Operation scales of the travel agencies can be giant or tiny in term of sizes. No matter in Taiwan or abroad, most trvel agents are SMEs (small and medium enterprises), while some large-scale foreign or mainland travel agencies are even bigger than ordinary banks or airlines. Travel agents play a role as an important channel for travelers. They collect a considerable huge amount of money from travelers and pay to the suppliers just like a temporary God of Wealth. Airline tickets and tour fares end up to some hundred millions or even some billions of turn over (in total amount counting method) commonly. This is an industry which charges in advance before providing services. In addition to the shorter term of airline credit, six elements of travel - meals, accommodations, transportations, sightseeing, shopping, and entertainments, are allowed routinely credited periodically, especially tours fares often accumulated to an astronomical figures. This sevice industry is quite different from other manufacture suffered from the "inventories" problem, but with something in common, it has a huge amount of outstanding accounts remain unsettled, or even worse to cause the phoenomenon of financial black hole with "assets virtually inflated and liabilities virtually reduced". Several large tours wholesalers in Taiwan went bankruptcy might be owing to these reasons. Even the subsidiary of TUI, the world's largest tours group, outbroke similar news incident in early 2011. It was not singly but in pairs, Reuters reported that Europe's second largest travel company Thomas Cook facing financial crisis in late 2011, were forced to acquire ¢G 2 billion loan from banks to survive in the coming low winter season. A great amount of accumulated money often causes a crisis of credit expansion, if any ambitious entrepreneur seeks to gain more profits from other reinvestments, intends to get real estates, accquitions, mergers, and other risky investments, possibly resulted in large scale damage with both investments and foreign currency exchange losses, when facing an economy downturn or political turmoils. "Financial management" is always the primary course of business running. Emphasis on the "financial problems management" is not just a slogon, and not just to watch bank deposits closely, but also to realize how and what sholuld be seriously paid attention to. Revenue increasing and cost cutting are always the true value of financial management on business development. The differences of corporate finance from time to time are as same as different figures of human pulse, blood presure, or blood suguar that varies at diffent times or in different conditions. Financial management of a company is just like personal health management, such as people in different stages faces different situations and needs. So companies must grasp the pulse of business development in different stages to plan for the future direction. Many companies seek to maximize profits at the same time, yet ignoring the strong managing and decision-guiding functions of financial management. Newspapers and magazines often report how many employees and consumers are impacted by the closing of plants or travel agencies, many of them are wellknown enterprises. Although the global economic downturns, the failure of business diversification or reinvestment hold-up losses and other factors might take the blames. But as the old saying: "There is no sunset industry but only sunset enterprises." How to survive in the harsh environment? We must strengthen to master financial management, through analysis and control of "financial problems management" to generate necessary resources and to cut the costs to enhance the business performance. "The management of financial problems among travel industry" is really the weakest point of this industry. Practical financial management books or informations for travel agencies are not easy to be found in stores or other resources. In past decades we have seen the rotation of rises and falls in the industry, we strongly believe "Accounting and Financial Management" is the basis for all kinds of management. This thesis contains the examples of Phoenix Tours International and other travel agents among Taiwan travel industry. The real experiences of daily practices are the most important contents. I attempt to integrate academic theories into daily practices, a little theoretical but more practical argument, to provide better healthy informations for the industry. Despite the company accounting system, I had also tried to establish a basic financial training material for my management team. Wish all our colleagues will not repeat the same financial errors of their predecessors. Under the guideline of Taiwan Tourism Bureau which is committed to developing tourism with ¡§Vanguard for excellences and piloting for all projects¡¨, I tried to do my best to write down personal experiences and researches knowledge as basic works. Hope to bring up some echoes and brainstormings, to lead a brighter future and better progress for the industry. All the appendixes to this thesis are important references to the main text. Many of them are also my writings in the past. At last, IFRSs regulations will soon be implemented, we have to find out its impacts on the enterprises that should not be underestimated. Not only affect financial and accounting areas, information system, performance reward systems, investor relations, tax and legal aspects will also have significant impacts. IFRSs conversion or convergence may not only be an easy task, but provides an excellent opportunity for companies to re-examine the existing financial strategies, accounting policies, management systems, process efficiencies, risk managements, internal controls, system functions, corporate governances and investor relations practices, such as whether to meet current and future needs, and take this opportunity to enhance their strengths by improving inadequacies.

