Previous accounting research shows that taxes affect decision making by individuals and firms. Most studies assume that agents have accurate perception regarding their tax burden. However, there is a growing body of literature analyzing whether taxes are indeed perceived correctly. We review 124...

Previous accounting research shows that taxes affect decision making by individuals and firms. Most studies assume that agents have an accurate perception regarding their tax burden. However, there is a growing body of literature analyzing whether taxes are indeed perceived correctly. We review...

This paper studies the effects of job creation tax credits (JCTCs) enacted by U.S. states between 1990 and 2007 to gain insights about fiscal foresight (alterations of current behavior by forwardlooking agents in anticipation of future policy changes). Nearly half of the states adopted JCTCs...

This Comment evaluates four recent proposals to reform tax laws affecting the financial industry. After introducing the proposals, the author provides a theoretical framework for evaluating them and then relies on this framework to explore the benefits and drawbacks of each. Ultimately, the...

The Government of India submitted the ‘Direct Taxes Code' Bill, 2010 the Parliament in August, 2010. The Code, expected to come into force from the next financial year i.e. 1st April 2012, is not just a regular amendment but replaces all the existing direct tax laws in India. The drafters have...

This paper explores the impact of section 382 of the Code and its limitations on Net Operating Losses (NOLs) and advocates for new method for valuing NOL limitations. Section 382 limits the corporation's future ability to use its NOLs if there is an ownership change or an equity structure shift....

This article sets out to analyze both intellectual property laws and tax systems as applied to computer software. It analyzes software within intellectual property's established doctrinal framework, a difficult task due to the fact that software can encompass some combination of the traits of...

In 1996 the Commonwealth Government embarked on a campaign to helping Australia's 860,000 small businesses from the constraints of crippling taxes and red tape with the establishment of the Small Business Deregulation Taskforce. Notwithstanding the efforts of the taskforce the income tax laws...

Australia's taxation policies appear to have had a profound influence on the level of community trust and ethical conduct, or its ‘social capital'. This paper firstly considers the relationship between tax policy and social capital. Secondly, a quick review of the history of Australian...