acquiring information, and increases the overall quantity and quality of information available to analysts about the firm.     

SpinalHeal Ltd.: Planning the Financial Statement Audit

This instructional audit case places the student in the role of an audit manager and requires preparation of an audit planning memo that addresses significant risks at SpinalHeal Ltd.—a private Canadian company, with international operations, that develops and distributes medical implants for spinal surgery. This year's audit is particularly challenging. There appear to be significant control deficiencies and potential noncompliance with laws and regulations, as well as several complex accounting issues (revenue recognition, intangible assets, and contingent liabilities) which must be addressed. In addition to drafting the planning memo, the audit manager must resolve how to deal with a partner request and prepare a memo to the client that explains the financial reporting implications of crowdfunding.     

财务报表重述公司审计质量研究

以财务报表重述公司为研究对象,考察财务报表重述公司年报审计质量。结果表明:财务报表重述的幅度对非标审计意见的出具有显著的影响力;初始差错年和报表重述年,注册会计师都能在一定程度上识别上市公司的盈余管理动机,并在审计意见中有所反映;审计师任期和对财务报表重述公司出具非标审计意见之间没有显著的相关性;事务所规模和非标审计意见的相关性并不显著,结论没有支持大事务所更有可能对重述公司出具非标审计意见。     

Accounting Standards Harmonization and Financial Statement Comparability: Evidence from Transnational Information Transfer

This paper investigates whether accounting standards harmonization enhances the comparability of financial information across countries. I hypothesize that a firm yet to announce earnings reacts more strongly to the earnings announcement of a foreign firm when both report under the same rather than different accounting standards. My analysis of abnormal price reactions for a global sample of firms supports the prediction. Next, in an attempt to control for the underlying economic comparability and the effects of changes in reporting quality, I use a difference‐in‐differences design around the mandatory introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards. I find that mandatory adopters experience a significant increase in market reactions to the release of earnings by voluntary adopters compared to the period preceding mandatory adoption. This increase is not observed for nonadopters. Taken together, the results show that accounting standards harmonization facilitates transnational information transfer and suggest financial statement comparability as a direct mechanism.     

The Measurement of Harmonisation and the Comparability of Financial Statement Items: Within-Country and Between-Country Effects

This paper reports on an analysis of accounting policy choices made by European companies with an international shareholding. The accounting policies analysed in depth in this paper comprise the treatment of goodwill and accounting for deferred taxation. In the paper, the van der Tas comparability index is developed by separating the index into two components relating to the within-country (intra-national) effects of domestic standardisation and the between-country (inter-national) effects of harmonisation. It is shown in this paper that the value of the index may be interpreted as the probability that two companies selected at random will report financial information that is comparable, and that the lowest level of comparability exists when the accounting methods are assumed to be distributed equiprobably over the companies, the outcome of a random selection of accounting policies. The paper also considers the problems of non-disclosure, and a comprehensive ‘disclosure-adjusted’ comparability index is proposed.     

Conservative Reporting and the Incremental Effect of Mandatory Audit Firm Rotation Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Audit Partner Rotation vs Audit Firm Rotation in South Korea

In this paper, we take advantage of Korea's unique experiment with mandatory audit firm rotation (MAFR) and mandatory audit partner rotation (MAPR) to ascertain their influence on audit quality, proxied by conditional conservatism. Overall, we find that the implementation of MAFR did not have the desired effect. Firms that adopted MAFR demonstrate higher levels of conservatism in previous periods under MAPR (or compared to voluntary adopters). Furthermore, we find that audit tenure increases conservatism levels consistent with the auditor expertise hypothesis. However, whilst evidence suggests MAFR decreases audit quality on the whole, we find that firms that switch from non‐Big 4 to Big 4 auditors demonstrate higher conservatism because Big 4 auditors are more likely to demand conservative accounting practices, consistent with Big 4 audit firm knowledge superiority. Overall, the results suggest that MAFR's negative effect on audit quality can be mitigated by Big 4 auditor supervision.