本研究旨在探討導入國際財務報導準則對內部控制的影響，主要以台灣2013年全面採用國際財務報導準則之企業為研究對象，瞭解在導入前後，內部控制目標與組成要素是否因問卷別、資本市場別與產業別而有所差異。本研究深入分析前項差異，藉以瞭解我國導入國際財務報導準則對內部控制的影響。本研究發現： 1. 導入IFRSs對業務流程及內部控制之影響程度，在內控目標與要素均有顯著差異，「導入後」之影響程度均顯著高於「導入前」。 2. 「IFRSs專案小組負責人」與「內部稽核單位」之看法，在內控目標與要素間並沒有顯著差異。 3. 內控三大目標與五大組成要素之影響程度，在不同資本市場別與產業別之顯著差異程度不盡相同。整體而言不論在導入前後，上市與上櫃公司在不同產業間存在較顯著之差異，金融業之影響程度顯著高於電子業與其他。 / The purpose of this research is to investigate the effect of adopting International Financial Reporting Standards on internal controls. The main subjects of this research are the companies which will adopt IFRSs in 2013 in Taiwan. This research wants to know whether the effects of IFRSs on objectives and elements of internal control show significant differences under different subjects, capital markets and industries. This research analyzes the above effects to understand the effect of adopting IFRSs on internal controls. The main results of this study are as follows. 1. The effects of IFRSs on business processes, on the aspect of objectives, and elements of internal control show significant differences with the adoption of IFRSs. The impacts of three objectives and five elements of internal control after adoption are significantly higher than before adoption. 2. The results of the investigation on chief executives of adopting IFRSs and internal auditors do not show significant differences neither on the aspect of objectives nor on elements of internal control. 3. The impacts of IFRSs on three objectives and five elements of internal control are different under different capital markets and different industries with the adoption of IFRSs. Overall, listed and over-the-counter companies show significant differences under different industries before and after adopting IFRSs. The effect of adopting IFRSs on internal controls under financial industry is significantly higher than under electronic industry and other industry.

Submitted by audrey souza (audrey_ajs@yahoo.com.br) on 2012-06-26T20:41:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO-VERSÃO FINAL-SUBMISSÃO.pdf: 807877 bytes, checksum: 4644a892d7a17719575f32f1e5978822 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by ÁURA CORRÊA DA FONSECA CORRÊA DA FONSECA (aurea.fonseca@fgv.br) on 2012-06-28T12:20:46Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO-VERSÃO FINAL-SUBMISSÃO.pdf: 807877 bytes, checksum: 4644a892d7a17719575f32f1e5978822 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Marcia Bacha (marcia.bacha@fgv.br) on 2012-06-29T17:33:43Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO-VERSÃO FINAL-SUBMISSÃO.pdf: 807877 bytes, checksum: 4644a892d7a17719575f32f1e5978822 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2012-06-29T17:35:20Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 DISSERTAÇÃO-VERSÃO FINAL-SUBMISSÃO.pdf: 807877 bytes, checksum: 4644a892d7a17719575f32f1e5978822 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-03-20 / The impacts of adopting International Accounting Standards (IFRSs) has been the subject of debate in the professional and academics media, however, little has been researched on the impact of adopting IFRSs in federal forensic expert. Therefore, the objective of this study is to capture and analyze the perception of the federal forensic expert on the impacts of the adoption of IFRSs in the investigative official activity held in accounting fraud. It was based on a quantitative and qualitative approach used to assess associations between perceptions, resorting to the chi-square test and content analysis, respectively. The results showed that most respondents agree partially or fully that the adoption of IFRS will facilitate the work of federal forensic expert, finding statistical association with the perception that fraud without financial engineering is easier to prove and with the perception that more space for technical judgments have positive impact on the activity of federal forensic expert. Other benefits mentioned were the increased comparability, reduction of complexity and professional development. However, it was verified the possibility of increased risks in the technical objections to expert reports, the risk of bias and the need for qualification, but without statistical association with the perception that IFRSs or otherwise facilitate the examination. No statistical differences were identified on the basis of perceived levels of knowledge of the precepts on IFRSs and the theoretical and practical knowledge of respondents. The study has limitations concerned primarily to generalization of the results, since the intended approach was qualitative and quantitative, and the number of answered questionnaires did not allow performing statistical tests with greater robustness. / Os impactos da adoção das Normas Internacionais de Contabilidade (IFRSs) tem