In this paper, we present a review of tax research in accounting. We outline U.S. GAAP accounting rules for the following four income tax notes and survey the area of research literature dealing with the information content provided by U.S. GAAP: (1) unrecognized tax benefits, (2) valuation...

This commentary reviews the status of the global use of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), including in the US, and offers thoughts on prospects for global financial reporting. Many countries require or permit the use of IFRS, but the goal of truly global, high quality financial...

There has been no recent examination of a disclosure of intangible assets under IFRS of entities listed on PSE. Hence, this article focuses on such an examination within financial statements reported for 2015 by entities listed on PSE and investigates whether these reports meet the minimum...

This work examined the relationship between convergence of accounting standards and the financial reporting quality of brewery industry in Nigeria. The main objective of the study is to determine the effect of (pre and post) IFRS adoption on market value per share of Guinness Breweries Plc. Time...

Conventional and commonly held wisdom with respect to the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) is that they lead to improved financial reporting quality and comparability and thereby favorable economic consequences. There are however contradicting evidences disproving...

The main purpose of this study is to identify the statistically significant differences between the Indian GAAP-based and IFRS-based financial statements of companies in terms of financial statement items through the calculated financial ratios. The analysis is based on the sample of 10 Indian...

“Translations – of deep resonances and felt connections – are difficult, if not impossible, to make; one can learn another language, but acquiring all of the cultural accoutrements that accompany language is another story” (Bullaro, 2005).It is the objective of this study to review the...

Available at SSRN: "https://ssrn.com/abstract=3357733" https://ssrn.com/abstract=3357733Both the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRSs) and the codified accounting standards (ASC) for the US GAAP categorize hedging relationships as falling into several buckets. The two buckets of...

This paper analyzes accounting publications of the largest publisher by accounting journals, to evaluate the coverage of accounting directions, and indicate the current popularity of International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS), eXtensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL), and blockchain...

This study investigates whether market participants perceive pro forma earnings to be more informative and more persistent than GAAP operating income by analyzing a sample of 1,149 actual pro forma press releases. We find that pro forma announcers report frequent GAAP losses and are mostly...