Based on a new institutional economy framework, this study examines the formation and economic consequences of social networks (guanxi) from the perspective of key suppliers and customers in China. Results show that commercial activities which depend on networks are determined by the...

Value added tax has been part of the economic reality in the business environment of the Slovak Republic for more than 16 years. It is a tool of general indirect taxation of the final consumption. The aim of this paper is to present partial results of the value added tax complex analysis in...

Purpose: Even if popular, carbon accounting is not yet compulsory for companies. However, it should be and certainly will be. From the state's point of view, this will be a prerequisite to respecting its international commitments. From the point of view of companies, it is also neces-sary...

Firms are arguably motivated to exhibit tax aggressiveness because tax constitutes a significant portion of firms' total costs. This study aims to test the effects of IFRS adoption and law enforcement on book-tax aggressiveness in six developing ASEAN countries. Our sample is 29,504 firm-year...

The digital revolution is changing everyday business and creating new technologies and tools that allow companies flexibility and simplicity in doing business and increase business performance. The digital age creates new concepts that also affect accounting processing, which presents new...

This paper analyses firm-specific and country-specific factors that have an impact on the effective corporate income tax rates (ETR) for CEE listed companies based on data obtained from the BvD Amadeus database. Business factors analysed in this research are the company size, leverage, capital...

In this study, we investigate the relationship between tax avoidance and earnings management in the largest five European Union economies by using artificial neural network regressions. This methodology allows us to deal with nonlinearities detected in the data, which is the principal...

Nowadays, influence of international business groups on the individual countries’ economic systems is still growing. Effective tax rate showing a real level of the tax burden is one of the most important parameters of each economy. This article analyses the factors affecting the effective...

The paper deals with cross-border mergers that may be performed either out of or into the Czech Republic and focuses on the accounting and tax aspects of these transactions. Attention was also paid to the most important legal requirements imposed on merger projects and the net assets valuations....

The article analyzes the main trends in income, tax base and tax deductions for Czech companies in years 1993 - 2012. After an initial survey of the problem, the article describes the issue of national accounting policy regulation in relation to IFRS and shows the evolution of main macroeconomic...