Causal effects of corporate taxes on private firms' earnings management: a regression discontinuity analysis

PurposeThe authors emphasize the information role of earnings management and how it may be used to “mislead some stakeholders about the underlying economic performance of the company or to influence contractual outcomes that depend on reported accounting numbers.” Specifically, the authors examine the causal effect of tax incentives on private firms' earnings management based on a corporate tax reform in China.Design/methodology/approachIn December 2001, China implemented a tax collection reform which moved the collection of corporate income taxes from the local tax bureau to the state tax bureau. This reform results in exogenous variations in the effective tax rate among similar firms established before and after 2002. The authors apply a regression discontinuity design and use the generated variation in the effective tax rate to investigate the impact of taxes on firm earnings management.FindingsThe authors find that tax reduction substantially increases private firms' incentives to manage earnings information, and such effect is particularly pronounced when tax collection intensity and government interventions are low. Further evidence shows that lower tax rates stimulate firms' investment, inventory turnover and recruitment of skilled human capital. A plausible mechanism is that private firms signal a promising outlook by managing earnings to attain greater financing and improve investment/operation levels when financial constraints are removed.Originality/valueFirst, the authors present the causal effects of tax incentives on private firm's earnings management, which deepens the authors’ understanding on the determinants of firm's earnings information production. Second, this study also contributes to the literature on tax-induced earnings management. Third, the authors believe that this topic offers clear policy implications and would be of particular interest to regulators.

Pengaruh Kepatuhan Wajib Pajak, Pemeriksaan Pajak, dan Pemungutan Pajak terhadap Penerimaan Pajak Penghasilan Badan

ABSTRACT Taxes play a crucial role in the life of the state, especially in the implementation of state’s development because taxes are the main source of state income. For this reason, the realization of the tax revenue target must be achieved. Therefore, a study to identify factors which can influence tax revenue is important to conduct. This study aims to examine the effect of three factors (taxpayer’s compliance, tax audit and tax collection) toward corporate income tax revenue. This study uses secondary data obtained from Tax Office Jakarta Sawah Besar Satu with a time span of 2015-2019. This research is conducted by using a multiple linear regression analysis model. The result of this study reveals that taxpayer’s compliance and tax collection have a significant and positive effect on corporate income tax revenue, while tax audits have no significant effect on corporate income tax revenue at Tax Office Jakarta Sawah Besar Satu. ABSTRAK Pajak memegang peranan penting dalam kehidupan bernegara terutama dalam pelaksanaan pembangunan negara karena pajak merupakan sumber utama pendapatan. Untuk itu, realisasi target pendapatan pajak harus dapat tercapai. Oleh karena itu, penelitian untuk mengidentifikasi faktor-faktor yang dapat mempengaruhi pendapatan pajak penting untuk dilakukan. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menguji pengaruh tiga faktor (kepatuhan wajib pajak, pemeriksaan pajak dan pemungutan pajak) terhadap pendapatan pajak penghasilan badan. Penelitian ini menggunakan data sekunder yang diperoleh dari Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Jakarta Sawah Besar Satu dengan rentang waktu 2015-2019. Penelitian ini dilakukan dengan menggunakan model analisis regresi linier berganda. Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa kepatuhan wajib pajak dan penagihan pajak berpengaruh signifikan dan positif terhadap pendapatan pajak penghasilan badan, sedangkan pemeriksaan pajak tidak berpengaruh signifikan terhadap pendapatan pajak penghasilan badan pada Kantor Pelayanan Pajak Pratama Jakarta Sawah Besar Satu

Tax collection in the Roman Empire: a new institutional economics approach

This paper reviews the Roman tax collection system since the Late Republic to the Principality, focusing on the transition from the tax-farming system to a more centralized, census-based administration. We attempt to justify this transition according to New Institutional Economic theories (Transaction Cost Economics and Property Rights Theory). The paper argues that, during the Republic, the auction-based system of tax farming ended up giving place to opportunistic behaviors and abusing practices due to information asymmetries and contract incompleteness, enhanced by the collusion of tax farmers and governors. The Principality improved the efficiency of the tax collection system through the introduction of a bureaucratic and census-based administration, which allowed imperial employees to monitor the tax-farming activities.

