Leibler (“True and fair view- an imaginary view”) argues “in an ideal world, and with just a little imagination, accounting standards would always produce a true and fair result. But this is not necessarily so in the real world” (p 61).
o What is the problem that Leibler identifies in his paper with respect to the ‘true and fair’ requirement?
o What solutions does Leibler suggest to ensure that reporting entities do a better job at addressing the ‘true and fair’ requirement?
o Show where the directors of Qantas Limited state the financial statements are true and fair.
o A student says, “Investors want profit to be maximised as this will ensure a maximum share price, and so this is ‘true and fair’” Critically reflect on this flawed argument. How would you define ‘true and fair’? Do you see differences between the concept of ‘true’ and the concept of ‘fair’?
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莱布勒(“真实,公正取景时的图像”)认为“在一个理想的世界,只有一点点想象力,会计准则总会产生一种真实和公平的结果。但是这并不一定如此在真实世界“(第61页)。
o哪些是莱布勒标识在他的论文相对于“真实而公平”的要求的问题?
Ø不莱布勒提出什么解决方案,以确保报告的实体做是解决了“真实,公正”的要求更好的工作?
o显示其中澳航有限状态董事中财务报告的真实,公正。
o一个学生说,“投资者希望利润最大化,因为这将确保最高的股价,所以这是”真实和公允“”批判性反思这个有缺陷的说法。你如何定义“真实,公正”?你看到的“真实”的概念和“公平”的概念之间的区别是什么?
Investors want profit to be maximised as this will ensure a maximum share price, and so this is ‘true and fair’
In this sentence, we can find the need of investors- “Investors want profit to be maximised”, which means they are interest in higher profit or return. However, does this mean companies must present any financial reports that show a good performance to drive the increase of share price, of course (obviously) not. Sometimes there is a financial deficit rather than making a fraud surplus statement to cheat investors.
In normal sense of accounting knowledge, a true and fair accounting information should be presented accurately and consistently without any errors, such as error of omission- a transaction that is not recorded, Error of omission -- a transaction that is not recorded, Error of