sido objeto de debates nos meios profissionais e acadêmicos, entretanto, pouco tem sido pesquisado sobre as repercussões da adoção dos IFRSs na atividade pericial criminal. Portanto, o objetivo deste estudo é captar e analisar a percepção dos Peritos Criminais Federais sobre os impactos da adoção dos IFRSs na atividade de perícia criminal oficial realizada em fraudes contábeis. Lastreou-se numa abordagem quantitativa e qualitativa utilizada para verificar associações entre as percepções, recorrendo-se ao teste Qui-quadrado de Pearson e a análise de conteúdo, respectivamente. Os resultados evidenciaram que a maior parte dos respondentes concorda parcial ou totalmente que a adoção dos IFRSs facilitará o trabalho de perícia criminal federal, encontrando associação estatística com a percepção de que fraudes cometidas sem engenharia financeira são mais fáceis de comprovar e com a percepção que um maior espaço para julgamentos técnicos tem impacto positivo na atividade de perícia criminal. Outros benefícios apontados foram o aumento da comparabilidade, a diminuição da complexidade e a valorização profissional. Entretanto, constatou-se como riscos a possibilidade de aumento nas contestações técnicas aos laudos periciais, o risco de viés e a necessidade de qualificação, porém sem associação estatística com a percepção de que os IFRSs facilitarão ou não o trabalho pericial. Não foram identificadas diferenças estatísticas de percepção em função do nível de conhecimento dos preceitos sobre os IFRSs e dos conhecimentos teóricos e práticos dos pesquisados. O estudo apresenta limitações que dizem respeito principalmente à generalização dos resultados, uma vez que a abordagem pretendida foi qualitativa e quantitativa e o número de questionários respondidos não possibilitou realizar testes estatísticos com maior robustez.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-25T18:39:39Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luiz Henrique Valerio.pdf: 823907 bytes, checksum: 6ca8bd9d955c007eb4b9b6590f57ee4d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-05-30 / The increasing adoption of the international financial reporting standards (IFRS) is the result of changes occurred in the last two decades, economy globalization, and the development of international markets. Due to the increased demand for information that allows foreign investors to compare the results of its investments in several companies of different countries with different standards, the adoption of a single accounting standard, globally accepted, became necessary. The International Accounting Standard Board (IASB) was responsible for the preparation of international standards whose process of convergence is already occurring in over 100 countries worldwide. Brazil, with the enactment of Law 11638/07, effective beginning as of January 1, 2008, and subsequent amendments introduced by Law 11941/09, took an important step in the convergence of its standards with international standards through the creation of the Accounting Pronouncements Committee (CPC), agency responsible for the issuance of accounting pronouncements in accordance with IFRS. IFRS 1, denominated First-Time Adoption, refers to the requirements for the first year the company discloses its financial statements pursuant to local accounting standards and IFRS. Accordingly, the purpose of this study is to verify whether in the air transportation industry, the first-time adoption of IFRS 1 resulted in significant changes in the main financial indicators and which are the impacts of IFRS adoption to the organization as a whole. For this, a research methodology that contemplates the study of an exploratory multiple case with a direct study of the companies information was chosen to characterize it and obtain the required data for the research. The comparative analysis of the financial statements of the companies that are the object of this study and the results obtained from the questionnaire and interviews indicated that financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS present a higher disclosure level than those financial statements prepared in accordance with BRGAAP. We concluded that the adoption of IFRS impacts not only financial indicators, but several processes and controls of the companies as a whole / A adoção crescente das normas internacionais de contabilidade (IFRS) é o reflexo das mudanças ocorridas nas últimas duas décadas, no processo de globalização da economia e do desenvolvimento dos mercados internacionais. Em função do aumento da demanda por informações, que permitam ao investidor estrangeiro comparar o resultado dos seus investimentos entre empresas de diferentes países e diferentes normas, se fez necessário a adoção de um padrão único de contabilidade aceito mundialmente. O