{"title":"Improving Tax Compliance Risk Management of Large Businesses in Vietnam","authors":"Thi-Cam-Van Nguyen, Thi Thanh Binh Nguyen","doi":"10.47747/jat.v3i1.1102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47747/jat.v3i1.1102","url":null,"abstract":"Tax compliance risk management is a modern management method to improve the compliance of taxpayers in general and large enterprises in particular. Over the past 10 years, tax compliance of large enterprises has become a significantly concerned issue of policymakers and tax administrators over the world. Due to the goal of profit maximization, the complex nature of business operations and spread across many regions and countries, large enterprises, especially multinational corporations, are at the high risk rate of tax compliance. The article uses a set of compliance risk assessment criteria of enterprises and secondary data from 556 large enterprises in Vietnam to assess the level of risk, classified by economic sector and type of business. The results show that the foreign-invested economic sector and the type of limited liability company with 2 or more members have the highest level of compliance risk while the state sector and the 100% State owned enterprises have the lowest risk. Therefore, it recommends that improving tax compliance and reforming tax incentive policies, especially for FDI enterprises are of necessity.","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"79642405","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":"Moderating Effect of Earnings Persistence on the Relationship Between International Financial Reporting Standards Implementation and Earnings Response Coefficient of Listed Companies in Nigeria","authors":"S. Beredugo","doi":"10.47747/jat.v3i1.1077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47747/jat.v3i1.1077","url":null,"abstract":"This study examined the moderating effect of earnings persistence on the relationship between International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) Implementation and Earnings Response Coefficient (ERC) of listed companies in Nigeria. This was done to evaluate the reason behind the poor utilization of capital market, especially equity market for funding of developmental project by both public and private sector entities. This study adopted historical-descriptive and content analysis research designs. This was conducted using forty six listed companies in Nigerian covering the period of 6 years (2013 to 2018). The data of the study was analyzed using the Partial Least Square. The results of the cross sectional effect model show that IFRS implementation brings about high quality information, but it is not sufficient enough to induce a change in the ERC. It was discovered that investors and speculators alike pay close attention to the degree to which current period earnings shocks persist in the future, and this outcome propels the IFRS compliance to enhance a high earnings response coefficient of firms in the stock market. It is therefore recommended that the financial reports of listed companies in Nigerian should be designed to improve the information contents of accounting earnings in order to include inherent socio-economic risk, full disclosure of net income, past and prospective earnings","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"77602943","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":"Taxpayers’ Perception of Public Sector Fiscal Responsibility and Voluntary Tax Compliance Behaviour in Rivers State, Nigeria","authors":"Osirim Monday","doi":"10.47747/jat.v3i1.1065","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.47747/jat.v3i1.1065","url":null,"abstract":"This study which is on the influence of taxpayers' perception of public sector fiscal responsibility on voluntary tax compliance is motivated by the quality of government fiscal responsibility, the level of tax compliance by the public and the reported low level of tax buoyancy and elasticity in Nigeria. The study adopts cross sectional survey research design. Four hundred and three (403) copies of valid questionnaire were used for the study; this represents 85% of the respondents. The collected data were analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The proposed hypotheses for the study were tested using regression analysis. The study provides evidence to show that voluntary tax compliance is low in Rivers State, Nigeria as on the average, voluntary tax compliance produced a mean score of 2.0928 and standard deviation of 0.469592.The study also provides evidence indicating that public accountability, government fiscal transparency, balanced and surplus budget, public information dissemination and government public engagements are key drivers of voluntary tax compliance and their relationships with voluntary compliance are positive and significant. Hence, it could be reasonably concluded that voluntary tax compliance is lacking in Rivers State leading to the recommendations that revenue authorities in Rivers State, Nigeria should intensify efforts to identify, register and bring to the tax net all eligible taxpayers operating in the formal and informal sectors by synergizing with financial firms and various professional bodies and trade unions. Public institutions should make public accountability and fiscal transparency their core mandate so as to earn public confidence geared towards improved tax compliance behaviour.","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75467207","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":"Does recognition versus disclosure of pension liabilities affect credit ratings? Evidence from Japan","authors":"Masaki Kusano","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100524","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100524","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>Whether credit market participants process disclosure and recognition of pension information differently has not been fully explored. To fill this gap, this study investigates whether the change in a pension accounting standard related to the recognition rule influences firms’ credit risk in Japan. Statement No. 26, <em>Accounting Standard for Retirement Benefits</em>, stipulates that firms recognize previously disclosed pension information on the balance sheet. Employing the implementation of Statement No. 26, I explore how differences between disclosed and recognized pension liabilities affect credit ratings. I find that off–balance sheet pension liabilities are associated with credit ratings prior to Statement No. 26. I also find similar relations between disclosure versus recognition of pension liabilities and credit ratings. When firms have a small pension plan deficit, off–balance sheet pension liabilities provide risk-relevant information, and the risk relevance of disclosed and recognized pension liabilities is statistically similar. My overall results suggest that mandating pension recognition does not affect the credit risk assessment by credit rating agencies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45519500","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 CSR disclosure and accounting conservatism: The role of state ownership","authors":"Tatiana Garanina , Oksana Kim","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100522","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100522","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The