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Most companies in electronic industry in Taiwan adopt the policy of non-payment stock dividend, and also record it by taking the term of “face value”. The researcher wonders if the distribution of new stocks does not bring any actual expenditure of cost but only produces the transfer of stockholder’s equity accounts. The result of accounting treatment probably generates the following impacts: (1)The capital stock will be overstated (2)The value of ex-right stock and EPS will be diluted (3)The stockholder’s equity will be damaged. In order to explore the above problems, the author gathered, summarized and analyzed related literatures including the regulations of employee’s bonus in APB Opinion No. 25 and SFAS No. 123. Meanwhile, the researcher further discusses the following issues: (1)The functions of the employee’s stock ownership plan. (2)The concepts of employee’s stock bonus as an expense. (3)The comparison between employee’s stock bonus system in Taiwan and employee’s stock ownership plan in the US. (4)The differences between employee’s stock bonus in Taiwan and employee’s stock option in the US. Questionnaires are used to collect data from various professional fields including CPA, investors, faculty in universities and employees in the companies registered in Taiwan Stock Exchange. Effective questionnaires are 395. Statistics analyses employed are descriptive statistics, T-test, Chi-Square test and ANOVA. The conclusions are as follows: (1)In terms of perceptions on various items, there is no significant difference in gender. (2)In terms of perceptions regarding employee’s stock bonus as an expense, there are significant differences in different status and educational degrees. (3)In terms of perceptions on the influence of employee’s stock bonus on stockholder’s equity, there are significant differences in different ages, status and educational degrees. (4)In terms of perceptions concerning the influence of employee’s stock bonus on operating performance of companies, there are significant differences in different status and educational degrees. (5)Viewpoints in related to employee’s stock bonus, there are significant differences in different demography variables.
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