The article deals with the accounting view of deferred tax liabilities and deferred tax assets in companies that have carried out a merger or division. Temporary differences arise when the tax bases of the identifiable assets acquired and liabilities assumed are not affected by the business...

In response to the sharp criticism of rules-based financial accounting standards as is presented especially by Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission require the setters of these standards to accept principles-based strategy or ´objectivesoriented’ strategy....

Valuation of assets and liabilities involves significant judgements and estimates, especially when fair value measurement is required. Currently, IFRS 13 Fair Value Measurement offers a single and more comprehensive source of guidance that is applied to almost all fair value estimates. When...

Der Einfluss unterschiedlicher Anreiztypen auf die intrinsische Motivation ist seit Jahren Gegenstand einer heftigen Kontroverse. Der vorliegende Beitrag erweitert diese Diskussion, indem er die Analyse auf zwei weitere Kernelemente von Anreizsystemen, die Ausgestaltung der Bemessungsgrundlage...

This paper explored the empirical research investigating the relationship between Accounting Information Systems (AIS) alignment and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) performance. Literature shows that AIS alignment is influenced by organizational characteristics, individual characteristics...

This article analyzes the extent to which accounting standards adequately re ects the value of intangible assets as well as its usefulness for financial agents in the process of buying and selling companies. Based on a sample that includes price of private transactions and listed companies from...

Earnings quality is not a measurable concept through only one variable, but there are several attributes that characterize earnings quality and employing one or another could influence the research conclusion without considering one of them the best measure of earnings quality. The study deals...

This paper uses an agency theory perspective to develop an understanding of the determinants of auditor change for small firms in the United Kingdom. The paper, therefore, extends the existing literature (see Williams [22] and Francis and Wilson [9]) from a consideration of auditor change for...

This paper models the borrowing decision of a small firm seeking a bank loan when it can optionally hire, at a cost, an independent external auditor to convey its risk characteristics to lenders. The analysis shows that a necessary condition for a potential borrower to prefer having an audit to...

The motivation for this contingency-type study is based on the notion that prior studies on management accounting systems (MAS) has almost entirely focused on large business organizations and neglected consideration of the effects of contextual variables and MAS on organizational effectiveness...