A literature review is performed on the current context of materiality. The concept of materiality is used mainly as a financial measure. In current company environment financial measures are only a part of the application of materiality levels. The current relevance of materiality is discussed based on the developments of voluntary reporting, fraud, blockchain and co-operative compliance. It is concluded whether materiality is outdated in the current company context.
Firm characteristics and the extent of voluntary disclosure the case of egyptAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that investigated the association between voluntary disclosure levels in annual reports and firm characteristics of 50 Egyptian companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange from 2007-2010. The study found that firm size and profitability had a significant positive association with voluntary disclosure levels, while auditor size and firm age did not have a significant association. The document provides background on voluntary disclosure and its importance for investors, and reviews prior literature on how firm characteristics may influence disclosure levels. It describes the hypotheses tested regarding the relationship between disclosure and each firm characteristic.
This document presents two theoretical models of determinants of informality and tests their implications using survey data from over 50,000 small firms in Brazil. The first model finds that informal firms face higher capital costs and size limitations, resulting in smaller size and lower capital-labor ratios compared to formal firms. The second model highlights how value-added taxes can transmit informality between firms in a supply chain. Empirical analysis supports the models' implications and finds measures of supplier and purchaser formality are correlated with a firm's own formality, especially in sectors subject to value-added tax credits.
This document provides a summary of the tax treatment of different types of businesses in the United States. C corporations are taxed twice, at the corporate level and then again when profits are distributed to shareholders. Other business types like sole proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations and LLCs have their income "pass through" to owners and taxed under individual income tax rates to avoid double taxation. The document discusses the defining features and tax implications of each major business type.
This document summarizes a research study that examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility related to tax disputes and the cost of equity capital. Specifically, it hypothesizes that firms rated as having social concerns over tax disputes by the KLD ratings index will have a higher implied cost of equity capital. The study uses the implied cost of equity approach developed in accounting and finance literature as an ex-ante measure of required returns. It reviews relevant literature on corporate social responsibility and capital markets. The null hypothesis is that social concerns over a firm's tax disputes will not affect its cost of equity. The study aims to test this hypothesis and contribute to understanding the effects of tax disputes on shareholder preferences and capital costs.
The document provides an overview of balance sheets, including their purposes, elements, and reporting classifications. Some key points:
1) A balance sheet summarizes a company's financial position by reporting assets, liabilities, and equity as of a specific date based on the basic accounting equation of assets equaling liabilities plus equity.
2) It helps users assess the company's liquidity, financial flexibility, operating capability, and income-producing performance.
3) Elements recognized in the balance sheet must meet certain criteria and be measurable, relevant, and reliable. Major elements are assets, liabilities, and equity.
4) Assets and liabilities are generally measured using historical cost, but some may use
Legal Factors affecting Business Law in KurdistanAI Publications
The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between legal factors and business law in Kurdistan. The Business's involvement in financing legitimate change, however still constrained, has just yielded some valuable exercises. The researcher employed quantitative technique to analyze the association between factors affecting business law in Kurdistan. For this reason, the researcher used four different legal factors such us (company law, contract law, employment law and competition law) as independent factors to measure the dependent factor which is business law. I distributed 115 questionnaires, but only 102 questionnaires. The results of multiple regression analysis, Company law, contract law, employment law, and competition law as a legal factors influence positively and significantly business law in Kurdistan.
This document summarizes a study examining Minnesota business owners' perceptions of the impact of state and local regulations on their businesses. A survey was distributed to businesses across Minnesota. It found that business owners view government regulations as the top challenge they face. Competition and costs were also significant challenges. Responses showed few differences between metro, non-metro and rural areas in terms of regulatory impacts. The top priority for regulatory change was taxation. Overall, businesses seemed more concerned with the difficulty of regulatory compliance than the regulations themselves.
The document discusses various perspectives on corporate taxation and citizenship. It describes how taxes are essential but some corporations avoid paying their fair share through legal tax minimization strategies or even evasion. While tax planning is legitimate, cases like UBS, KPMG, and Walmart show how companies claim high ethics but engage in questionable tax avoidance that lacks transparency. Ultimately, the only relevant factor is how much tax a company actually pays rather than how it pays it.
Firm characteristics and the extent of voluntary disclosure the case of egyptAlexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that investigated the association between voluntary disclosure levels in annual reports and firm characteristics of 50 Egyptian companies listed on the Egyptian Stock Exchange from 2007-2010. The study found that firm size and profitability had a significant positive association with voluntary disclosure levels, while auditor size and firm age did not have a significant association. The document provides background on voluntary disclosure and its importance for investors, and reviews prior literature on how firm characteristics may influence disclosure levels. It describes the hypotheses tested regarding the relationship between disclosure and each firm characteristic.
This document presents two theoretical models of determinants of informality and tests their implications using survey data from over 50,000 small firms in Brazil. The first model finds that informal firms face higher capital costs and size limitations, resulting in smaller size and lower capital-labor ratios compared to formal firms. The second model highlights how value-added taxes can transmit informality between firms in a supply chain. Empirical analysis supports the models' implications and finds measures of supplier and purchaser formality are correlated with a firm's own formality, especially in sectors subject to value-added tax credits.
