The potential buyer of a business evaluates the attractiveness of the transaction byconsidering the financial status of the business being sold. In determining thefinancial status of a business it is more important to determine the nature of the assetsand liabilities recorded on the balance...

This thesis explores the managerial benefits derived by small business entities as a result of complying with their tax obligations. This is the first study on managerial benefits that considers all federal taxes in the Australian context.While the managerial benefits of tax compliance were...

Purpose – This paper applies a power framework to critically analyse the international accounting standard setting process for the extractive industries. Design/methodology/approach – Publicly available data, including comment letters, annual reports, company websites, and IASC/IASB...

The release of AASB 1028 Accounting for Employee Entitlements followed a period of intense lobbying and debate, resulting in a standard that contained significantly less stringent requirements than those proposed in the preceding exposure draft. This paper examines the incentives for public...

Managers of oil and gas and mining firms face a trade-off when disclosing quantum of reserves in the annual reports. The disclosure is likely to reduce the firm's cost of equity and debt. On the other hand, information about the firm’s reserves is likely to attract competitors' attention....

The focus of this paper is the rationale and impact of the adoption of a globalized set of accounting standards on a developing country, with particular emphasis on the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The paper is based on data gathered primarily from archival sources, studied in the context of the...

Nonprofit organizations operate in an increasingly corporatised, competitive environment. More and more, as institutions with charitable agenda, they need to promote an image that will enhance their ability to attract the funding they require in order to continue their operations. Competition...

Motivated by Schipper and Vincent’s (2003) comment that comparability in financial reporting is under-researched, this paper analyses the comparability construct in the context of pension accounting. In practice, compromises or rules introduced into pension accounting standards are not based...

During the last two decades of New Public Management (NPM), reformist governments have transformed the principle underlying Australia’s government accountability from compliance to performance evaluation. This change has been instituted in three phases, against a backdrop of uncertainty,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is illuminate the way in which key constituents have influenced the process of setting an International Financial Reporting Standard (IFRS) for the extractive industries. Design/methodology/approach – Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA) is used to identify...