我國財務會計準則公報第三十五號「資產減損之會計處理準則」於民國93年7月1日發布，目的使財務報表更能真實地表達企業的真實價值，提升財務報表的品質。然而，在企業判斷是否發生減損情形時，對於可回收金額的決定，其使用價值的評估，為管理當局主觀的判斷與估計，且對於資產之公平價值目前沒有一套完整之鑑價機制，使35號公報的發布造成管理當局對於可回收金額之決定擁有許多自由裁量權，管理當局提列資產減損之金額可能存在著盈餘管理的動機。 本研究之實證結果發現：一、實施35號公報之公司，資產減損金額之認列可能存在著盈餘管理之動機。二、企業之監察人成員中，外部監察人席次之比例越高者；以及會計師獨立性越高者，越可減緩管理當局藉資產減損進行盈餘管理之動機。 因此，企業應提升監察人成員中，外部監察人席次之比例以及會計師應提升其獨立性，並維持其客觀性，監督管理當局真實報導資產減損之金額，達成35號公報原始之目的，使財務報表能真實地表達企業的真實價值。

我國財務會計準則公報第三十五號「資產減損之會計處理準則」於2004年7月1日發布，其目的在於使財務報表更能真實地反映企業的真實價值，提升財務報表的品質。然而，35號公報之相關規定賦予管理當局許多自由裁量權，導致管理當局認列資產減損或迴轉利益時可能存在著盈餘管理的動機。 本研究以2006到2008年台灣上市櫃公司為樣本，探討企業提列資產減損損失、迴轉利益與盈餘管理之關聯性。本研究實證結果發現，管理當局提列資產減損金額會受到洗大澡及盈餘平穩化之盈餘管理動機之影響；而管理當局會藉由認列資產減損迴轉利益，以膨脹本身盈餘達到盈餘管理的目的。本研究亦發現，當外國機構投資人持股比例與董事及監察人持股比例越高時，公司認列資產減損或迴轉金額越小。當控制股東之控制權與現金流量權偏離幅度越大時，公司認列資產減損或迴轉金額越大。 / In order to reflect the real value of the company and increase financial statements quality, Accounting Research and Development Foundation in Taiwan issued Statement No.35, “Accounting for the impairment of assets” in July 2004. But parts of SFAS No.35 provide some discretion. As a result, management might have the earnings management incentive through recognizing impairment loss or gain on reversal of impairment loss. The research focuses on the association among impairment loss, gain on reversal of impairment loss and earnings management. The sample period is from year 2006 to year 2008. The empirical result shows that the recognition of impairment loss will be affected by the earnings management incentive. Besides, management will use the reversal of assets impairment to enhance company's profitability. The research also finds that the more foreign investor's holding rate and directors' holding rate, the less asset impairment loss or gain on reversal of impairment loss recognized. Finally, the more deviation between final controlling holder's controlling right and cash flow right, the more asset impairment loss or gain on reversal of impairment loss recognized.

強制報導資產減損的目的為希冀企業能夠真實反映出資產的公平價值，使會計資訊能夠有更完整的報導。 本研究探討的主題一為上市公司選擇適用三十五號財務會計準則公報之時點是否會受到管理階層之盈餘管理動機與公司特性所影響。實證結果顯示，當上市公司有未預期的負營運績效時，管理階層會自願提前認列資產減損來達到洗大澡的目的，而一旦提前適用三十五號財務會計準則公報時，管理階層也會同時選擇認列鉅額的資產減損比例來達成盈餘管理的目的，與釋放潛在獲利改善的訊息給投資大眾。 本研究探討的主題二為上市公司認列資產減損金額比率是否會受到管理階層之盈餘管理動機與公司特性之影響。實證結果顯示，上市公司認列減損金額時，除受到管理階層洗大澡動機的影響外，也會將公司本身之固定資產比率、負債比率與公司規模等公司特性列入考量，而非只是單純的應公報要求認列資產減損而認列損失。 與三十五號財務會計準則公報的本意相反，實證結果顯示資產減損的報導在強制認列之後，似乎未使財務報表的品質提升，反映出企業的真實價值，而是給予經理人更多空間與誘因操縱盈餘。 / Accounting Research and Development Foundation in Taiwan (the Accounting Standards Setting Body in Taiwan) issued Statement Financial Accounting Standards No.35, “Accounting for the Impairment of Assets”on July 2004. Prior to SFAS No.35, accounting for assets impairment often remains room for substantial judgments and estimates without any specific regulation. The new statement was issued primarily to establish guidelines to recognize impairment of assets that reflects more true value of the enterprises. The statement was effective for fiscal year 2005. The board encouraged early application of the standard. The purposes of this research are to find out (i) if companies manage earnings by adopting SFAS No.35 earlier and what characteristics of firms will tend to adopt it earlier, and (ii) when a company recognizes impairment of assets, does the amount of the impairment affected by the motivation for earnings management of other characteristics of the company. The empirical analysis reveals “taking a big bath” of earnings management behavior and the growth of fix assets are the factors influencing the decision of early adoption of the accounting standard. Another empirical result suggests that when companies have higher unexpected losses, they tend to recognize large amount of impairment loss to improve the quality of the earnings in the future. Companies that chose to adopt SFAS No.35 earlier appeal to have a great amount of impairment loss too. Finally, the characteristics of companies such as high fixed assets ratio, high debt ratio, and small size are also the factors leading to the recognition of a larger amount of impairment loss.