This document provides a summary of the tax treatment of different types of businesses in the United States. C corporations are taxed twice, at the corporate level and then again when profits are distributed to shareholders. Other business types like sole proprietorships, partnerships, S corporations and LLCs have their income "pass through" to owners and taxed under individual income tax rates to avoid double taxation. The document discusses the defining features and tax implications of each major business type.
This document summarizes a research study that examines the relationship between corporate social responsibility related to tax disputes and the cost of equity capital. Specifically, it hypothesizes that firms rated as having social concerns over tax disputes by the KLD ratings index will have a higher implied cost of equity capital. The study uses the implied cost of equity approach developed in accounting and finance literature as an ex-ante measure of required returns. It reviews relevant literature on corporate social responsibility and capital markets. The null hypothesis is that social concerns over a firm's tax disputes will not affect its cost of equity. The study aims to test this hypothesis and contribute to understanding the effects of tax disputes on shareholder preferences and capital costs.
The document provides an overview of balance sheets, including their purposes, elements, and reporting classifications. Some key points:
1) A balance sheet summarizes a company's financial position by reporting assets, liabilities, and equity as of a specific date based on the basic accounting equation of assets equaling liabilities plus equity.
2) It helps users assess the company's liquidity, financial flexibility, operating capability, and income-producing performance.
3) Elements recognized in the balance sheet must meet certain criteria and be measurable, relevant, and reliable. Major elements are assets, liabilities, and equity.
4) Assets and liabilities are generally measured using historical cost, but some may use
Legal Factors affecting Business Law in KurdistanAI Publications
The main purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between legal factors and business law in Kurdistan. The Business's involvement in financing legitimate change, however still constrained, has just yielded some valuable exercises. The researcher employed quantitative technique to analyze the association between factors affecting business law in Kurdistan. For this reason, the researcher used four different legal factors such us (company law, contract law, employment law and competition law) as independent factors to measure the dependent factor which is business law. I distributed 115 questionnaires, but only 102 questionnaires. The results of multiple regression analysis, Company law, contract law, employment law, and competition law as a legal factors influence positively and significantly business law in Kurdistan.
This document summarizes a study examining Minnesota business owners' perceptions of the impact of state and local regulations on their businesses. A survey was distributed to businesses across Minnesota. It found that business owners view government regulations as the top challenge they face. Competition and costs were also significant challenges. Responses showed few differences between metro, non-metro and rural areas in terms of regulatory impacts. The top priority for regulatory change was taxation. Overall, businesses seemed more concerned with the difficulty of regulatory compliance than the regulations themselves.
The document discusses various perspectives on corporate taxation and citizenship. It describes how taxes are essential but some corporations avoid paying their fair share through legal tax minimization strategies or even evasion. While tax planning is legitimate, cases like UBS, KPMG, and Walmart show how companies claim high ethics but engage in questionable tax avoidance that lacks transparency. Ultimately, the only relevant factor is how much tax a company actually pays rather than how it pays it.
This document summarizes a research paper on financial risk disclosure in annual reports of listed Greek companies. The paper aims to examine the relationship between risk disclosure practices and firms' financial characteristics. It reviews prior literature on risk reporting and regulations. It develops four hypotheses: 1) A positive relationship exists between firm size and risk disclosure level. 2) The relationship between risk level and disclosure is uncertain. 3) No difference exists in disclosure of good vs. bad risks. 4) Disclosure focuses more on past/present rather than future risks. The study will analyze risk reporting in annual reports of Greece's 20 largest firms using content analysis.
This document discusses the importance of proactively managing commercial property taxes. It notes that property taxes are a large cost for businesses and the largest state/local tax paid by corporations. However, most companies do not scrutinize their property tax assessments and over 90% overpay their taxes each year by not appealing assessments. The document advocates hiring experts to analyze property tax assessments and appeal unrealistic values to reduce taxes and protect profits. It also provides context on the large size of the commercial real estate market and how property tax assessments do not always keep up with changing market conditions.
This study analyzes the tax burdens for seven model firms across all 50 U.S. states, accounting for corporate income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, and other business taxes. For mature firms, Wyoming has the lowest average tax burden across all firm types, ranking first, while Pennsylvania has the highest average tax burden, ranking 50th. For new firms, Nebraska has the lowest average tax burden, ranking first, while Hawaii has the highest average tax burden, ranking 50th. The study also ranks states for each individual firm type, with states like Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, and Nebraska often having the lowest tax burdens.
ForwardThinking is a look ahead at the latest knowledge and insights available from Grant Thornton LLP. It includes a collection of our research, thought leadership and a schedule of upcoming webcasts and events.
The Georgetown University Law Center held its 38th annual Advanced State and Local Tax Institute conference to discuss two main topics - base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and state tax challenges in the new economy. For BEPS, states are considering legislation around tax havens and transfer pricing issues to address corporations shifting profits overseas. For the new economy, speakers noted new laws may be needed for some issues like ride-sharing but clarifying existing laws could work in many cases, and the best approach is unclear whether courts, agencies, or legislatures should implement changes. Record keeping was also discussed as a challenge for tax collection in the new digital economy.
