Although tax values of corporate assets and liabilities can be relevant for economic decisions, they are typically unknown to financial statement users. Tax values permit to conduct empirical studies about exercise of IFRS and tax options. Furthermore, the level of tax loss carryforwards and tax...

This paper analyzes the Croatian legislation on Value Added Tax (VAT) during the period 1995-2008. First, we describe the most important VAT reforms. We show that the preferential tax treatment of particular products and industries fails to reach the tax legislator's economic and socio-political...

This paper proposes the introduction of a consumption-based corporate income tax in the European Union. Our proposal would guarantee neutrality regarding investment decisions and at the same time increase cost-efficiency. The proposal is based on the S-base cash flow tax, where transactions...

In this study we analyse stock price reactions to share buyback announcements from a tax perspective in Germany. To determine the influence of taxes on stock prices on the announcement day of share buybacks two different tax regimes - the corporate imputation system and the classical corporate...

Für die Wirkungsweise steuerlicher Anreize ist die Forschungsfrage, ob sich Unternehmen mit und ohne steuerliche Verlustvorträge in Entscheidungsprozessen wie der Investitions- und Finanzierungspolitik voneinander unterscheiden, von besonderer steuerpolitischer Relevanz. Die Identifikation von...