ACCOUNTING OF DEFERRED TAX ASSETS AND LIABILITIES: HISTORICAL EXCURSION AND MODERN REALITIES

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ольга Височан ◽  
Тетяна Івасюк
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Historical Context ◽  
Current Position ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Historical Methods ◽  
Algorithmic Process ◽  
Methodological Difficulties

The article considers the essence of deferred tax assets and liabilities and their reflection in the system of accounts and registers in the historical context. The periodization of the process of formation and development of the problem of deferred taxes in Ukraine with the use of normative and historical methods of cognition is carried out. The differences between permanent and temporary differences in tax profit (loss) and accounting profit (loss) are described. The approach to accounting for deferred taxes and their place in the reporting of enterprises using an algorithmic process is generalized. A detailed description of the current position of accounting for deferred taxes through the viewpoint of Ukrainian accounting standard 17 "Income Tax". Conclusions are made on the possibility of further research on the elimination of methodological difficulties in the allocation of certain tax differences to temporary or permanent.

scholarly journals Last chance for a big bath: managing deferred taxes under IAS 12 in Brazilian listed firms

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (80) ◽  
pp. 268-281
Author(s):  
Alex A. T. Rathke ◽  
Amaury José Rezende ◽  
Rafael Moreira Antônio ◽  
Marcelo Botelho C. Moraes
Keyword(s):  
Least Squares ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Research Strategy ◽  
Omitted Variables ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Big Bath ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
New Evidence

ABSTRACT This study investigates whether Brazilian loss-making firms manage deferred income tax as a form of big bath strategy. "Big bath” is a strategy in which a firm manages earnings by intentionally recording large non-recurring losses. We found original evidence supporting the hypothesis of big bath through the managing of deferred taxes under CPC 32/IAS 12. Deferred tax expenses can be used as a tool for reducing earnings because of the subjectivity and timing involved. To analyze the excess of deferred taxes, we propose a particular research strategy that is based on the increased homogeneity of accounting standards and tax regulation in Brazilian listed firms. This analysis provides new evidence of big bath adjustments that was never described before in the literature. We analyze 226 Brazilian listed firms for the 2011-2015 period. We designed a linear model to estimate deferred tax excess that is based on the conditional independence between treatment and effect under accounting standard CPC32/IAS 12. For our baseline analysis, we used least squares with controlling covariates. We also used two-stage least squares to control for omitted variables bias. This paper finds evidence that Brazilian firms can manage deferred income tax as a form of big bath. Results indicate that loss-making firms disclose significantly higher excesses of net deferred tax expenses, and that these excesses increase with losses.

Features of Audit of Accounting (Financial) Statements of the Organizations Which Are Ahead of Schedule Applying in Accounting the Balance Method of Accounting of Temporary Differences

Auditor ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 17-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
Людмила Сотникова ◽  
Lyudmila Sotnikova
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Balance Method ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Current Income ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
National Accounting ◽  
Ministry Of Finance ◽  
Deferred Tax

Th e article is devoted to the topical practical issues of accounting and auditing arising in connection with the amendments to the Federal accounting standard 18/02 «Accounting of calculations of profi t tax» by the Ministry of Finance of Russia No. 236h from 20.11.2018, the essence of which is that in national accounting practices is being promoted balance method of determining the amount of the current income tax, deferred tax assets and liabilities. The article deals with the principal provisions of the balance sheet method of accounting for diff erences between accounting and tax financial results, the use of which will be mandatory from 2020, while in 2019 it is possible to early voluntary application of the balance sheet method by reporting organizations.

The Influence of Tax and Nontax Factors on Banks' Choice of Organizational Form

2003 ◽  
Vol 78 (1) ◽  
pp. 297-325 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leslie Hodder ◽  
Mary Lea McAnally ◽  
Connie D. Weaver
Keyword(s):  
Equity Capital ◽  
Income Taxes ◽  
Regulatory Capital ◽  
Strategic Choices ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
State Income ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Tax Loss ◽  
First Time

This paper identifies tax and nontax factors that influence commercial banks' conversion from taxable C-corporation to nontaxable S-corporation from 1997 to 1999, after a 1996 tax-law change allowed banks to convert to S-corporations for the first time. We find that banks are more likely to convert when conversion saves dividend taxes, avoids alternative minimum taxes, and minimizes state income taxes. Banks are less likely to convert when conversion restricts access to equity capital, nullifies corporate tax loss carryforwards, and creates potential penalty taxes on unrealized gains existing at the conversion date. Banks with significant deferred tax assets are less likely to convert, presumably because the write-off of deferred taxes at conversion decreases regulatory capital and exposes the bank to costly regulatory intervention. We also investigate the strategic choices banks make before converting to S-corporations. Converting banks alter their capital structures, deliberately sell appreciated assets, and strategically set dividends to augment net conversion benefits.

