• Information Systems Review
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• v.16 no.3
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• pp.215-242
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• 2014

This paper investigates accounting principles about social infrastructure on Korean National Accounting Standard and on National Accounting Standards from other countries that adopted a accruals- based national accounting standards. Social infrastructure as assets has important value in financial statements of Korea and deterioration or insufficient management of social infrastructure accompanies a huge social cost. Therefore, understanding the characteristics and related accounting standard for social infrastructure is necessary. To do this, we examine the accounting standards of U.S., New Zealand, and Australia. We also review the financial statement of local government. Based on these findings, this paper suggests that a preventive-asset management approach should be applied and alternative depreciation method for social infrastructures is developed. Moreover, a local government needs to provide important accounting information to the public in a timely and reliably manner.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Railway
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• v.18 no.1
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• pp.81-86
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• 2015

Assets are an essential part of a railway financial position and income state. The Railway industry, SOC, has characteristics of possessing vast tangible assets and incurring vast asset-related-costs. For higher liquidity and profitability, the railway industry need more active asset management. Since 2011, IFRS has its changed accounting method for tangible assets, this has subsequently affected asset management. As the railway industry has a high portion of tangible assets, the accounting method for tangible assets is very important. This paper analyzes the newly adopted accounting method for tangible assets and proposes LCC for effective asset management.

• Proceedings of the Korea Information Processing Society Conference
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• 2015.04a
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• pp.599-602
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• 2015

국내의 회계프로그램은 일반적으로 거래발생주의에 따라 차변과 대변을 기록하는 복식부기구조의 전표입력을 통한 분개처리 기반으로 이루어져 있다. 이러한 프로그램은 사용자로 하여금 일정수준의 회계지식을 요구한다. 그로인해 일반 중소기업처럼 회계담당직원이 없는 경우에는 회계전문가에게 의뢰를 하거나 도움을 받아야 한다. 본 연구에서는 재무보고서의 원천이 되는 전표발행에 있어서 거래사실만을 입력하면 복식부기의 기준에 맞게 자동분개처리 되어 전표서비스를 제공해줄 수 있는 시스템을 설계 및 구현한 결과를 보여준다. 이는 사용자들이 회계시스템을 쉽게 접근할 수 있는 회계프로그램 개발의 새로운 방향을 제시할 것으로 본다.

• Korean Business Review
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• v.12
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• pp.139-159
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• 1999

The merger of companies makes it easily that a company get over the limitation of the growth of their internal size. A company can attain its purpose, the growth of itself, merging of existing company. On December 1986, "The Accounting Standards for Business Combinations" were pronounced in Korea. But, some of contents of the standards contain many problems criticized in accounting. The purpose of paper is to examine all kinds of affairs problems resulting from merger in Korea and to present the solutions for the problems. I have reexamined the method and provision of on 1999, "The Accounting Standards for Business Combinations" were pronounced in Korea and developed to the direction of trying to deal with tax affairs reasonably. Next, related to current tax system regarding merger, I have described, centered on tax laws, basic rules and the provisions of taxation on merger corporation and the provision of taxation on shareholders at the time of merger.

• KSCE Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering Research
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• v.33 no.3
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• pp.1203-1213
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• 2013

Governmental accounting system has changed from budgetary accounting on the basis of cash and bookkeeping by single entry to financial accounting on the basis of accrual and bookkeeping by double entry. In the context of this transition, infrastructure becomes considered an asset in accounting, and resulting accounting methods also take different approaches from conventional budgetary accounting. Financial accounting system defines expenditures into two categories, i.e. capital expenditure(CAPEX) and operational expenditure(OPEX), and stipulates that the expenditure shall be divided into those two categories before accounting. The construction and expansion of infrastructure must be considered a CAPEX because it means a sort of asset acquisition, but with regard to applications in practical accounting, it is actually challenging to judge whether any expenditure associated with maintenance works (including repair and service) during use of infrastructure acquired shall be considered CAPEX or OPEX. This paper suggested an asset management based accounting method for sewer maintenance expenditure. And it applied the method to actual accounting cases and analyzed them in comparison with conventional financial information. As a case study result, Sewer asset value of S city increased approximately 700 hundred won because sewer maintenance expenditure are classified between OPEX and CAPEX according to the proposed accounting method. It is expected that the proposed accounting method will contribute significantly to providing any proper sewer asset value information.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.15 no.2
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• pp.688-697
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• 2014

