會計是對經濟資料的認定、衡量與溝通的過程，因而會計認定係為會計基本項目之一 。於今損益表重心之時代，為使報表期間之損益明確表達，對於損益表基礎之損益認 定，實不容忽視。本文就其性質，對財務報表品質之影響及收入費用認定時間之各家 立論提出說明，並列舉闡述。 本文重點在討論損益認定時間之實現原則及配合原則，及其在實務上之運用。由於其 非具體之觀念，故在運用上，不若稅法之統一明確，而仰賴會計人員之專業判斷，易 造成偏差，此乃會計界應尋求改進之方向。本文分六章二十四節，約六萬余言，各章 內容如下： 第一章：緒論 第二章：損益認定之性質概說 第三章：損益認定時間與財務報表品質 第四章：損益認定時間之實現及配合觀念 第五章：損益認定之時間 第六章：結論及建議

我國為改善公司治理制度，於2005年12月20日立法院三讀通過大幅修正證券交易法，引進審計委員會制度。審計委員會較獨立董事更專注於財務面之監督，故本研究之研究期間為1998年至2010年，以設置審計委員會之企業為樣本，進行配對，以探討審計委員會與企業財務報表品質之關聯性。 研究結果顯示，假說一：設置審計委員會或準審計委員會之企業財務報表品質優於未設置者；及假說二：設置審計委員會或準審計委員會後之企業財務報表品質優於設置前，二者皆不成立。 設置審計委員會目前已是公司治理發展的趨勢，我國既已立法引進審計委員會制度，主管機關應評估企業設置審計委員會後實際之運作情形，是否達到預期之效果，並做必要之修改或配套措施，以使審計委員會之設置不流於形式。 / In Taiwan, for the purpose of improving the corporate governance and introducing regulation of the audit committee, the Securities and Exchange Act was revised and passed by the Legislative Yuan for the Third Reading on 20 December, 2005. This study takes companies had established the audit committee between 1998 and 2010 as a sample so as to discuss the relation between the audit committee and the quality of financial reporting. The result of our research revealed that, the first hypothesis: “the quality of the financial reporting of the company with the audit committee is superior” and the second hypothesis: ” the quality of the financial reporting of the company after establishing the audit committee is superior” were both not sustained. Establishing the audit committee has become the trend in the development of corporate governance. Besides the regulations enacted, it’s of greater importance to evaluate the substantive effectiveness than the surficial form of the audit committee in companies.

本研究主要探討借殼上市公司之財報品質是否與差異一般上市公司有明顯差異，分析中國借殼上市公司財務報表品質是否較其他公司差，並進一步驗證借殼上市規則修訂是否對公司之財報品質造成顯著影響。研究樣本以2005年至2015年在美國紐約證券交易所(NYSE)、全美證券交易所(AMEX)與那斯達克證券市場(NASDAQ) 159家借殼上市公司為研究對象，並以相同產業、相同公司規模配對159家一般上市公司。本研究以裁決性應計項目作為財報品質的代理變數，並將借殼上市公司拆分成中國借殼上市公司及非中國之借殼上市公司，再加入規範修訂因子，藉以衡量中國借殼上市公司於修訂借殼上市相關規範後財報品質提升幅度是否大於非中國之借殼上市公司。實證結果顯示借殼上市的財務報表品質明顯差於配對公司，且中國借殼上市公司的財務報表品質明顯劣於非中國之借殼上市公司。在加入借殼上市規則修訂因子後，借殼上市公司財報品質改善幅度明顯大於配對之一般上市公司；比較中國借殼上市公司、非中國之借殼上市公司及配對公司在借殼上市規則修訂前後本身財報品質變化，發現三類公司前後財務報表品質皆有顯著提升，然而在提升幅度上中國借殼上市公司與非中國之借殼上市公司並無顯著差異。 / Based on a study sample consisting of 159 reverse merger firms and their matching U.S. public companies (according to industry and firm size) listed in NYSE, AMEX, and NASDAQ from 2005 to 2015, we study the impacts of the 2011 listing-rule revision on the financial reporting quality of reverse merger firms in the US. More important, using discretionary accruals as the proxy of financial reporting quality, we ask if the financial reporting quality of Chinese reverse merger firms is worse than the non-Chinese reverse merger firms. Our empirical results show that the financial reporting quality of reverse merger firms is out-performed by their matching U.S. counterparts, and the financial reporting quality of Chinese reverse merger firms is, in general, inferior to the non-Chinese reverse merger firms. Post the 2011 listing-rule revision, we find that the financial reporting quality of reverse merger firms is better than their matching U.S. firms after controlling for the regulatory factor; in particular, we find that the China reverse merger firms, the non-Chinese reverse merger firms, and the matching U.S firms, all exhibit significant improvements in their financial reporting quality. However, this incremental gain in financial reporting quality seems indifferent between the China reverse merger firms and the non-Chinese reverse merger firms.