scholarly journals Earnings Management Through Deferred Taxes Recognized Under IAS 12: Evidence From Pakistan

2014 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-19
Author(s):  
Abdul Rafay Abdul Rafay ◽  
Mobeen Ajmal
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Value Relevance ◽  
Relevant Information ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Operational Activities ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Relevant Component

This study examines earnings management through deferred taxes calculated under the IAS 12 and its impact on firm valuation. The literature finds that book–tax nonconformity leads to better earning quality and a greater association between earnings and future expected cash flows. Given that Pakistan is a pioneering implementer of the International Financial Reporting Standards, our hypothesis is that the components of deferred tax disclosed under the IAS 12 provide value-relevant information to equity investors. We divide deferred tax components into three categories: those arising from (i) operational activities, (ii) investing activities, and (iii) financing activities. These are subdivided to ensure that no value-relevant component is aggregated with a nonvalue-relevant component, which might otherwise lead to an information slack. Our sample includes data on shariah-compliant companies listed on the Karachi Meezan Index (KMI-30). We find that deferred tax line items in firms’ balance sheets are reflected in market prices. Investors also tend to treat deferred tax line items (arising from operating, financing, and investing activities) differently. Furthermore, the value relevance is dissimilar for different components of deferred tax. Investors are wary of deferred tax assets and liabilities when pricing and are likely to penalize firms with a higher deferred tax position.

scholarly journals Deferred Tax Accounting Concepts and Their Bond to the Accounting Ideologies

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (4) ◽  
pp. 34-50
Author(s):  
A. A. Aksent’ev
Keyword(s):  
Balance Sheet ◽  
Financial Accounting ◽  
Corporate Management ◽  
Controversial Issues ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Domestic Practice ◽  
Important Object ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Tax Accounting

Deferred taxes are an important object of accounting observation to judge the degree of discrepancies between financial and tax accounting. Meanwhile, the information discloses to users the effects arising from the tax planning tools usage for corporate management and forecasting cash outflows associated with the payment of income tax in the future. The paper formalized two concepts of accounting for deferred taxes in the form of models: temporary and timing differences associated with accounting ideologies. The author ha structured the logic of reflecting deferred taxes on accounting accounts using the balance sheet and “cost” methods. Analysis of foreign experience and domestic practice made it possible to conclude that there are controversial issues on the assessment of deferred taxes in reporting, including at present value. Also, the author revealed discrepancies in Russian Accounting Standard (PBU) 18/02 which were conceptually different from a similar international standard and conflicting with it in a number of theoretical and methodological positions. The research results are aimed at scientific and practical workers in the field of financial accounting, taxation and audit.

Decomposing Changes in Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities to Isolate Earnings Management Activities

2004 ◽  
Vol 26 (s-1) ◽  
pp. 43-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
John D. Phillips ◽  
Morton Pincus ◽  
Sonja Olhoft Rego ◽  
Huishan Wan
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Using Data ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Annual Earnings ◽  
Tax Expense ◽  
Footnote Disclosures

This paper provides evidence on the types of accounts that reveal earnings management activities. We build on Burgstahler and Dichev's (1997) evidence of earnings management to avoid an earnings decline and Phillips et al.'s (2003) findings that deferred tax expense (DTE) can be used to detect such earnings management. In particular, we investigate the relation between changes in annual earnings and changes in deferred tax asset and liability components using data hand-collected from firms' income tax footnote disclosures. Our evidence indicates that changes in the net deferred tax liability (DTL) component related to revenue and expense accruals and reserves can be used to detect earnings management to avoid an earnings decline. In addition, we build on Joos et al.'s (2003) results and partition our sample into firm-years with positive and negative changes in net DTLs and repeat our analyses. In contrast to the Joos et al. (2003) finding that DTE can be used to detect earnings management only for firm-years in which DTE is negative, we find that both subsamples reflect earnings management of revenue and expense accruals and reserves to report earnings increases.

