{"title":"The Impact of Public Debt on Economic Growth: Evidence From Kosovo (2007- 2019)","authors":"Valdrin Misiri, Fisnik Morina, Halit Shabani","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.036","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.036","url":null,"abstract":"Introduction: The Republic of Kosovo, as a new democratic state and independent in 2008, has managed to create a stable financial system over the last decade. The importance of this scientific research lies in the fact that through this study we understand the impact of public debt on economic growth, debt management by past governments and the destination of these funds in capital investments as internal, external and very important sources of financing the economy of Kosovo. Purpose: This scientific paper aims to analyze the impact of public debt on Kosovo's economic growth during the period 2007-2019. Through various analyzes related to the country's public debt, we will be able to conclude the effect of public debt on Kosovo's economic growth. To analyze the public debt of the country, the following variables are included: GDP as a dependent variable, while as independent variables are the internal debt (DD) and external debt (EXD) of the Republic of Kosovo. Methodology: This paper is mainly based on the collection of data from secondary sources which are provided by the annual public debt reports published by the Ministry of Finance, the reports of the Central Bank of","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"4 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126340605","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Tax Compliance Cost of SMEs in Ghana","authors":"Ernest Bruce-Twum, D. Schutte","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.031","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The study sought to identify and measure the tax compliance costs incurred by SMEs in Ghana. It further sought to ascertain the compliance benefits earned by taxpayers. Methodology: Data was collected through a self-administered survey of 116 SMEs in five regions in Ghana. Findings: The study found that SMEs incur a gross compliance cost of GHC2 315 annually (excluding technological cost) or GHC4 687 where technological cost is included. The breakdown of the gross TCC by components showed the Internal Cost of GHC1 048, Incidental Cost of GHC121 and External Cost of GHC1 146. This study could not estimate the tax compliance benefits, even though most of the respondents agreed to the existence of benefits irrespective of their size. Small businesses were found to spend mostly on tax computational activities while medium and larger firms spent on tax planning activities. The results also depict the regressive nature of income tax in Ghana. Originality/Value: Very little is known about the magnitude of resource SMEs in Ghana devote to complying with tax. The paper thus provides a reference point for tax compliance cost against which future studies and improvement to the tax system could be measured. This study fills the literature gap on TCC in Ghana .","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"13 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115099654","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect Of Perception Values Of Karma Phala And Psychological Costs On Hotel Tax Deposition Compliance","authors":"N. L. Supadmi, I. Suputra","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.032","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: This study aims to determine the effect of perceptions of the values karma phala teachings and psychological costs on the compliance of hotel tax payments that have been collected by hotel taxpayers in the Badung Regency. Methodology: This research was conducted at 226 star hotels in the Badung Regency. The sampling technique in this study used a probability sampling method and the sample size was calculated using the Slovin formula. The number of samples analyzed in this study was 52 respondents. The data analysis technique uses multiple linear regression. Findings: Based on the results of the research analysis found that the perception of the values of the teachings of karma phala and psychological costs have a positive effect on the compliance of hotel tax payments in the Badung Regency Originality/Value: This study aims to determine by testing empirically the effect of perceptions of the values of Karma Phala teaching and psychological costs on hotel tax payment compliance that has been collected by hotel taxpayers in the Badung regency.","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"155 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133334147","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Are Auditors More \"Commercialists\" Than \"Professionalists\" An Empirical Study in Greece","authors":"S. Papadopoulou","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.033","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: In an ever changing professional environment, the auditing profession could not have remained unaffected. Globalization and the increasingly higher levels of competition are among the major parameters contributing to the ongoing changes in the auditing profession. The view that the accounting profession presents a shift from “professionalism” to “commercialism” is often encountered in relevant literature. In case this assertion holds true, then serious issues related to the quality of audit work arise; therefore, the tendency of auditors towards “professionalism” or “commercialism” comes up as a major issue to be investigated, so that both the regulative authorities and all other interested parties may take the appropriate measures. Within this context, the purpose of the present study is the investigation of the tendency of Greek auditors towards “professionalism” or “commercialism”. In this respect, a structured questionnaire has been employed, addressed to active auditors in Greece and directly relevant to auditors’ decisions during the client acceptance and continuance