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The following report by the Credit Suisse
Research Institute explores several important
aspects of the connection between sound governance
and improved business performance. It provides
new data to support the growing investor
interest in governance-related rules and practices
and introduces innovative ways to assess corporate
performance, such as the HOLT governance scorecard,
to support more effective governance-oriented
decision making. Moreover, our experts identify specific
company types and sectors, in which governance
can serve as a particularly robust investment
strategy instrument. Corporate governance is further
likely to contribute to investment decisions in
emerging economies, for instance when firm-level
structures actively compensate for the possible
absence of country-level governance provisions.
After the acquisition: 5 steps to manage the tax processGrant Thornton LLP
A detailed plan is critical to accomplishing all the tax-related tasks that need to occur in the months after an M&A transaction closes. Your 100-day plan for managing the tax process should include five key steps.
Ownership and control in multinational joint venturesanushreeg0
This document summarizes a paper that examines how capital restrictions can affect the ownership structure and control of international joint ventures between multinational enterprises and local firms. The paper reviews previous research on factors that influence joint venture ownership structures. It then discusses how capital restrictions imposed by host countries can limit foreign ownership and influence how ventures are structured to allocate control between partners. The paper aims to analyze how different levels of capital restrictions impact investment levels and the optimal design of joint venture contracts under asymmetric information conditions.
TIP on Tax: New rules may ease burden for small shareholders in tech acquisit...Grant Thornton LLP
This is the fourth installment of TIP on Tax, a series from Grant Thornton LLP’s Technology Industry Practice (TIP). The series introduces key tax issues for dynamic technology companies. In our first article, we explored strategies for managing net operating losses (NOLs) generated in the startup phase. More at: http://gt-us.co/TIPonTax
This presentation was given as part of seminar at Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota. I have given versions of it elsewhere. I work in the corporate governance and have taught comparative corporate governance.
In this edition of Valuation Insights we discuss several hot topics related to intellectual property, including a framework for evaluating whether to develop IP in-house or purchase through an acquisition (Build vs. Buy Decision). In our Technical Notes section we discuss how patent rights can be used to exclude competitors from practicing an invention or alternatively how to receive monetary compensation or injunctive relief in the Federal Courts. Finally, our international in focus article discusses the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed regulations to address the tax treatment by multinational corporations of certain asset and business transfers under Internal Revenue Code Sections 376(a) and (d).
The range of exposures facing directors and officers (D&Os) – as well as the resultant claims scenarios – have increased significantly in recent years.
With corporate management under the spotlight like never before, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) experts provide both a reflection of the current state of the D&O insurance market and also point the lens forward to five mega trends which lie ahead, impacting risk managers, their D&Os and their broker partners.
This document analyzes how privatization impacted small enterprise formation in post-Soviet Russia. It discusses how privatization could either enhance or deter small businesses by influencing the local business environment. The document finds that small-scale privatization deterred small enterprise formation, as it often involved insider deals between business and government officials, while large-scale privatization enhanced small businesses by increasing transparency. The analysis uses regional data on numbers of small businesses and privatized firms from 1994-1999 to estimate the effects, controlling for factors like regional openness, reform support, and natural resource dependence.
This document discusses corporate governance in Nigeria. It begins by providing context on corporate governance and outlines two perspectives - narrow (structures within entities) and broad (heart of market economies and democratic societies). It then analyzes the structure of business ownership in Nigeria, finding most are not publicly listed and operate outside company/capital market laws. Government owns some large companies slated for privatization under Nigeria's privatization program begun in 1988. The document evaluates corporate governance provisions in Nigerian legislation and assesses the country's standards using OECD criteria.
What does it mean to be a lobbyist? What does it mean to work in public affairs? This internal dialogue and our collaboration with the members of the Public Affairs Work Group form the basis of a report which we quote and elaborate below.
This document summarizes a paper that proposes a systems approach to integrating legal considerations into management theory and frameworks. It argues that law affects competitive forces, a firm's resources, and activities in the value chain. The paper suggests that "legal astuteness" - the ability of managers to communicate effectively with counsel to solve problems and leverage resources - may provide competitive advantage. The document provides context on how laws and institutions create efficient markets and economic prosperity before discussing how legal aspects have been incorporated at the firm level in existing literature.
This document discusses principles for reorienting regional/local banks towards sustainability. It outlines that sustainable finance has two expressions: socially responsible investment that integrates environmental, social and governance factors; and sustainable banking that considers a bank's social and environmental impacts through its lending and investments. The document examines international sustainable responsible investment principles and how they filter down to smaller banks. It also analyzes case studies of sustainable banks and factors that help or hinder their success, such as regulations, market interests, and internal willingness to change. Overall, the document finds that sustainable banks have potential to create public value and positively influence their communities through stable, ethical products secured by savings rather than speculation.
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Analyzing the impact of firm’s specific factors and macroeconomic factors on ...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that analyzed how firm-specific factors and macroeconomic factors impact the capital structure of small non-listed firms in Albania. The study used data from 69 firms over 2008-2011 to examine the relationship between total debt and eight independent variables: tangibility, liquidity, profitability, size, risk, non-debt tax shields, GDP growth, and interest rates. The results found that tangibility, profitability, size, risk, non-debt tax shields, GDP growth, and interest rates had a significant impact on leverage, while liquidity did not have a significant relationship.
