Japan Society for the Promotion of Science:Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Date (from‐to) : 2015/04 -2018/03
Author : Keiichi Ikemura
This study is to describe the benefit of setting an equity concept, independent and in preference to a liability concept, based on identifying the interest of some specific capital-providers in a conceptual framework for financial reporting. First, the calculation of income (“bottom line”) based on the equity concept shows the income of a certain capital-provider who invests financial resources in a firm in the firm's Profit and Loss Statement. Second, in Japan, the equity concept fits the disclosure needed from the Japanese corporate law that emphasizes to show shareholder's income and equity. Indeed, “the shareholder's equity” (the Japanese equity concept) in Japanese accounting standards is a good means to satisfy the need of disclosure from the Japanese corporate law. The equity concept determined by identifying a certain capital-provider's interest is consistent with the Japanese corporate law.