This study uses corporate tax return data to examine the evolution of firms' financial structure and performance after leveraged buyouts (LBOs) for a comprehensive sample of 317 LBOs taking place between 1995 and 2007. We find little evidence of operating improvements subsequent to an LBO,...

This paper investigates corporate income tax planning at the state level. Specifically, we examine whether certain firm-specific characteristics ? the number of states in which corporations file tax returns and their state apportionment factors ? impact firms' overall state tax burdens. The...

This study investigates the effect of accounting measurement and disclosure requirements on multistate income tax avoidance. The proliferation of sophisticated state tax planning techniques combined with the complexity of varying state tax regimes make multistate taxation an area rampant with...

We examine whether state corporate effective tax rates (ETRs) that began trending downward in the 1990s rose in response to FASB Interpretation No. 48 (FIN 48), Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes. We find state ETRs increase substantially in 2006 through 2008 for tax aggressive firms....

We investigate how firms use differences in state income tax regimes to lower their state tax burdens. We develop a model that predicts that firms' state effective tax rates first decrease then increase as a function of the number of states in which they file returns. Using firm-level data, we...

Prior multistate tax research on differences in state tax rules, while investigating the effects on revenue, investment, and tax burden, is silent regarding the effect on compliance costs. We investigate factors that explain state income tax compliance costs for large firms. We find that state...