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Earnings and balance-sheet properties and the interplay of tax incentives and tax enforcement
- Source :
- International Journal of Economics and Accounting; 2021, Vol. 10 Issue: 4 p421-449, 29p
- Publication Year :
- 2021
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Abstract
- This paper analyses the joint association of tax incentives and tax law enforcement strictness on private firms' earnings and balance sheet properties. It answers a call for additional research on why "here is (…) substantial within-country variation in managers' incentives to [manage] earnings" [LaFond et al., (2007), p.14]. There is evidence that tax laws in practice are enacted to a different extent within a country's homogenous legal framework. The key results are that stricter tax law enforcement impairs managers' ability or willingness to engage in income-decreasing accrual earnings management. On the downside, managers instead seem to resort to real earnings management choices which are associated with potentially negative long-term real business impact but generally covered by the business judgement rule.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2041868X and 20418698
- Volume :
- 10
- Issue :
- 4
- Database :
- Supplemental Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Economics and Accounting
- Publication Type :
- Periodical
- Accession number :
- ejs58075986
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1504/IJEA.2021.118274