This document summarizes a research paper on financial risk disclosure in annual reports of listed Greek companies. The paper aims to examine the relationship between risk disclosure practices and firms' financial characteristics. It reviews prior literature on risk reporting and regulations. It develops four hypotheses: 1) A positive relationship exists between firm size and risk disclosure level. 2) The relationship between risk level and disclosure is uncertain. 3) No difference exists in disclosure of good vs. bad risks. 4) Disclosure focuses more on past/present rather than future risks. The study will analyze risk reporting in annual reports of Greece's 20 largest firms using content analysis.
This document discusses the importance of proactively managing commercial property taxes. It notes that property taxes are a large cost for businesses and the largest state/local tax paid by corporations. However, most companies do not scrutinize their property tax assessments and over 90% overpay their taxes each year by not appealing assessments. The document advocates hiring experts to analyze property tax assessments and appeal unrealistic values to reduce taxes and protect profits. It also provides context on the large size of the commercial real estate market and how property tax assessments do not always keep up with changing market conditions.
This study analyzes the tax burdens for seven model firms across all 50 U.S. states, accounting for corporate income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes, and other business taxes. For mature firms, Wyoming has the lowest average tax burden across all firm types, ranking first, while Pennsylvania has the highest average tax burden, ranking 50th. For new firms, Nebraska has the lowest average tax burden, ranking first, while Hawaii has the highest average tax burden, ranking 50th. The study also ranks states for each individual firm type, with states like Wyoming, Louisiana, South Dakota, and Nebraska often having the lowest tax burdens.
ForwardThinking is a look ahead at the latest knowledge and insights available from Grant Thornton LLP. It includes a collection of our research, thought leadership and a schedule of upcoming webcasts and events.
The Georgetown University Law Center held its 38th annual Advanced State and Local Tax Institute conference to discuss two main topics - base erosion and profit shifting (BEPS) and state tax challenges in the new economy. For BEPS, states are considering legislation around tax havens and transfer pricing issues to address corporations shifting profits overseas. For the new economy, speakers noted new laws may be needed for some issues like ride-sharing but clarifying existing laws could work in many cases, and the best approach is unclear whether courts, agencies, or legislatures should implement changes. Record keeping was also discussed as a challenge for tax collection in the new digital economy.
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The following report by the Credit Suisse
Research Institute explores several important
aspects of the connection between sound governance
and improved business performance. It provides
new data to support the growing investor
interest in governance-related rules and practices
and introduces innovative ways to assess corporate
performance, such as the HOLT governance scorecard,
to support more effective governance-oriented
decision making. Moreover, our experts identify specific
company types and sectors, in which governance
can serve as a particularly robust investment
strategy instrument. Corporate governance is further
likely to contribute to investment decisions in
emerging economies, for instance when firm-level
structures actively compensate for the possible
absence of country-level governance provisions.
After the acquisition: 5 steps to manage the tax processGrant Thornton LLP
A detailed plan is critical to accomplishing all the tax-related tasks that need to occur in the months after an M&A transaction closes. Your 100-day plan for managing the tax process should include five key steps.
Ownership and control in multinational joint venturesanushreeg0
This document summarizes a paper that examines how capital restrictions can affect the ownership structure and control of international joint ventures between multinational enterprises and local firms. The paper reviews previous research on factors that influence joint venture ownership structures. It then discusses how capital restrictions imposed by host countries can limit foreign ownership and influence how ventures are structured to allocate control between partners. The paper aims to analyze how different levels of capital restrictions impact investment levels and the optimal design of joint venture contracts under asymmetric information conditions.
TIP on Tax: New rules may ease burden for small shareholders in tech acquisit...Grant Thornton LLP
This is the fourth installment of TIP on Tax, a series from Grant Thornton LLP’s Technology Industry Practice (TIP). The series introduces key tax issues for dynamic technology companies. In our first article, we explored strategies for managing net operating losses (NOLs) generated in the startup phase. More at: http://gt-us.co/TIPonTax
This presentation was given as part of seminar at Universidad Sergio Arboleda in Bogota. I have given versions of it elsewhere. I work in the corporate governance and have taught comparative corporate governance.
In this edition of Valuation Insights we discuss several hot topics related to intellectual property, including a framework for evaluating whether to develop IP in-house or purchase through an acquisition (Build vs. Buy Decision). In our Technical Notes section we discuss how patent rights can be used to exclude competitors from practicing an invention or alternatively how to receive monetary compensation or injunctive relief in the Federal Courts. Finally, our international in focus article discusses the Internal Revenue Service’s proposed regulations to address the tax treatment by multinational corporations of certain asset and business transfers under Internal Revenue Code Sections 376(a) and (d).
The range of exposures facing directors and officers (D&Os) – as well as the resultant claims scenarios – have increased significantly in recent years.
With corporate management under the spotlight like never before, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) experts provide both a reflection of the current state of the D&O insurance market and also point the lens forward to five mega trends which lie ahead, impacting risk managers, their D&Os and their broker partners.
This document analyzes how privatization impacted small enterprise formation in post-Soviet Russia. It discusses how privatization could either enhance or deter small businesses by influencing the local business environment. The document finds that small-scale privatization deterred small enterprise formation, as it often involved insider deals between business and government officials, while large-scale privatization enhanced small businesses by increasing transparency. The analysis uses regional data on numbers of small businesses and privatized firms from 1994-1999 to estimate the effects, controlling for factors like regional openness, reform support, and natural resource dependence.
