Das Buch gibt den Ablauf einer mündlichen Prüfung eines Steuerberaterexamens realitätsnah wieder. Im gesamten Bundesgebiet besteht die Prüfung aus sechs Prüfungsabschnitten und einem Kurzvortrag. In diesem Buch wird dieser Ablauf nachgebildet. So werden jeweils zwei Prüfungsabschnitte den...

Using confidential corporate income tax return data, this paper investigates the association between book-tax non-conformity (measured as book-tax differences) and tax-loss carryforwards (TLCFs). I find that TLCFs are positively associated with temporary and permanent book-tax differences. Only...

This dissertation contains three essays on financial reporting, tax, and politics. The first essay explores whether the tax authority is able to generate spillover effects for auditors. The IRS can generate spillover effects for auditors, as a strong IRS increases manager’s incentives to...

We present a theory of optimal transparency when banks are exposed to rollover risk. Disclosing bank-specific information enhances the stability of the financial system during crises, but has a destabilizing effect in normal economic times. Thus, the regulator optimally increases transparency...

The paper presents a theory of optimal transparency when financial institutions are exposed to rollover risk. Transparency enhances the stability of the financial system during crises but has destabilizing effects in normal economic times. Thus, the regulator optimally increases transparency...

We examine whether managers' decisions to capitalize or expense R&D expenditures convey information about the future performance of the firm. Focusing on a French setting where managers can choose to capitalize R&D expenditures under certain circumstances, we find that, after controlling for...

Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debt financing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In a general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and...

The paper analyses the different accounting methods for strategic investments in separate financial statements according to IFRS. Furthermore it compares the accounting methods according to international standards with German GAAP, including the statements of the German professional institute of...

Tax planners often choose debt over equity financing. As this has led to increased corporate debt financing, many countries have introduced thin capitalization rules to secure their tax revenues. In a general capital structure model we analyze if thin capitalization rules affect dividend and...

Die Unternehmensteuerreform 2008 zielt darauf ab, die Attraktivität des Standortes Deutschland und die unternehmerische Eigenkapitalausstattung zu verbessern. Dies soll durch Steuersatzsenkungen für Kapitalgesellschaften und die Einführung einer Thesaurierungsbegünstigung für...

"For many companies, fixed assets represent the largest single aspect of their financial statement, yet rarely do they command time proportionate to the magnitude of the investment. This is the first book to show how to implement internal controls for fixed assets. It is a step-by-step guide for...

We examine the current accounting controversy over dividend tax capitalization using a model in which we model explicitly the investment and dividend policies of the firm. We measure dividend tax capitalization using Tobin's q. Our analysis shows that the effect of dividend taxes on Tobin's q...