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Blockchain as the Database Engine in the Accounting System
Australian Accounting Review ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2019-05-15 , DOI: 10.1111/auar.12278
Boon Seng Tan 1 , Kin Yew Low 1
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This paper examines the prediction that blockchain technology will transform accounting and the profession because transactions recorded on a blockchain can be aggregated into financial statements and confirmed as true and accurate. We argue that blockchain technology affects the database engine of the accounting information system (AIS) through digitisation of the current paper‐based validation process. In a blockchain‐based AIS, accountants will no longer be the central authority but will remain the preparer of financial reports required by regulations; they will continue to influence policies such as the choice and accreditation of validators and serve as validators of last resort. Audit evidence still needs to be gathered for rendering of an audit opinion in a blockchain‐based AIS. While digitisation of the validation process reduces the error rate and lowers the cost of vouching and tracing, and immutability of blockchain data reduces the incentive and opportunities for fraud, a blockchain‐based AIS alone does not guarantee that financial reports are true and fair. Lower error rates and reduced incentives for accounting fraud in a blockchain‐based AIS are expected to improve audit quality. This prediction will need to be empirically tested when blockchain‐based AIS become available. Using the three‐tier architecture of the AIS, this paper addresses the gap in the literature that misses how characteristics of blockchain technology can influence the implementation of a blockchain‐based AIS with related implications for the accounting profession.

中文翻译:

区块链作为会计系统中的数据库引擎

本文研究了关于区块链技术将改变会计和专业的预测,因为记录在区块链上的交易可以汇总为财务报表并确认为真实准确。我们认为,区块链技术通过当前基于纸张的验证流程的数字化影响会计信息系统(AIS)的数据库引擎。在基于区块链的AIS中,会计师将不再是中央机关,而将继续是法规要求的财务报告的准备者。他们将继续影响诸如验证者的选择和认可之类的政策,并充当最后的验证者。仍需要收集审计证据以在基于区块链的AIS中提供审计意见。验证流程的数字化降低了错误率并降低了凭证和追踪的成本,而区块链数据的不变性减少了欺诈的诱因和机会,但仅基于区块链的AIS并不能保证财务报告的真实性和公正性。在基于区块链的AIS中,较低的错误率和减少的会计欺诈诱因有望改善审计质量。当基于区块链的AIS可用时,需要对这一预测进行经验检验。本文使用AIS的三层体系结构,解决了文献中的空白,该空白错过了区块链技术的特征如何影响基于区块链的AIS的实施,并对会计行业产生了相关影响。区块链数据的不可变性减少了欺诈的诱因和机会,仅基于区块链的AIS并不能保证财务报告的真实性和公正性。在基于区块链的AIS中,较低的错误率和减少的会计欺诈诱因有望改善审计质量。当基于区块链的AIS可用时,需要对这一预测进行经验检验。本文使用AIS的三层体系结构,解决了文献中的空白,该空白错过了区块链技术的特征如何影响基于区块链的AIS的实施,并对会计行业产生了相关影响。区块链数据的不可变性减少了欺诈的诱因和机会,仅基于区块链的AIS并不能保证财务报告的真实性和公正性。在基于区块链的AIS中,较低的错误率和减少的会计欺诈诱因有望改善审计质量。当基于区块链的AIS可用时,需要对这一预测进行经验检验。本文使用AIS的三层体系结构,解决了文献中的空白,该空白错过了区块链技术的特征如何影响基于区块链的AIS的实施,并对会计行业产生了相关影响。在基于区块链的AIS中,较低的错误率和减少的会计欺诈诱因有望改善审计质量。当基于区块链的AIS可用时,需要对这一预测进行经验检验。本文使用AIS的三层体系结构,解决了文献中的空白,该空白错过了区块链技术的特征如何影响基于区块链的AIS的实施,并对会计行业产生了相关影响。在基于区块链的AIS中,较低的错误率和减少的会计欺诈诱因有望改善审计质量。当基于区块链的AIS可用时,需要对这一预测进行经验检验。本文使用AIS的三层体系结构,解决了文献中的空白,该空白错过了区块链技术的特征如何影响基于区块链的AIS的实施,并对会计行业产生了相关影响。
更新日期:2019-05-15
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