This document discusses corporate governance in Nigeria. It begins by providing context on corporate governance and outlines two perspectives - narrow (structures within entities) and broad (heart of market economies and democratic societies). It then analyzes the structure of business ownership in Nigeria, finding most are not publicly listed and operate outside company/capital market laws. Government owns some large companies slated for privatization under Nigeria's privatization program begun in 1988. The document evaluates corporate governance provisions in Nigerian legislation and assesses the country's standards using OECD criteria.
What does it mean to be a lobbyist? What does it mean to work in public affairs? This internal dialogue and our collaboration with the members of the Public Affairs Work Group form the basis of a report which we quote and elaborate below.
This document summarizes a paper that proposes a systems approach to integrating legal considerations into management theory and frameworks. It argues that law affects competitive forces, a firm's resources, and activities in the value chain. The paper suggests that "legal astuteness" - the ability of managers to communicate effectively with counsel to solve problems and leverage resources - may provide competitive advantage. The document provides context on how laws and institutions create efficient markets and economic prosperity before discussing how legal aspects have been incorporated at the firm level in existing literature.
This document discusses principles for reorienting regional/local banks towards sustainability. It outlines that sustainable finance has two expressions: socially responsible investment that integrates environmental, social and governance factors; and sustainable banking that considers a bank's social and environmental impacts through its lending and investments. The document examines international sustainable responsible investment principles and how they filter down to smaller banks. It also analyzes case studies of sustainable banks and factors that help or hinder their success, such as regulations, market interests, and internal willingness to change. Overall, the document finds that sustainable banks have potential to create public value and positively influence their communities through stable, ethical products secured by savings rather than speculation.
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Analyzing the impact of firm’s specific factors and macroeconomic factors on ...Alexander Decker
This document summarizes a research study that analyzed how firm-specific factors and macroeconomic factors impact the capital structure of small non-listed firms in Albania. The study used data from 69 firms over 2008-2011 to examine the relationship between total debt and eight independent variables: tangibility, liquidity, profitability, size, risk, non-debt tax shields, GDP growth, and interest rates. The results found that tangibility, profitability, size, risk, non-debt tax shields, GDP growth, and interest rates had a significant impact on leverage, while liquidity did not have a significant relationship.
This annual report summarizes the activities of the Dementia Action Alliance (DAA) over the past year. It highlights that while awareness of dementia has increased, support for those living with the disease and their caregivers remains inadequate in many areas. The DAA survey found some progress due to initiatives like the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, but 89% of people with dementia still feel they lack sufficient information. In particular, post-diagnostic support and resources for caregivers are still lacking. The DAA will continue campaigning for renewed commitment to improving dementia care and reducing the treatment gap caused by geographic inconsistencies.
Este documento presenta una introducción a los conceptos básicos de la transferencia de calor, incluyendo definiciones de calor, temperatura, energía interna, diferentes formas de energía, balances de energía, y los tres mecanismos principales de transferencia de calor: conducción, convección y radiación. Explica brevemente cada uno de estos temas y conceptos clave como la conductividad térmica, el coeficiente de convección, la emisividad y la combinación de mecanismos.
This resume summarizes Sumit Suresh Kulkarni's experience as an electronic engineer and senior test engineer specializing in testing life safety products. He has over 5 years of experience in roles at Honeywell Technology Solutions and other companies developing skills in software testing, test automation, defect tracking, and testing industrial automation tools and protocols. He holds an ISTQB certification and Six Sigma Green Belt and has led testing on projects involving fire and gas detection controllers.
El Comité Estatal para la Protección Ambiental de los Humedales de Jalisco (CEPAHJ) es un grupo intersectorial formado por varias instituciones gubernamentales y académicas para conservar y usar de manera sostenible los humedales de Jalisco, como el Lago de Zapotlán sitio Ramsar. El CEPAHJ considera investigaciones, ordenamiento ecológico, evaluaciones de impacto ambiental y tecnologías para proteger los humedales.
Angela is a 25-45 year old career-focused professional woman living in a city or suburb. She has a bachelor's degree and enjoys fashion, politics, books and music. She is always busy and on the go, networking and making connections. In her spare time she enjoys tennis, cooking, going to art galleries and plays, and traveling to relax in nature. She owns a grey cat named Dante.
Este documento contiene una lista de poemas escritos por Kristio Nikolov, incluyendo títulos como "De Arkhangelsk con amor", "El Amor se va en septiembre", "Los Ojos del Cristo", y "Quien soy". También incluye información biográfica sobre el autor como su ciudad natal y dirección de correo electrónico.
Este documento cuenta la historia de una niña de 5 años cuyos padres ateos murieron frente a ella. Fue adoptada por una madre cristiana que la llevaba a la iglesia. En su primera clase dominical, la niña reconoció a Jesús en una foto y dijo que Él la abrazó la noche que sus padres murieron, aunque nunca había escuchado de Él. El documento luego argumenta irónicamente cómo la gente cree en otras cosas pero no en Dios o la Biblia, y exhorta al lector a compartir el mensaje si también cree.
