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Tax management and IFRS financial reporting synergies

Tax management and IFRS financial reporting synergies This paper investigates whether taxes presented according to the IFRS financial statements convey value relevant information. We ask the following questions: do taxes derived from published IFRS financial statements convey information on tax planning policies and thus be used to predict future taxation? Are the IFRS deferred taxation treatments used as vehicles for achieving management’s planning strategies? Is IFRS tax information value relevant and fully appreciated by stock market participants? The empirical evidence suggests that past income taxes provide information regarding firms’ future tax position. Firms use deferred taxation strategies in order to reduce future tax expenses and meet their tax planning policies. Tax strategies in the framework of IFRS adoption provide value relevant information to stock market participants. Misinterpretation in assessing the tax effects of accounting choices can lead to wrong investment decisions which reveal the necessity for increased regulation on the disclosure of the tax information. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation Inderscience Publishers

Tax management and IFRS financial reporting synergies

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Inderscience Publishers
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1740-8008
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1740-8016
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10.1504/IJAAPE.2012.047809
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Abstract

This paper investigates whether taxes presented according to the IFRS financial statements convey value relevant information. We ask the following questions: do taxes derived from published IFRS financial statements convey information on tax planning policies and thus be used to predict future taxation? Are the IFRS deferred taxation treatments used as vehicles for achieving management’s planning strategies? Is IFRS tax information value relevant and fully appreciated by stock market participants? The empirical evidence suggests that past income taxes provide information regarding firms’ future tax position. Firms use deferred taxation strategies in order to reduce future tax expenses and meet their tax planning policies. Tax strategies in the framework of IFRS adoption provide value relevant information to stock market participants. Misinterpretation in assessing the tax effects of accounting choices can lead to wrong investment decisions which reveal the necessity for increased regulation on the disclosure of the tax information.

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International Journal of Accounting, Auditing and Performance Evaluation – Inderscience Publishers

Published: Jan 1, 2012

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