3.Translate the following Chinese statements into English (18%)
(1)财务报表反映一个企业的财务状况和经营成果,是根据公认会计准则编制的。这些报表是为许多不同的决策者,许多不同的目的而提供的。
纳税申报单则反映应税收益的计算,是由税法和税则规定的概念。在许多情况下,税法和公认会计准则相似,但两者却存在实质上的不同。
(2)审计师不保证财务报表的准确性,他们仅就财务报表的公允性发表专家意见。然而注册会计师事务所的声誉来自于他们对审计工作的一丝不苟和审计报告的可靠性。
4. Translate the following statements into Chinese (12%)
(1) Accounting principles are not like physical laws; they do not exist in nature, awaiting discovery man. Rather, they are developed by man, in light of what we consider to be the most important objectives of financial reporting. In many ways generally accepted accounting principles are similar to the rules established for an organized sport shuch as football or basketball.
(2) Accounting have devised procedures whereby the flows of cash receipts and payments are spread over a period of time in a certain way to derive income, which is representative of the economic performance of the firm for the given period. The income concept as applied in the real world involves numerous decisions and judgmenmts.