procedures - given that such a tendency may clearly become apparent even from the very first stage of the external audit process. Methodology: A structured questionnaire was employed to collect information on the attitudes, opinions and perceptions of Greek auditors. Descriptive and inferential statistical methods were used to analyse the data. Findings: The findings showed that despite the fact that audit firms present a tendency towards “professionalism”, the auditors tend to devia te from this, turning towards the “commercialism” of auditing services they provide. In addition to that, it became apparent that auditors working for the Big6 audit firms in Greece, as well as auditors with less professional experience/ briefer length of service verge","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"64 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123488676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Customer Relationship Management in the Purchase Decision Process","authors":"Drita Krasniqi, Kastriote Vlahna, Bletrona Krasniqi","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.038","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: Customer relationship management is not a project but is a strategy that every business aims to realize and manage the needs of current and potential customers of the company. This research aims to identify the factors that affect Customer Relationship Management, to provide a more detailed analysis of the importance of customer relationship management, how much businesses invest in meeting customer needs, whether they use the right methods to maintain customers. Findings: Through this research we have managed to identify several factors that affect the management of consumer behavior. Where intelligent customer management and care generates two main benefits for companies; reducing marketing costs and better penetration to customers Research methodology: This paper contains theoretical and practical part including literature of various local and foreign authors and scientific publications. Also, the remarks and suggestions given by various local and international authors and organizations, relevant literature and reports, various research articles and other data are critically analyzed. Originality / value: The findings from this scientific research paper will be a good guide for the research of all researchers and a contribution to enrich the international scientific literature.","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"49 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128887643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Relationship between Financial Leverage and the Performance of Sri Lankan Listed Manufacturing Companies","authors":"D. Kaluarachchi, A. Fernando, R. Mallawarachchi","doi":"10.32602/jafas.2021.035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/jafas.2021.035","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The objective of this study is to examines the impact of financial leverage on the performance of listed manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka. Methodology: The present study employed ratio analysis to examine whether the financial leverage in listed manufacturing firms in Sri Lanka affected their performance involving the financial performance indicators of return on assets (ROA), return on operating assets (ROOA), return on net operating assets (RNOA), return on equity (ROE) and the impact on the financial level indicators as the debt to equity (DE) and financial spread. Findings: The results found both a positive and negative relationship between financial lever age and the firms’ performance using two different methods of analysis (overall business analysis and main business analysis). The overall business analysis showed a positive relationship between financial leverage and firm performance, which supports the agency cost theory of financial leverage, whereas the main business analysis showed a negative relationship between financial leverage and the firms’ performance Originality/Value: The article presents significant evidence in terms of its scrupulous approach towards checking the toughness of results. The article offers insights to the capital structure and the performance of manufacturing companies in Sri Lanka which","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"8 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126295286","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"An Application of Time-Driven Activity Based Costing Method in the Mold Manufacturing Industry","authors":"Ender Boyar, Mehmet Basti","doi":"10.32602/JAFAS.2021.029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/JAFAS.2021.029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"272 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133634952","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Benefits and Challenges of Applying Data Analytics in Government Auditing","authors":"L. Ellul, Raissa Buttigieg","doi":"10.32602/JAFAS.2021.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/JAFAS.2021.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"121966917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Effect of Corporate Governance on Value Relevance moderated by CEO s Reputation","authors":"Edi Edi, Jefveny Kho","doi":"10.32602/JAFAS.2021.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/JAFAS.2021.019","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"2000 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"128274935","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"VAT Compliance Challenges Among SMEs: Evidence from Saudi Arabia","authors":"Sulaiman Alsughayer","doi":"10.32602/JAFAS.2021.018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32602/JAFAS.2021.018","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":366129,"journal":{"name":"journal of accounting finance and auditing studies (JAFAS)","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129164713","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}