Peran Religiusitas Sebagai Moderasi Determinan Tindakan Penggelapan Pajak

The purpose of this research is to show the effect of fairness of tax collection, subjective norms, taxation system, and tax sanctions on tax evasion, which is moderated by religiosity. This study uses a quantitative approach. The data used are primary data derived from questionnaires. The population used are entrepreneurs registered with the cooperative service, small and medium enterprises in the city of Salatiga. The sampling technique used purposive sampling to obtain as many as 33 samples. Data analysis using multiple linear regression and moderated regression analysis (MRA). The results showed that the fairness of tax collection, taxation system, and tax sanctions could not affect the act of tax evasion. Then religiosity cannot be a moderator in the act of tax evasion. However, subjective norms have been shown to influence tax evasion. Subjective norms are suggestions or invitations to those closest to them to comply with tax regulations not to commit tax evasion. Religiosity cannot reduce tax evasion because it is influenced by external factors so that religiosity as an individual value embedded in the person cannot be a component that reduces tax evasion.

Periodic, Quasi-Periodic and Phase-Locked Oscillations and Stability in the Fiscal Dynamical Model with Tax Collection and Decision-Making Delays

In this paper, we consider the complex dynamics of a fiscal dynamical model, which was improved from Wolfstetter classical growth cycle model by Sportelli et al. The main work of the present paper is to study the impact of fiscal policy delays on the national income adjustment processes using a dynamical method, such as double Hopf bifurcation analysis. We first use DDE-BIFTOOL to find the double Hopf bifurcation points of the system, and draw the bifurcation diagrams with two bifurcation parameters, i.e. the tax collection delay [Formula: see text] and the public expenditure decision-making delay [Formula: see text]. Then we employ the method of multiple scales to obtain two amplitude equations. By analyzing these amplitude equations, we derive the classification and unfolding of these double Hopf bifurcation points. And three types of double Hopf bifurcations are found. Finally, we verify the results by numerical simulations. We find complex dynamic behaviors of the system via the analytical method, such as stable equilibrium, stable periodic, quasi-periodic and phase-locked solutions in respective regions. The dynamical phenomena can help policy makers to choose a proper range of the delays so that they could effectively formulate fiscal policies to stabilize the economy.

Governance and tax revenue: does foreign aid matter?

This study seeks to explores the relationship among governance, foreign aid, and tax revenue. A common notion on governance is that it is a multifaceted factor, it may affect from other factor that is foreign aid. Foreign aid can hamper the governance situation and thus can reduce tax collection. To test these theoretical assumptions, we collected the numerical data from Asian economies for the years 2001–2019 and employed the panel FMOLS (fully modified ordinary least square) test to estimate the regression. The empirical findings first reveal that governance and foreign aid have a positive association with tax revenue in the long run. However, a negative trend in tax collection was observed following the interaction of foreign aid and governance. Foreign aid deteriorates the governance situation, which has a negative spillover impact on tax revenue. Our empirical analysis suggests that policy officials should focus on exercising governance and foreign aid effectiveness to meet the objective of more tax collection. Points for practitioners Policy officials should focus on better governance exercises. They should carefully decide on the volume of foreign aid receipts. However, if it becomes necessary to receive foreign aid, then they should focus on aid effectiveness. Such steps can benefit the practitioners to collect more tax.

The definitive VAT system and its impact on tax collection

Value Added Tax (VAT) is a significant source of fiscal revenues in the EU. However, the VAT treatment of cross-border supplies enables large-scale tax frauds, such as the Missing Trader Intra-Community (MTIC), which takes each year billions of euros from Member States' public budgets. In 2016 a definitive VAT system was proposed by the European Commission to respond to the shortcomings of the current temporary system. This new system should reduce the possibilities of MTIC fraud for intra-community transactions through the collection of VAT by the supplier in the same way as for domestic transactions. The tax collection by the supplier would impact the administrative costs of the financial authorities. This paper contributes to the discussion about the advantages and disadvantages of the newly suggested system. The analysis focuses on the study of the change in administrative costs and VAT revenues for individual Member States and across the EU. The results are that after implementing the definitive VAT system, total administrative costs of the Member States would increase at least by EUR 107 million, whereas total VAT revenues would rise by EUR 40 billion. This indicates the overall positive impact of the definitive VAT system for the EU. However, individual Member States would not benefit equally. The net exporters, whose intra-community supplies exceed the intra-community acquisitions, would spend more than others for the collection of VAT in connection with the international trade of goods.