Audit Firms, Deferred Taxation and Financial Reporting

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
Evangelos Chytis ◽  
John Filos ◽  
Periklis Tagkas ◽  
Maria Rodosthenous
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Banking Sector ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Balance Sheets ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Athens Stock Exchange ◽  
Deferred Tax Liabilities ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Audit Reports

The purpose of this paper is the sectoral analysis and evaluation of the external audit reports in relation to the amounts of deferred taxes on the balance sheets of listed companies in the Athens Stock Exchange (ASE). External auditors participate significantly in the preparation of financial reporting, reducing agency problems and aiding acceptance of such information by the users as reliable. The “unqualified” audit reports correspond to more than two thirds of the total, while in the banking sector there is no “unqualified” (ie without even issue of ‘emphasis') Audit Report after 2011. More than two thirds of Deferred Tax Assets - including those from Loss Carryforwards - (DTA), Deferred Tax Liabilities (DTL), and Deferred Tax in the Income Statement appear on the Balance Sheets of the companies audited by the Big 5. Audit firms and supervisory authorities do not seem to have made satisfactory evaluation and exploitation of this information.

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.

Valuation of the Firm in the Presence of Temporary Book-Tax Differences: The Role of Deferred Tax Assets and Liabilities

2000 ◽  
Vol 75 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
David A. Guenther ◽  
Richard C. Sansing
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Market Value ◽  
Cash Flows ◽  
Present Value ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Tax Deductions ◽  
Deferred Tax Liabilities ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Future Cash Flows

This study uses an analytical model to investigate the value of the firm when there are temporary differences between when revenue and expense items are recognized for tax- and financial-reporting purposes. The model shows that deferred tax assets and liabilities transform book values of underlying liabilities and assets into estimates of the after-tax cash flows on which the firm's market value is based. The analysis shows that if tax deductions are taken on a cash basis, and if the underlying assets and liabilities are recorded at the present value of their associated future cash flows, then the value of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is their recorded amount, regardless of when the asset will be realized or when the liability will reverse. If tax deductions are not taken when the expenditure is made (e.g., depreciation) or if underlying assets and liabilities are recorded at more than the present value of their associated future cash flows (e.g., warranty liabilities), then the market value of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities is less than their recorded values. The value of the deferred tax account is independent of when that account will reverse.

scholarly journals Financial reporting on income tax in Serbia and Croatia: An empirical analysis

2020 ◽  
Vol 68 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 330-340
Author(s):  
Stefan Vržina ◽  
Vladimir Obradović ◽  
Jasmina Bogićević
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Income Tax ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Reporting Practices ◽  
Economic Decision Making ◽  
National Environment ◽  
Deferred Tax Liabilities ◽  
Deferred Tax ◽  
Relevant Regulation

The paper examines the quality of financial reporting on income tax in Serbia and Croatia in order to determine the extent to which disclosed information on income tax in these countries is useful for economic decision making. The research based on financial statements of listed and non-listed companies for 2016 reveals that disclosed information on the income tax is not entirely in accordance with the relevant regulation. Therefore, there is a significant room for improvement of income tax financial reporting practices in both countries. The quality of disclosed income tax information is not related to the presence of companies in the stock market, as capital markets in Serbia and Croatia do not provide strong incentives for disclosing adequate information on income tax. The research also reveals significant differences in the prevailing sources of deferred tax assets and deferred tax liabilities between Serbia and Croatia, which indicates that the income tax financial reporting is conditioned by the specifics of the national environment.

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 Pengaruh Deferred Tax, Capital Intensity dan Return On Asset terhadap Agresivitas Pajak

2021 ◽  
pp. 160-172
Author(s):  
Angeline Margaretha ◽  
Mila Susanti ◽  
Valentine Siagian
Keyword(s):  
Coal Mining ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Capital Intensity ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Analysis ◽  
Significance Test ◽  
Tax Aggressiveness ◽  
Deferred Tax Assets ◽  
Deferred Tax

This research was conducted to identify the effect of Deferred Tax, Capital Intensity, and Return On Assets on Tax Aggressiveness in the coal mining sub-sector industry. This research uses a quantitative descriptive method. This paper uses secondary data from information that was obtained from the coal mining sub-sector listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2016-2019. The data collection method used purposive sampling. In this paper, there are several analysis used to process the data, which are, descriptive statistic analysis, correlation coefficient analysis, determination coefficient analysis, multiple linear regression analysis, significance test, and classical assumption test assisted by using Statistical Product and Service Solutions (SPSS) 23. The results of this research prove simultaneously. Deferred Tax Asset, Capital Intensity, and Return On Asset have a significant effect on tax aggressiveness, with the resulting significance value (0.006 <0.05). However, partially deferred tax assets do not have a significant effect on tax aggressiveness (0.365> 0.05), on the other hand, Capital Intensity is significant (0.001 <0.05), and Return On Asset has a negative significance(0.002 <0.05) effect to tax aggressiveness.  Keywords : Deferred Tax Expense, Capital Intensity, Return On Asset, and Tax  Aggressiveness

UKURAN KANTOR AKUNTAN PUBLIK, DISCRETIONARY ACCRUALS DAN OPINI AUDIT GOING CONCERN

2019 ◽  
Vol 15 (1) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Ravaela Amba Masiku ◽  
Christine Novita Dewi
Keyword(s):  
Earnings Management ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Audit Firm ◽  
Going Concern ◽  
Discretionary Accrual ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Going Concern Opinion ◽  
Positive Effect