The current accounting for the long term care facilities are enforced by either financial accounting stipulations of social welfare legal entity or the guiding principles of long term care insurance law. In addition, some facilities are not eligible to access to the Korea Health and Welfare information system and even don't have any obligation to report financial information. Thus financial position and performance of activities are not well known to the interested parties. This study investigated the way how to improve the current accounting stipulation of the long term care facilities. In conclusion, we should introduce the accounting standards based on the double entry system but on other aspect, also more simplified financial statement based on single entry system for smaller facilities. Also we should introduce three important appropriation accounts for the net income of institution which matches GAAP. For a successful plantation of accounting standards, it is necessary to establish provisions, government subsidy account, depreciations concept.

• Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society
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• v.13 no.1
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• pp.164-168
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• 2012

This study suggests the direction to narrow down the difference between financial and tax accounting in relation to borrowing costs. Accounting for capitalization of borrowing costs under accounting standards for non-public entities should be revised to converge into KIFRS. The provision of corporate income tax law relating to capitalization of borrowing costs should be applied on the optional basis rather than compulsory application especially for non-public entities. The range of qualifying assets for capitalization under the tax law should be reviewed to comply with KIFRS.

• Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.12-20
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• 2016

Along with the change of national accounting, the importance of systematic management of assets is emphasized and the awareness that the concept termed Asset Management should be introduced to the construction field too to manage facilities. The present study is a basic study for the introduction of the concept Asset Management and proposed accounting guidelines(proposal) for public building maintenance cost that can clarify maintenance cost accounting. Existing literatures and current accounting standards were examined and the actual states of maintenance cost accounting of public buildings in A metropolitan city were examined to draw problems. For the practice guidelines(proposal), the types and contents of government office building maintenance expenditures were analyzed and items that must be treated as OPEX and CAPEX were presented. Expert interviews were conducted to verify the reliability of the items presented. The practice guidelines(proposal) were applied to the public buildings in A metropolitan city to identify situations of changes in asset values and review the effects of the practice guidelines(proposal) on increases in asset values. When applied to practices, the practice guidelines(proposal) suggested in the present study are considered to increase building asset values and provide consistent financial information to help stakeholders' decision making.

• Korean Business Review
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.41-61
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• 2004

Before 2003 the companies in Korea should capitalize the interest expenses that are attributable to the acquisition, construction or production of a qualifying assets. However, according to the revised standard which should be applied from 2003, the companies can either capitalize the interest expenses or recognize as an expense when they are incurred. Therefore almost all the companies confronted with the decision making of accounting choices on the interest capitalization. This paper empirically examines which financial characteristics of the companies affect the accounting choice by using logistic regression model and reviews the sufficiency of the foot notes disclosures regarding the capitalized interest. The variables of the financial characteristics are change of debt-equity ratio, borrowing ratio, qualifying assets ratio, firm size and income smoothing. The results of this study are summarized as follows. First, among the financial characteristics, only qualifying asset ratio has the significant difference between capitalized companies and expensing companies. Second, the results of logistic regression indicate that qualifying asset ratio and firm size have the significant influence on the accounting choices. Therefore, I cannot find the evidence supporting that the companies use the accounting choice to manage the financial ratios.

• Korean Business Review
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• v.17 no.2
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• pp.1-23
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• 2004

Since revision of Korean GAAP on the merge transaction in 1999, the few studies on the problems of the GAAP or on the inconsistency of GAAP and regarding tax regulations have been performed. The objective of this study is to understand the present state of the merge transactions, to find out the problems on the regarding GAAP and tax regulations, and to suggest the method to improve them. Among the 69 merge transactions of the listed and registered companies for the recent 3 years, 67 merge transactions are reported as the purchase transactions and 2 transactions as the pooling of interest. And 11 transactions occurred between parents and subsidiaries. I investigate the sufficiency of the foot disclosures on the merge transactions, I find out that the disclosure on the amortization of the negative goodwill are not sufficient, and several transactions are not recorded in conformity with GAAP. This paper indicates the problems on the GAAP as follows: the complicated and irrational method of amortization of the negative goodwill, the valuation of the stocks acquired before the merge, the inconsistent adjustments to purchase consideration contingent on future events, and the valuation of the merge between the parents and subsidiaries. And the problems on the tax regulations are as follows: tax deferment of the income from merge valuation, the ambiguous definitions of the fair value, and stock dividend of the income from merge valuation.