El documento describe las etiquetas HTML para imágenes (<img>), enlaces (<a>) y los formatos de imagen GIF, JPG y PNG. Explica que la etiqueta <img> se usa para insertar imágenes especificando la ubicación del archivo en src y su descripción en alt, y que se pueden ajustar el ancho y alto con width y height. También cubre cómo enlazar imágenes usando <a> para definir la ubicación del enlace y <img> dentro de las etiquetas de enlace.
Difference Between The Convergence Of Gaap With IFRSNicole Savoie
The document discusses the relationship between the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB) and the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). The IASB was formed in 1973 to develop international financial reporting standards (IFRS) and promote their global acceptance. The IASB works to improve and harmonize accounting standards globally. While the IASB has no direct authority over the FASB, the two boards work together cooperatively on convergence projects to reduce differences between IFRS and US GAAP. Adopting a single set of high-quality global standards would benefit stakeholders, though the US is cautious about full adoption of IFRS.
Myer Holding Limited Annual Report 2014Alyssa Dennis
The document provides information on Myer Holding Limited's annual report for 2014, including details on its subsidiaries, associates, joint ventures, and significant investments. Myer Holding Limited has 22 subsidiaries, including 5 overseas subsidiaries, and 20 largest shareholders. The annual report also lists the 5 most significant shareholders which are important investments for Myer Holding Limited.
Tax Responsibility: The Business case for making Tax a Corporate Responsibili...Dr Lendy Spires
This document discusses the business case for viewing corporate tax planning through a corporate responsibility lens. It argues that tax planning poses growing reputational and financial risks to companies as public scrutiny of corporate tax avoidance increases. An effective response must ensure compliance with laws, transparency around tax planning practices, and address the structures and practices of tax planning rather than just the amount of tax paid. Businesses should create a tax policy, ensure board oversight of tax issues, disclose information on tax practices, and work with stakeholders on a code of conduct regarding responsible tax practices.
A research proposal on non financial reporting by Fred M'mbololoFred Mmbololo
This research proposal compares non-financial reporting practices in Australia and the European Union. Non-financial reporting enables businesses to communicate their environmental, social, and ethical performance to stakeholders. In Australia, non-financial reporting is voluntary, while the EU's Non-Financial Reporting Directive mandates certain large companies disclose information on environmental, social, and governance matters. The proposal will explore differences and similarities in non-financial reporting frameworks and common CSR activities between Australia, the EU, and the US to identify variations in reporting forms and features.
In this paper we investigate the determinants of informality. It is difficult to unam-biguously define informal activities but estimates indicate that in 1990-1993 around 10% of GDP in the United States was produced by individuals or firms that evaded taxes or engaged in illegal pursuits. It is also estimated that these activities produce 25 to 35% of output in Latin America, between 13 to 70% in Asian countries, and around 15% in O.E.C.D. countries. (see Table 2 in Schneider and Enste [17]).
Informality creates a fiscal problem, but there is also growing evidence that informal firms are less efficient,1 perhaps because of their necessarily small scale, perhaps because of their lack of access to credit or access to the infrastructure of legal protection provided by the State. For less developed countries, creating incentives for formalization is viewed as an important step to increase aggregate productivity. We present two equilibrium models of the determinants of informality and test their implications using a survey of 50,000+ small firms in Brazil. In both models informality is defined as tax avoidance.
Firms in the informal sector avoid tax payments but suffer other limitations. The first model can be seen as a variant of Rausch [14], who relied on the modeling strategy of Lucas [11] in which managerial ability differs across agents in the economy, and assumed a limitation on the size of informal firms. We make a key modification that generates testable implications. The firms in our model use capital in addition to labor and informal firms face a higher cost of funds. This higher cost of capital for informal activities has been emphasized by DeSoto [4] who wrote that “Even in the poorest countries, the poor save.
The value of savings among the poor is, in fact, immense − forty times all the foreign aid received throughout the world since 1945. (. . . ) But they hold these resources in defective forms: houses built on land whose ownership rights are not adequately recorded, unincorporated businesses with undefined liability, industries located where financiers and investors cannot see them. Because the rights of these possessions are not adequately documented, these assets cannot readily be turned into capital, cannot be traded outside of narrow local circles where people know and trust each other, cannot be used as collateral for a loan, and cannot be used as a share against investment.”2
This difference in interest rates 1McKinsey [12] provides case study evidence on the impact of informality on firms’ productivity.
1) Murphy argues that IASB acts in the interests of large accounting firms rather than the public, but others believe IASB establishes standards to benefit all stakeholders and ensures transparency.
2) While the big four accounting firms have some influence, there is no evidence of a cartel, as they compete against each other and IASB consults a wide range of groups.
3) Adopting IFRS has benefits for transparency and comparability between countries, though implementation challenges vary between local authorities depending on their operations and accounting expertise.
1) Sustainability reporting is still developing with a lack of clarity around definitions, measurement of non-financial data, and varying standards. 2) The document discusses sustainability from an accounting perspective, focusing on how it represents the intersection of financial, social and environmental factors impacting long-term survival. 3) It presents opportunities for accountants in advisory services and developing expertise in sustainability reporting, while investors and the public seek more non-financial disclosures.
