Research on the determinants of tax avoidance have relied on tests using GAAP and cash effective tax rates (ETRs) and total and permanent book-tax differences (BTDs). Two new proxies have emerged that overcome documented limitations of these proxies: one, developed by Henry and Sansing (2018),...

We provide evidence that tax avoidance is positively associated with firm value, and that the association is greater for income mobile firms. We classify firms with the ability to tax-efficiently structure global operations as "income mobile." The tax minimization strategies available to these...

Empirical evidence on the relevance of cash flows and accruals, and changes in relevance over time is mixed. We extend this literature by examining the relevance of tax cash flow and tax expense. Income taxes offer a strong setting to study relevance because firms report both an accrual-based...

Under U.S. GAAP, firms recognize assets acquired in business combinations at fair value. Similarly, in taxable asset acquisitions firms adjust the tax basis of assets to fair value. Managers can increase the present value of future tax savings by allocating a greater portion of the purchase...