The Association between Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities and Future Tax Payments

2013 ◽  
Vol 88 (4) ◽  
pp. 1357-1383 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rick C. Laux
Keyword(s):  
Data Availability ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Taxable Income ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Incremental Information ◽  
Theoretical Predictions ◽  
Tax Payments ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
The Relationship

ABSTRACT This study empirically examines whether deferred taxes provide incremental information about future tax payments and explores whether the relationship is affected by whether and when the deferred tax accounts reverse. The analysis provides evidence that while deferred taxes do provide incremental information about future tax payments, the magnitude of the information is small. Further, consistent with theoretical predictions (Guenther and Sansing 2000, 2004; Dotan 2003) the analysis demonstrates there is an asymmetrical association between deferred taxes and future tax payments. For instance, deferred taxes associated with temporary differences that are included in GAAP income prior to taxable income are associated with future tax payments. In contrast, deferred taxes associated with temporary differences that are included in GAAP income after taxable income are not associated with future tax payments. Finally, the analysis provides evidence that growth in the deferred tax balances does not defer future tax payments. Data Availability: The data are available from public sources.

scholarly journals DEFERRED INCOME TAX: IMPACT ON FINANCIAL AND TAX REPORTING (THE PRACTIСE OF UKRAINE AND GERMANY)

2021 ◽  
Vol 4 (39) ◽  
pp. 138-148
Author(s):  
O. Malyshkin ◽  
S. Rohoznyi ◽  
O. Yarmolitska ◽  
Yu. Ostapenko
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Jel Classification ◽  
International Standards ◽  
Tax Base ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Deferred Tax Liabilities ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Tax Reporting ◽  
The Impact

Abstract. Income taxation is typical for most countries with their own peculiarities. In the practice of the Ukrainian enterprises, there is a lack of relationship between accounting and tax accounting to reflect the deferred tax asset and deferred tax liability in the reporting. The purpose of the article is to analyze the income tax in terms of its calculation by the international standards and identify key tax differences. The authors proposed to formulate the definitions of the current income tax which should be understood as the amount of income taxes payable (reimbursed) on taxable profit (tax loss) for the period and expenses (income) from income tax which should be understood as the total amount included in the determination of profit or loss for the period in accordance with current and deferred taxes. This interpretation of the definitions will help better understand the concepts in accounting and taxation. The tax base of assets and the tax base of liabilities are given and substantiated. The temporary differences were identified by authors. The example of definition of Deferred tax liabilities and Deferred tax assets, the order of their reflection in the report on financial results (about the total income) and disclosure in the Notes to the financial reporting is considered and analyzed. The impact on the indicators of the Income Tax Return is investigated. There is no direct impact of the amount of the Deferred tax assets / Deferred tax liabilities according to the current algorithm for the object of taxation, which is determined by tax legislation. The conclusions are made about the importance of determining of Deferred tax liabilities and Deferred tax assets, which directly affects the amount of net profit. The result of the study was confirmation of the hypothesis concerning different orientation of norms of the legal documents on the display of information in the forms of the financial and tax reporting. Such differences are related to the different requirement to the reporting by the modern stakeholders. Keywords: income tax, deferred tax, tax asset, tax liability, reporting. JEL Classification M40, М41, М48 Formulas: 0; fig.: 2; tabl.: 5; bibl.: 16.

Applying the updated PBU 18/02 Standard in the context of transition to Federal Accounting Standard FSBU 25/2018

2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (5) ◽  
pp. 503-520
Author(s):  
I.A. Lisovskaya ◽  
N.G. Trapeznikova
Keyword(s):  
Systems Analysis ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Corporate Income Tax ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Deferred Taxes ◽  
Accounting Standard ◽  
Tax Accounting

Subject. This article considers the complex issues of the co-use of PBU 18/02 Corporate Income Tax Accounting and Federal Accounting Standard FSBU 25/2018 Accounting for Leases. Objectives. The article aims to analyze methodological issues related to the recognition of deferred taxes in a tenant's accounting with consideration to the differences in the reflection of lease operations in accounting and tax records. Methods. For the study, we used a systems analysis and generalization. Results. The article identifies a number of unresolved methodological issues relating to the provisions of the updated version of PBU 18/02 in the context of the transition to a new lease reflection procedure. Conclusions and Relevance. The article concludes that it is now appropriate to prepare methodological materials explaining and clarifying the practice of applying regulations on the reflection of deferred income tax on lease transactions. The results of the study can be used in scientific and practical activities, as well as to develop proposals to improve the methodology of Russian accounting, focused on convergence with modern international practices.

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