In the context in which transfer pricing may represent a mechanism through which multinationals have the possibility to move funds internationally, in order to prevent the base erosion and profit shifting between multinationals, countries over the world have adopted various transfer pricing...

By its multiple facets, income tax is a subject of great interest both for academic and professional environment, on a microeconomic and macroeconomic level. After analyzing the relevant literature in the field, in order to demonstrate the influence of income tax over a company's performance,...

Using data from private Polish Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) for 2003-2013, I investigate in this paper the influence of bank borrowing on their book-tax conformity and accounting practices. In order to verify the importance of the link between tax law and the accounts of private firms,...

This research attempts to explore accounting academics and investors' perception on the adequacy of the quality and quantity of disclosed information by Jordanian public shareholding companies listed on the Amman Stock Exchange (ASE). Jordanian Securities Depositary Center (JSDC) requires the...

Accounting for defined benefit pension plans is complex, and given the magnitude of many of these schemes relative to their corporate sponsor, understanding whether pension disclosures are value relevant is key to improving the quality of financial reports. The application of fair value...

This article offers an image of the consequences that have arisen in the accounting practice in Romania, as a result of frequent changes in Romanian accounting in the recent years. In order to achieve this objective, it was conducted a positive type research by applying a survey among the...

Research Questions - Does the hierarchy of earnings thresholds differ between accounting systems? Does a temporal shift occur in the hierarchy of the earnings thresholds associated with earnings management? Motivation - A number of studies looked into the hierarchy of earnings thresholds based...

This special issue of the journal of Accounting and Management Information Systems groups recent research into reporting by Small and Medium-sized Entities (SMEs) in four countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), namely Poland, Romania, Slovenia and Turkey. SMEs represent the vast majority...

Research Question: Whether the adoption of IFRSs has led to the harmonization and comparability of Baltic listed companies' cash flow statements? Motivation: Baker and Barbu (2007) have marked that the adoption of IFRSs in EU is the new phase of international harmonization. However, IFRSs still...

This paper mobilizes an institutionalism-based approach in order to discuss the factors influencing the recent evolution of the Romanian accounting profession and to advance a tentative prognosis. Using the case of Romania as context for the study, we illustrate how a national profession aligned...