IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/wly/coacre/v35y2018i3p1395-1429.html
   My bibliography  Save this article

Does FIN 48 Improve Firms' Estimates of Tax Reserves?

Author

Listed:
  • Cristi A. Gleason
  • Lillian F. Mills
  • Michelle L. Nessa

Abstract

This paper examines whether the increased accounting guidance and reporting requirements of FIN 48 impact the adequacy and accuracy of tax reserves and the effect of auditor‐provided tax services on tax reserves. While we do not find FIN 48 affected the adequacy or accuracy of tax reserves on average, FIN 48 eliminated the differences in the tax reserve adequacy of firms with and without auditor‐provided tax services that existed prior to its adoption. We also find evidence of less premature releasing of tax reserves post‐FIN 48. Our evidence is consistent with an increase in the comparability of reserves for firms that do and do not purchase auditor‐provided tax services, consistent with one of the FASB's objectives for FIN 48. Les auteures se demandent si les directives comptables et les obligations d'information supplémentaires que contient l'interprétation FIN 48 ont des répercussions sur le caractère adéquat et l'exactitude des provisions fiscales et sur l'incidence des services fiscaux fournis par l'auditeur sur les provisions fiscales. Selon leurs observations, même si, en moyenne, la FIN 48 n'a pas de répercussions sur le caractère adéquat ou l'exactitude des provisions fiscales, elle a éliminé les écarts qui existaient auparavant dans le caractère adéquat des provisions fiscales des entreprises, qu'elles fassent ou non appel aux services fiscaux fournis par l'auditeur. Les auteures relèvent aussi des données indiquant une diminution de la publication prématurée d'information relative aux provisions fiscales après la sortie de la FIN 48. Leurs constatations confirment la comparabilité accrue des provisions des entreprises, qu'elles fassent appel ou non aux services fiscaux fournis par l'auditeur, conformément aux objectifs que visait le FASB en émettant la FIN 48.

Suggested Citation

  • Cristi A. Gleason & Lillian F. Mills & Michelle L. Nessa, 2018. "Does FIN 48 Improve Firms' Estimates of Tax Reserves?," Contemporary Accounting Research, John Wiley & Sons, vol. 35(3), pages 1395-1429, September.
  • Handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:35:y:2018:i:3:p:1395-1429
    DOI: 10.1111/1911-3846.12320
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1911-3846.12320
    Download Restriction: no

    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1911-3846.12320?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Martin Jacob & Kelly Wentland & Scott A. Wentland, 2022. "Real Effects of Tax Uncertainty: Evidence from Firm Capital Investments," Management Science, INFORMS, vol. 68(6), pages 4065-4089, June.
    2. Thomas Smith & Adrian Valencia & Ara Volkan & Jordin Vorisek, 2023. "Fasb Fin 48 Disclosures: Evidence On User Perceptions," Accounting & Taxation, The Institute for Business and Finance Research, vol. 15(1), pages 27-41.
    3. Konda, Laura & Patel, Elena & Seegert, Nathan, 2022. "Tax enforcement and the intended and unintended consequences of information disclosure," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    4. Guanming He & Helen Mengbing Ren & Richard Taffler, 2020. "The impact of corporate tax avoidance on analyst coverage and forecasts," Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Springer, vol. 54(2), pages 447-477, February.

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:wly:coacre:v:35:y:2018:i:3:p:1395-1429. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://doi.org/10.1111/(ISSN)1911-3846 .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.