中華民國會計研究發展基金會於2004年7月發佈財務會計準則第35號公報：「資產減損之會計處理」並對會計年度結束日在2005年12月31日（含）以後之財務報表適用之，但得提前適用。35號公報規定企業資產發生減損時，須對資產認列減損損失，以反映企業資產之真實價值。然而，資產減損之認列可能對企業之會計盈餘、資產之帳面價值造成衝擊，本研究之主要目的係找出提前適用35號公報公司其公司特性，藉此瞭解其提前採用之動機與目的，並且檢視提前適用35號公報之公司是否同時進行盈餘管理之行為。 實證結果顯示：(1)提前適用35號公報公司，其公司特性為有著較低之負債比率、資產報酬率與股利支付率，且公司規模較大。此外，過去年度之公司特性並非影響公司是否提前適用35號公報之決定因素。(2) 提前適用35號公報公司確實有從事使淨利下降之盈餘管理之行為。 / In July 2004, Accounting Research and Development Foundation in Taiwan issued Statement No.35,“Accounting for the impairment of assets”. This accounting standard was effective for financial year ending after December 31, 2005, with early application encouraged. To reflect the true value of assets statement No.35 requires firm should recognize assets impairment loss when assets have impaired. However, assets impairment recognized may impact a firm’s accounting earnings and book value of long-term assets of the firm. This study investigates the main firm characteristics of early adoption of the new accounting standard and weather early adopters have earning management at the same time. Empirical results suggest that: (1) firms that early adopting statement No.35 are those with lower debt to asset ratio, return on asset ratio, dividend payout ratio and which are small sized. Besides, firm’s characteristics in past years are not determinant of early adoption of the new accounting standard. (2) Early adopters of the new accounting standard indeed use earnings management to lower the net income.

國內35號會計準則公報的實施是會計從歷史成本原則走向公平價值之重要里程碑，在新公報提高財務報表攸關性之同時，卻可能因放棄可靠性而增大企業報導盈餘的空間。是以實施35號公報對企業財務與營運面資訊揭露上之影響，除資產減損認列項目的正確性，認列金額的適足性，相關揭露報導的適當性外，影響資產減損的因素，以及是否具有公司或產業差異性等，均為值得深入探討的議題。 本論文以2004年報及2005年半年報為研究期間，針對資產減損之認列內容是否符合35號公報之規範內容，本研究發現國內上市櫃公司，將原來規範在1號或5號公報、後來納入35號公報受評之資產，在研究期間內認列並報導的資產減損損失合計約為新台幣203億元，分析結果隱喻國內上市櫃公司在適用35號公報時，確有存在不當認列之可能。本研究同時發現在財務報告資訊品質方面存在財務報告附註揭露「會計變動理由及其影響數」以及會計師查核意見書未對適用35號公報予以適當揭露者計有163家；以及母子公司適用35號公報之時點不同者。 至於認列資產減損金額之決定因素，本研究之實證結果發現，企業認列資產減損之大小受獲利能力、經營績效以及資產使用效能等企業營運因素之影響。在企業特性方面，本研究發現負債比例愈高及企業信用風險愈差之企業，其資產減損金額愈大。規模愈大之公司，認列之資產減損愈小；以及資訊電子業者認列顯著較高之資產減損金額。由於企業在適用35號公報上保有彈性判斷之空間，因此本研究發現企業認列資產減損之大小受到企業本身承受能力及洗大澡動機之影響，隱喻35號公報可能是管理當局可以操弄盈餘之工具之ㄧ。 / The implementation of new accounting standard (SFAS No.35) on assets impaired is a milestone of moving from historical cost principle towards fair value principle. As SFAS No. 35 may enhance the relevance of financial information at the cost of reliability, there exists the flexibility of reported earnings through the new communiqué. Based on the importance of the SFAS No.35 on a company’s financial and operational reporting, this thesis investigate the accuracy and adequateness of asset impairment, the appropriateness of reporting and disclosures of asset impairment, the determinants of asset impairment and the characteristics across industry are worth studying into thoroughly. With the topic of the contents of asset impairment in compliance with SFAS No.35, this study finds that the listed companies in Taiwan recognized and reported as asset impairment in the amount of NT $88,094 million for the study period from December, 2004 to June, 2005, of which approximately amounted to NT $20,300 million should be periodically evaluated in accordance with SFAS No.1 or SFAS No.5 before adoption of SFAS No.35. As a result, it metaphors listed company in Taiwan to use SFAS No.35 as an excuse for written off asset value. We explored the accuracy of asset impairment loss and the appropriateness of reporting for asset impairment for listed companies in Taiwan. When analyzing the reporting quality, we found that there were 163 financial reports of listed companies in Taiwan without footnote of “Accounting change and its effect” or explanationary paragraph for accounting change in auditors’ opinion for the study period from December, 2004 to June, 2005. In addition, we also found that four companies within two consolidated group started to adopt SFAS No.35 at the different timing against the rule of consistency on the adoption of accounting principle among consolidated entities. We explored the determinants of asset impairment for the listed companies in Taiwan for the period from December, 2004 to June, 2005. Our empirical results show the following: (1) The size of asset impairment is associated with operational factors such as profitability, operational performance and effectiveness of asset utilization;(2) In the perspective of company characteristic, the size of asset impairment is associated with the debt ratio and worse credit risk ;(3) The bigger company recognized the smaller impairment loss . Compared to other industries ( excluded financial institutions and securities),the huge impairment had been recognized in electronic industry .Since the evaluation of asset value involved a lot of professional judgments , we found that the size of impairment loss was associated with the management reporting motivation and capability to afford such losses . It metaphors that the SFAS No. is one of the vehicle of earning smoothing to be used.