This study examines the determinants of financial firms' lobbying behaviour in the replacement process of International Financial Reporting Standard 4 (IFRS 4) <italic>Insurance Contracts</italic>. Based on comment letters in response to International Accounting Standards Board's (IASB) Exposure Draft 2010/8, we...

Private firms are likely to use the financial reporting process more for other objectives, such as tax savings, than for communicating performance. However, observing firms choosing accounting policies for tax-minimisation purposes is not straightforward due to (i) tax and non-tax costs of...