Research on fair value accounting and accounting conservatism
Abstract As one of the characteristics of the quality of accounting information, accounting conservatism is defined as "costs or expense should not be underestimated, assets or income should not be overestimated, but it should maintain the highest prudence"。 It has long been widely used because the emergence of financial derivatives and the rapid development of economic ,conservatism principle gradually revealed their own limitations, therefore it can not be very good for decision-makers。 More and more countries use GAAP fair value measurement model。 with the market risk changing, gains and losses are also rapidly changing。The fair value can reveal these changes in a timely manner, and truly reflects the essence of property assets and liabilities, that is to say,it can reflect future economic obtaining or sacrifice。 This paper explains the differences between the fair value accounting and the conservatism principle and the dialectical relationship between the two in order to make recommendations for the integration of them。
Keywords:Fair value accounting;Accountant cautious principle;Accounting information