Document Type
Journal article
Source Publication
Journal of Accounting and Economics
Publication Date
5-1-2010
Volume
50
Issue
1
First Page
58
Last Page
73
Keywords
Book-tax differences, H26, IFRS, Informativeness of book-tax differences, Tax noncompliance, Tax-based accounting system
Abstract
We investigate whether a departure from a tax-based accounting system toward the adoption of International Financial Reporting Standards encourages tax noncompliance. We also examine whether such a departure, which weakens book-tax conformity, affects the informativeness of book-tax differences for tax noncompliance. Our evidence suggests that as book-tax conformity decreases, tax noncompliance increases. Although book-tax differences remain informative of tax noncompliance, the informativeness attenuates as book-tax conformity weakens. Additionally, firms with high incentives to inflate book income are more tax compliant than their counterparts after the departure from a tax-based accounting system.
DOI
10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.02.001
Print ISSN
01654101
Publisher Statement
Copyright © 2010 Elsevier B.V.
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Full-text Version
Pre-print
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Chan, K. H., Lin, K. Z., & Mo, P. L. L. (2010). Will a departure from tax-based accounting encourage tax noncompliance? Archival evidence from a transition economy. Journal of Accounting and Economics, 50(1), 58-73. doi: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2010.02.001