租赁会计中英文外文文献翻译2016年最新译文文档格式.docx
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标题:
Commentletteractivity:
Aresponsetoproposedchangesinleaseaccounting
作者:
FernandoComiran,CarolGraham
期刊:
ResearchinAccountingRegulation,28卷,109-117页年份:
2016
原文
Abstract
Thisstudyexaminesthemotivationsthatleadsomefirmstolobby,viacommentletters,againstthechangesinaccountingforleasesproposedbyFASB/IASB.Thereareatleastthreedistinctmotivationsforacompanytolobbyagainsttheproposedchanges:
ahighperceivedcostofimplementation/operation,abeliefthatthechangeswillincreasethecostofcapital,andadesireonthepartofmanagementtoavoidanyadministrativeburdenassociatedwiththechanges.Ourresearchsuggeststhatcompaniesthatengageinlobbyingareconcernedwiththecostsofsuchchanges(renegotiationofdebtcovenants,auditorfees,changeinITsystems,etc.),buttheyalsoseemtobemotivatedbytheiraccountingmanager'
sdesiretoavoidanyadditionaleffortthatthechangeswillrequire.
Keywords:
Leases,Commentletters,FASB
1.Introduction
AtthesuggestionoftheSECin2005,theFASBundertooka
controversialjointprojectwiththeIASBaimedatconvergingleaseaccountingstandards.MorethanadecadelateronFebruary25,2016,AccountingStandardsUpdate(ASU)No.2016-02LeaseswasissuedandwillbeeffectiveformostcompaniesafterDecember18,2018.1Thisreportprovidesananalysisofthemorethan1400commentletterssenttotheFASB/IASBinresponsetoaccountingchangesproposedviaASC840and842Leases.AlthoughtheeconomicimpactofthechangesproposedbytheFASB/IASBwasnotclear,theygeneratedstrongoppositionfromcompanies.Ouranalysisrevealsthatapproximately80%ofthecommentletterlobbyingfirmswereagainsttheproposedchanges.Whilethereisasubstantialbodyofempiricalresearchdevotedtounderstandingtheimplicationsofleaseaccounting,littleprimaryresearchhasbeenconductedinthisarea.Thispaperprovidesananalysisoftheentitiesthatengagedincommentletterlobbyingaroundthisissue,thetoneofthecommentletterstheysent,andasummaryofthespecificreasonstheygaveinoppositiontothechanges.Wealsoprovidesomerelatedempiricalfindings.Thereasonsfor,andpotentialmotivationsbehind,lobbyingagainstwhatisarguablyoneofthemostcontentiousissuesincontemporaryaccounting,shouldbeofinteresttopractitioners,regulatorsandacademicsalike.Consistentwithpriorstudies(e.g.Anantharaman,2015;
Francis,1987;
Fried,2012;
Ramanna,2008)weusethetermlobbyinginanarrowcontext,referringspecificallytocommentletter
lobbying.
Thepurposeofthejointprojectwastoaddressconcernsthatthecurrentstandard(SFAS13)doesnotmeettheneedsofinvestors.Morespecifically,theexistingaccountingmodelhasbeencriticized,amongotherreasons,becauseitrepresentsoneofthelargestformsofoff-balancesheetaccountingandfailstoprovideafaithfulrepresentationofleasingtransactions[www.fasb.org].Themaineffectofthenewstandardwillbetoendtheuseofoperatingleasesandinsteadrequirecapitalizationofallleases.TheFASB'
sobjectivewastoincreasefinancialstatementcomparabilitybypreventingsimilartransactionsfrombeingreporteddifferently,ascurrentlyhappensduetothebright-linerulesofSFAS132thatdifferentiatebetweenoperatingandcapitalleases.Ex-ante,itisnotclearwhyfirmswouldlobbyfororagainsttheproposedchanges.Ifstakeholdersunderstandtheimplicationsofoff-balancesheetleases,thechangesshouldhaveminimaleffect.However,ifagroupofstakeholdersisnotcorrectlyadjustingforoperatingleases,itispossiblethattheproposedchangescouldincreasetheirriskassessmentforcompanies.Itisevidentfromthecommentlettersthatmostcompaniesareagainsttheproposedchange.Thisstudyexamineswhethercompaniesareopposedtotheproposedleasechangesbecausetheywishtoobfuscatetheirperceivedrisk,orbecausetheyperceivethatthenewruleswillincreasetheiroperationalcostsortheircostofcapital.
Thispapercontributestothecurrentliteratureonlobbyingbyanalyzingthespecificobjectionstotheproposedchangesfromthecommentlettersandbyinvestigatingwhetherlobbyingfirmshaveuniquecharacteristicsthatcouldraiseredflagsforinvestors.Thisstudyalsocomplementsthecurrentliteraturebyanalyzingthebehavioroffirmswhenmanagementcompensationisnotexpectedtobenegativelyaffected.
2.Literaturereview
TheBoards'
primaryconcernthatcurrentleaseaccountingdoesnotalwaysfaithfullyrepresentleasingtransactionsand,assuch,maydisadvantagesomeinvestors,isborneoutbyextantacademicresearchbut
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