The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development introduced country-by-country reporting (CbCR) for multinational enterprises (MNEs) to help tax authorities combat tax-motivated income shifting. This study uses confidential tax administrative data from 2011 to 2018 to examine the...

We examine whether the disclosure of tax-related uncertainty through unrecognized tax benefits (UTBs) resolves or exacerbates investors’ uncertainty about firm value based on evidence from investor trading behavior and information asymmetry around the time of the disclosure. We find that...

We examine whether the demand for conditional conservatism produces unintended real consequences that are exacerbated by managerial incentives to report higher earnings. We document a robust positive association between conditional conservatism and real earnings management (REM), particularly...

The Financial Accounting Standards Board introduced FIN 48 (ASC 740-10) to increase relevance and comparability in the reporting of uncertain tax positions. The extant literature has found mixed results when examining if these goals have been met. Using a difference-in-differences design, we...

This paper examines whether the increased accounting guidance and reporting requirements of FIN 48 impact the adequacy and accuracy of tax reserves and the effect of auditor-provided tax services on tax reserves. While we do not find FIN 48 affected the adequacy or accuracy of tax reserves on...

We examine whether reductions in foreign country statutory corporate tax rates affect the competitive environment of U.S. domestic manufacturing firms and how U.S. firms respond. We develop a measure of U.S. domestic firms' exposure to changes in foreign country corporate tax rates and find U.S....

This study examines whether investors discount the foreign earnings of U.S. multinational corporations in anticipation of future repatriation taxes. Investor pricing of repatriation taxes has become increasingly important because of the decline in foreign statutory tax rates relative to the U.S....

This paper discusses the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s Two- Pillar proposal for changing the global, international corporate tax regime. We focus on the use of financial accounting income as part of these tax rules. We provide a relatively high-level explanation of...