Here are a few key reasons why accounting is basically a language and information system for businesses:
1. Accounting provides a standardized system and language for recording, classifying, and summarizing financial transactions and events. The accounting language (e.g. debits, credits, accounts, financial statements) allows people both inside and outside an organization to understand its financial activities and position.
2. Accounting data is organized into accounts and financial statements that tell a story about a business - where money comes from, where it goes, assets, liabilities, and equity. The financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, statement of cash flows) communicate key financial information using the accounting language.
3. The accounting information system processes
Earnings management involves using accounting techniques to alter financial results within GAAP, while fraud intentionally misleads through financial statements in violation of law. While the two can be similar in distorting financial reports, earnings management does not necessarily constitute fraud if performed within the boundaries of accepted accounting standards. However, abusive earnings management could lead firms into committing accounting fraud.
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Captive finance companies seem to be in the news more than either banks or independent financeorganizations - and the news has been dramatically negative. Some of the traditional views of captives are highly relevant; however, often they are benchmarked against the wrong index. Comparing common leverage or profitability ratios between a captive and its parent provides negative results in good economic times as well as bad! For instance, average return on assets for a sample of 10 organizations that own captives in a down year - 2008 - was 8.7%. The same measure for finance companies over the past five years has been 1.2%. It is imperative for organizations to work with their parents to develop a common understanding and measurement of the broader strategic value of the captive and to promote that understanding to the larger community of stakeholders. This enhanced system of measures, aligned with the captive's true objectives, is less about performance during any given economic cycle and more about strategic value.
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In the best of times, strengths and weaknesses of a business model are often overlooked. In the worst of times, as with the recent global recession, weaknesses often come to the forefront. For captive finance companies ("captives") this is the case. Even business models once proven to be effective are being questioned and modified. The changing market landscape is demonstrating a great degree of disparity in the value captives are delivering to their parent organizations.
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The Current Relevance of Materiality: Voluntary Reporting, Fraud, Blockchain and Co-Operative Compliance
1. International Journal of Business and Management Invention
ISSN (Online): 2319 – 8028, ISSN (Print): 2319 – 801X
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The Current Relevance of Materiality: Voluntary Reporting,
Fraud, Blockchain and Co-Operative Compliance
Damy Colon1
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(Faculty of Economics and Business/ University of Groningen, the Netherlands;
PricewaterhouseCoopers Europe)
ABSTRACT: A literature review is performed on the current context of materiality. The concept of materiality
is used mainly as a financial measure. In current company environment financial measures are only a part of
the application of materiality levels. The current relevance of materiality is discussed based on the
developments of voluntary reporting, fraud, blockchain and co-operative compliance. It is concluded whether
materiality is outdated in the current company context.
Keywords: Materiality, voluntary reporting, fraud, blockchain, co-operative compliance, corporate social
responsibility
I. INTRODUCTION
The importance of integrated reporting is increasing for companies considering a societal perspective.
The concept of integrated reporting is in scientific literature referred as voluntary reporting: the reporting of
non-accounting information beyond the laws and regulations. For normative accounting voluntary reporting
creates a new perspective. Where the reporting of IFRS is more and more globally accepted, voluntary reporting
does not necessarily fit into IFRS. This caused by the type of information reported. The annual report used to be
mainly the financial statements, disclosures and some additional less specific texts
Over the past decades the best-practice for reporting has been shifted to non-financial information.
Voluntary reporting has stimulated the reporting of societal information. Examples are information of the
footprint of the company and child labor. It is easy to make a statement that the footprint is a numerical value or
that there is no child labor applicable within the company. The board of directors is responsible that the reported
information is accurate. It is questionable whether the board of directors (or the external auditor) can actually
make a statement about certain non-accounting information. Moreover, what if a statement is to some extent
different from reality?
For financial statements differences are audited with usage of materiality: a percentage of a financial
measure is determined as the maximum tolerable misstatement. For non-financial information the issue of
materiality is more complex. For the example of the footprint it is possible to consider a percentage of the total
foot print as tolerable misstatement. For the example of child labor it is more unclear. The materiality of zero
(no child labor) is resulting theoretically in that every aspect of the company has to be considered when making
a judgement about child labor. This is contradicting with the concept of materiality. The concept of materiality
is initiated to focus on high risk aspects of the company: the amounts not considered relevant for stakeholders
are less extensive or not at all audited. For voluntary reporting this is not in all circumstances possible to apply
such a numerical measure. This paper aims to reconsider the existence of the materiality concept and make
critical notes on the use of materiality in the current normative accounting context. A literature review is
conducted considering materiality both form an economical and legal perspective and consider the application
of materiality in the context of recent and current accounting and audit developments.
II. MATERIALITY – ECONOMICAL
The concept of materiality is investigated from different perspectives. Professional judgement is the
basis of materiality. Judgement creates different interpretations when different individuals consider the same
aspect. In reporting frameworks there is no rule of thumb for materiality. Consequently, the relevance of the
applied materiality is a matter of discussion. Financial statements are prepared and audited with a predefined
materiality. Separate financial statements have different materiality levels, even when the financial statements
are from comparable companies within the same industry. This is the core of the problem: the lack of guidance
on the materiality results in products with an arguable reliability level. Moreover, the applied materiality level is
not published by companies and/ or their external auditors. Although, countries as the United Kingdom and The
Netherlands have introduced the obligation to report on the applied materiality at public interest enterprises.