The purpose of this study is to examine auditor’s concervatism in term of their reaction to client’s earnings management behavior and their limitations to issue the going concern opinions (GCO). The population of this study consists of 672 observations from 69 companies are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during 2012-2017. The author used the modified Jones model to measure discretionary accruals as a proxy of earnings management. The results of this study indicate that size of audit firm has a positive effect to discretionary accrual. Companies that have been audited by the Big4 tend to apply discretionary accrual in their financial reporting than companies audited by Non-Big4. Further, to strenghten the first hypothesis, we examine the effect of discretionary accruals and going concern opinion on companies that audited by audit firms Big4 lower than companies that audited by audit firms Non-Big4. We found that the result is consistent with the first hypothesis. Keywords : auditor reputation, discretionary accruals, going concern opinion, audit firm  ABSTRAK Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menguji konservatisme auditor dalam hal reaksi auditor terhadap akrual diskresioner yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan dan keterbatasan auditor untuk menerbitkan opini Going Concern (GC). Populasi penelitian terdiri dari 672 pengamatan dari 69 perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia (BEI) selama tahun 2012-2017. Penulis menggunakan model modifikasi Jones untuk mengukur akrual diskresioner sebagai proksi manajemen laba. Hasil dari penelitian ini menjelaskan bahwa ukuran kantor akuntan publik berpengaruh positif terhadap akrual diskresioner, hal tersebut diperkuat dengan pengaruh akrual diskresioner dan opini audit going concern yang diaudit oleh kantor akuntan publik Big4 lebih rendah dari perusahaan yang tidak diaudit oleh kantor akuntan publik Non-Big4. Kata kunci : reputasi auditor, akrual diskresioner, opini audit going concern, kantor akuntan publik

Aspects Regarding the Structure of the Financial Audit Market in the European Union from Fees Perspective

2021 ◽  
Vol 19 (164) ◽  
pp. 724-742
Author(s):  
Ovidiu Constantin Bunget ◽  
Alin-Constantin Dumitrescu ◽  
Rodica Gabriela Blidisel ◽  
Oana Alina Bogdan ◽  
Valentin Burca ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
European Union ◽  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Data Set ◽  
Audit Market ◽  
Audit Firms ◽  
Financial Audit ◽  
The One ◽  
Non Audit Services

The audit market, developed out of the need to strengthen the credibility and the quality of financial reporting, has led since the 1980s to a concentration around large audit firms, the dominance effect being marked on the one hand by the auditor’s increasing reputation and notoriety, and on the other hand by the client’s association with a reputed auditor, which contributes to improving the company’s image on the market. In this context, a major issue is represented by the level of the fees charged, as they represent key elements that may affect the auditor’s independence. Moreover, a sensitive aspect is the relationship between the fee charged for financial audit services and the one for non-audit services and the compensation practices between them. The European Commission wants to facilitate competition in an overly concentrated market and also provide the opportunity for small and medium-sized audit firms to become active players in the large corporate audit market through joint audit, in which at least one of the audit firms is not part of the Big4 group. The mandatory audit firm rotation and the limitation on the non-audit services provided are the main aspects of the recent audit reform that directly influences the fee level. The main purpose of this study is to analyse whether there is a pattern of audit costs at the community level. In this context, this paper aims to assess the uniformity of audit costs, namely to determine the structure of the audit market in the European Union. The research involves data set comparison methods, by analysing a sample of 2,896 firms listed on the stock exchange in 35 different states over the period 2013-2021.

scholarly journals Post-Earnings Announcement Drift in Greece

2015 ◽  
Vol 18 (03) ◽  
pp. 1550019 ◽  
Author(s):  
William Forbes ◽  
George Giannopoulos
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Prices ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
International Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Reporting Standards ◽  
Earnings Announcement ◽  
Financial Reporting Standards ◽  
Post Earnings Announcement Drift ◽  
Athens Stock Exchange ◽  
The Impact

This paper presents evidence regarding the post-earnings announcement drift (PEAD) anomaly for the Greek market in the years 2000–2006 (covering earnings announcements in the years 2001–2007). The impact of the introduction of International Financial Reporting Standards on the size and prevalence of the PEAD anomaly is examined. Unlike recent evidence for the US market we find PEAD to be alive and well, and of growing importance in our Greek sample. It may be the adoption of international financial reporting standards (IFRS) has served to reduce earnings predictability in Greece and thus enhance PEAD in the Athens stock exchange (ASE) market. This contrasts strongly with US evidence that the post-earnings-announcement drift anomaly is now waning as more efficient markets and smarter, fundamentals-based, traders arbitrage its impact on stock prices.

scholarly journals Audit Delay Analysis to Support the Effectiveness of Company’s Financial Reporting on Manufacturing Companies Listed On The Indonesia Stock Exchange

2021 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 160
Author(s):  
Tjahjani Murdijaningsih ◽  
Siti Muntahanah
Keyword(s):  
Financial Reporting ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Financial Statements ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Public Accounting ◽  
Accounting Firm ◽  
The Public ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
The Right ◽  
Audit Reports

Every company listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange is required to submit financial reports periodically. The financial statements shall be submitted no later than the end of the third month from the end date of the financial year. In reality, not all companies submit the right reports on time because of the audit reports, so that the company's financial reporting is not effective. Delays in financial reporting are closely related to audit delays. This study aims to analyze the factors that affect the time spent in auditing financial statements. The sample in this study were 15 real estate and property industrial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period 2013-2017. Determination of the sample in this study using the purposive sapling method. The analysis used is multiple regression analysis. The results showed that company size had no significant effect on audit delay. Meanwhile, profitability has a negative effect and the size of the public accounting firm has a significant positive effect on audit delay. The size of the company cannot determine the audit of the financial statements to improve the accuracy of the submission of financial statements. What must be paid more attention is the level of profitability and the public accounting firm that will be used.

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