We quantify the degree of tax-induced earnings management associated with statutory tax rates and examine whether greater book-tax conformity alters this particular type of earnings management. We first validate a new empirical approach for examining tax-induced earnings management using...

Over the last decade, a large body of tax accounting literature on the association between book-tax conformity (BTC)/book-tax differences (BTD) and firms’ opportunistic reporting behavior has emerged. Yet, existing empirical evidence on the questions whether increased book-tax conformity...

We examine how a comprehensive change in book-tax conformity affects firms' reporting behavior. To this end, we exploit a Reform Act as a quasi-natural experiment which implied a decrease in book-tax conformity in Germany in 2010. In particular, this reform allows firms to exercise tax...

The German Accounting Law Modernization Act (BilMoG) represents a change in paradigm with regard to the traditionally close relationship between financial and tax accounting in Germany. At the same time, requirements on the disclosure of deferred taxes were revised considerably. We make use of...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis der handelsrechtlichen Gewinnermittlung zur steuerlichen Einkommensermittlung in Deutschland, Europa und den USA. Es werden die Zwecke der Rechenwerke diskutiert, sowie die Maßgeblichkeit der Handelsbilanz für die Steuerbilanz und deren...

Dieser Beitrag befasst sich mit dem Verhältnis der handelsrechtlichen Gewinnermittlung zur steuerlichen Einkommensermittlung in Deutschland, Europa und den USA. Es werden die Zwecke der Rechenwerke diskutiert, sowie die Maßgeblichkeit der Handelsbilanz für die Steuerbilanz und deren...