IASB (International Accounting Standard Board) ficou responsável pela elaboração de normas internacionais que já estão em processo de convergência em mais de 100 países em todo o mundo. No Brasil com a publicação da Lei nº 11.638/07, vigorando a partir de 1º de janeiro de 2008 e, posteriormente, com as alterações emanadas da Lei nº 11.941/09, deu-se um importante passo no processo de convergência de suas normas com os padrões internacionais, por meio da criação do Comitê de Pronunciamentos Contábeis (CPC), órgão responsável pela emissão de pronunciamentos contábeis em consonância com as IFRS. A IFRS 1, denominada First-Time Adoption refere se aos requisitos a serem observados no primeiro exercício em que a empresa publica as suas demonstrações financeiras, em norma contábil local e em IFRS. Com esta justificativa, este estudo tem por objetivo verificar se no ramo de transporte aéreo, com a primeira adoção das normas internacionais IFRS 1 First-Time Adoption, houve mudanças significativas, nos principais indicadores econômico-financeiros e quais os impactos da adoção do IFRS para a organização como um todo. Para tanto foi escolhida metodologia de pesquisa que contempla estudo de caso múltiplo exploratório que contempla um estudo direto com as informações das empresas para sua caracterização e obtenção dos dados necessários à pesquisa. A análise comparativa das demonstrações financeiras das empresas objeto deste estudo e dos resultados obtidos pelo questionário e entrevistas apontam que as demonstrações financeiras preparadas de acordo com as IFRS apresentam um nível de divulgação maior quando comparadas com as demonstrações financeiras em BR-GAAP. A conclusão obtida é que o processo de adoção do IFRS gera impactos não só nos indicadores econômico-financeiros, mas também impactos em diversos processos e controles das companhias como um todo

Der Beitrag prüft den Stand der de facto-Konvergenz von IFRS und US-GAAP anhand der Überleitungsrechnungen gemäß Form 20-F von 114 europäischen IFRS-Bilanzierern. Die Analyse von 1.928 Einzelposten verdeutlicht die Heterogenität und das oft wesentliche Ausmaß der Differenzen zwischen den Ergebnis- und Eigenkapitalgrößen nach IFRS und nach US-GAAP. Diese gründen vorrangig auf hohen Teildifferenzen aus der Bilanzierung von Unternehmenszusammenschlüssen, immateriellen Vermögenswerten und Pensionen. Neben der Branchenzugehörigkeit beeinflussen die Erstanwendung von IFRS und die Rechnungslegungstradition die ausgewiesenen Differenzen. Die Ergebnisse offenbaren einen bislang geringen Stand der de facto-Konvergenz und deuten auf Umstellungseffekte sowie international inkonsistente Anwendung der Standards hin. Insbesondere implizieren die parallelen Abschlussgrößen eine frühere Gewinnvereinnahmung nach US-GAAP und insoweit eine vorsichtigere Bilanzierung nach IFRS, die in common law-Staaten starker ausgeprägt ist als in code law-Staaten. Neben der Branchenzugehörigkeit beeinflussen die Erstanwendung von IFRS und die Rechnungslegungstradition die ausgewiesenen Differenzen. Die Ergebnisse offenbaren einen bislang geringen Stand der de facto-Konvergenz und deuten auf Umstellungseffekte sowie international inkonsistente Anwendung der Standards hin. Insbesondere implizieren die parallelen Abschlussgrößen eine frühere Gewinnvereinnahmung nach US-GAAP und insoweit eine vorsichtigere Bilanzierung nach IFRS, die in common law-Staaten stärker ausgeprägt ist als in code law-Staaten. / This paper examines the level of de facto convergence of IFRSs and U.S. GAAP based on Form 20-F reconciliations of 114 EU companies. Our analysis of 1.928 reconciling items illustrates that de facto differences between IFRSs and U.S. GAAP are heterogeneous and often material in both net income and shareholder’s equity. Particularly, adjustments for business combinations, intangibles and pensions are predominant. We find significant differences between numerical adjustments (1) of first-time adopters and non-first-time adopters of IFRSs, (2) of companies in the financial and non-financial sector, and (3) of companies domiciled in common law and code law countries with each former group tending to larger adjustments. This implies that adoption effects and institutional factors impact the amount of adjustments. Our overall results indicate a poor level of de facto convergence achieved to date and an inconsistent application of accounting standards. Particularly, results imply earlier profit recognition under U.S. GAAP and more conservative accounting under IFRSs, which are more prevalent in common law countries than in code law countries. Particularly, results imply earlier profit recognition under U.S. GAAP and more conservative accounting under IFRSs, which are more prevalent in common law countries than in code law countries.