literature has explored an association between corporate social responsibility (CSR) disclosure and accounting conservatism. This paper investigates how state ownership moderates this relationship in the context of the emerging Russian economy. Using a sample of 223 publicly listed Russian companies for the period of 2012–2017, we find that companies with higher CSR disclosure tend to have more conservative financial reporting practices. We observe, however, that state ownership has a negative moderating effect on this association, in line with agency theory. Moreover, we explore the unique structure of Russian companies’ state ownership, whereby public companies often have a combination of <em>federal</em>, <em>regional</em>, and <em>municipal</em> state ownership, the outcome of privatization reform. We find that federal state ownership alone or in combination with regional or municipal levels of state ownership has a significantly negative impact on the CSR disclosure–accounting conservatism association. We find no evidence that a regional or municipal level of state ownership, a combination of regional and municipal levels of state ownership, or a combination of all three levels has an impact on the association between CSR disclosure and reporting conservatism. We address the recent call for a contextualized approach that focuses on institutional, legal, and cultural features of different economies to advance our knowledge of the antecedents of CSR disclosure, its association with reporting quality, and the factors that moderate it.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48549932","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 determinants of audit fees in the alternative investment market (Aim) in the UK: Evidence on the impact of risk, corporate governance and auditor size","authors":"Bai Xue , Noel O'Sullivan","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100523","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100523","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This study examines the determinants of audit fees for companies listed on the Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in the United Kingdom (UK), which is the secondary market of the London Stock Exchange for small and medium sized companies. AIM companies are expected to present different audit pricing challenges compared to fully listed firms. From an audit demand perspective, AIM companies exhibit different risk and governance characteristics while, from a supply perspective, the AIM is characterized by greater auditor choice than typically found in main markets. We find that audit fees in the AIM are negatively influenced by client liquidity and the length of listing. We also find that higher levels of audit committee disclosures are associated with higher fees, although there is no evidence that individual audit committee characteristics influence audit fees. After controlling for self-selection bias, we find that Big 4 auditors charge higher fees and this premium is especially pronounced for smaller firms. Our findings contribute to the audit pricing literature by illustrating that the determinants of audit fees depends on the institutional setting in which companies operate as well as highlighting the importance of specific risk measures and auditor size in the determination of audit fees for AIM companies.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44482365","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}
Victoria Krivogorsky , Natalia Mintchik , Anna Alon
{"title":"Accounting research in former Soviet bloc countries: Past trends and current and future developments","authors":"Victoria Krivogorsky , Natalia Mintchik , Anna Alon","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100529","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100529","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>This paper aims to provide an analysis of the articles published in the JIAAT special issue and relevant streams of academic literature investigating the challenges and evolution of accounting regulations and practices in former Soviet Bloc countries. Below we review the articles included in the special issue and highlight their unique contributions.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"42600039","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":"Foreign language effect in accounting uncertainty expressions: Interpretation and probabilistic estimation","authors":"Yuqian Zhang , Anura De Zoysa , Corinne Cortese","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100528","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100528","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>The foreign language effect, or thinking in a foreign language, reduces judgment bias under uncertainty. This study investigates how language use (native versus foreign) affects accounting judgment on uncertainty expressions. We conducted two separate experiments: between-subjects and within-subjects, both of which included tasks requiring interpretations and probability estimations based on accounting standard uncertainty expressions. The results demonstrated that foreign language use affected the interpretation of uncertainty expressions and reduced judgment bias in probability estimation, particularly in the context of asset recognition. These findings have important implications for accounting research and reporting.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48133777","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}
Stergios Leventis (Editor-in-chief), Helen Kang (Co-editors), Thomas “Bowe” Hansen (Co-editors), Haiyan “Helen” Zhou (Co-editors)
{"title":"Editorial Letter March 2023","authors":"Stergios Leventis (Editor-in-chief), Helen Kang (Co-editors), Thomas “Bowe” Hansen (Co-editors), Haiyan “Helen” Zhou (Co-editors)","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100538","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100538","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47654769","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":"Credit rating agency response to appointment of female audit partners: Evidence from the UK","authors":"Andrews Owusu , Alaa Mansour Zalata","doi":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100525","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.intaccaudtax.2023.100525","url":null,"abstract":"<div><p>We study the impact of appointing women as audit partners from a credit rating agency perspective. We investigate whether credit rating agencies value the appointment of women to audit partner positions differently than when men are appointed. This study uses a United Kingdom (UK) balanced panel data of 2472 firm-year observations of public quoted companies from 2009 to 2016 and analyzes how credit rating agencies respond to such appointments. We find a more positive credit score reaction after appointment of a female audit partner than that following the appointment of a male audit partner. This finding suggests that, from a credit rating agency perspective, there seems to be a business case for a particular gender when it comes to appointing audit partners.</p></div>","PeriodicalId":53221,"journal":{"name":"Journal of International Accounting Auditing and Taxation","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47875636","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}