Economic powers like the United States and Germany are not reporting publicly about materiality. The concept
of materiality is therefore applied inconsequently in an international context.
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The consequence of inconsequently applying materiality lies in the economic value of the aspect
audited. The higher the materiality the less differences are considered important. This does not necessarily mean
that the financial statements are giving no fair view of the company. It only implies that the financial statements
are less thoroughly audited and therefore are more vulnerable for (smaller) unidentified misstatements.
III. MATERIALITY – LEGAL
The U.S. Supreme Court mentioned that ‗‗an omitted fact is material if there is a substantial likelihood
that a reasonable shareholder would consider it important in making an investment decision‘‘. This definition of
materiality from a legal perspective is outdated. In current societies the application of materiality goes beyond
investor decisions. Companies are considered to perform their societal duties. Besides, there are companies that
have no commercial incentive at all. Examples are social housing companies, hospitals and non-commercial
healthcare companies. For these companies the basis for defining the materiality is mostly the revenues as this
determines the social impact. The profits are of less importance for such companies. Consequently, the legal
definition applied by U.S. court is not current. The definition in the U.S. might stem from the lack of semi-
government organizations. With the introduction of Obamacare this might increase in importance. A country
with relative more semi-government organizations without the purpose of profit is the Netherlands. The Dutch
definition of materiality is different from the definition in U.S. court. In the Netherlands the ―investor‖ is
replaced by ―users of the financial statements‖. Therefore the relevant group is broader than just investors. This
also widens the legal obligation of the auditor. However, it is in accordance with accounting regulations, also in
the U.S.. In recent cases the U.S. supreme court referred to the definition of materiality in accordance with these
regulations.
No matter the definition of materiality, legal proceedings about materiality application could occur.
The professional judgement of the auditor creates many interpretations of materiality. Disagreement could easily
arise in court about the materiality of misstatements. From a legal perspective materiality considerations are
sufficient when there is a substantial likelihood that the applied materiality is reasonable. Moreover, this likely
materiality is applied on the reasonability of estimates. Legal claims also occur when there is a lack of
materiality documentation: communication of audit information is one of the crucial aspects in legal materiality
considerations.
IV. CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS
Recent developments and fast changing technologies altered the business environment. Companies has
to follow major developments to stay in the lead. An aspect that has been applied for many year is materiality. It
is only limited influenced by the changes in business environment. However, there are some developments that
might require changes in the application of the materiality concept. The concept of materiality is based on
numerical aspect. Not all items can be audited based on numerical aspects.
A. Voluntary reporting
One aspect where the numerical aspect is less clear is in voluntary reporting. The concept of voluntary
reporting goes beyond financial measures. Voluntary reporting is about corporate social responsibility (CSR)
and the reporting about CSR. Voluntary reporting consist of reporting several aspects indicating the social
handling of companies. The reporting of voluntary information is not rule-bound and therefore the reported
information is hard to compare between companies.
Voluntary disclosure increased as a result of the introduction of IFRS. Company characteristics are
influencing voluntary reporting. Research find that top management executives has significant impact on
voluntary reporting. More voluntary information is reported when the proportion of independent directors on a
board is high. The extent of voluntary reporting is influenced by the country a company is headquartered: UK
companies are intended to report more voluntary information than German and US companies. The amount of
voluntary reporting might also be influenced by the company‘s economic position. Besides, voluntary
disclosures have negative consequences. The introduction of voluntary disclosure initially causes increased tax
evasion. The quality of voluntary reporting is positively influenced by the audit of the voluntary disclosures.
The audit of voluntary information is troubling when it is non-accounting based. In such a
circumstance the materiality is applied as a social and behavioral phenomenon reflecting the divergent
organizational priorities. Companies are more than profit centers. Companies are collections of people and could
therefore have a large impact on societies. Company activities are important for societies. Reporting on
company behavior is of importance for societies. Voluntary reporting is not necessarily accounting based. For
example, companies operating in third world countries report about child labor. In such a circumstance it is
reported that no child labor has occurred or that child labor has occurred but counter actions were applied.
One could argue that for child labor a materiality level of zero is applied. However, the realism of this
arguing passes the meaning of materiality. The concept of materiality is defining what is considered an amount
influencing the decisions of investors. Moreover, the materiality is the amount to determine the level of
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activities to perform. Setting the materiality at zero results in auditing all locations all over the world every day
of the year for a specific company. This is obvious not the purpose of materiality; having no materiality at all
has the same result on the amount of work performed.
So, materiality should be reconsidered when there is no monetary aspect. Auditing all activities is not
the solution. For voluntary reporting some kind of materiality is applied, however, it is more based on
professional judgement than the financial materiality. This higher reliance on professional judgement is also
visible in changes in voluntary reporting materiality: auditors alter the voluntary reporting materiality in
different directions when new circumstances are judged. The higher the reliance on professional judgement the
less re-performability is possible. Moreover, what is considered material for voluntary aspects is different per
country and even per industry. The materiality for voluntary reporting requires a holistic approach: the selected
materiality for voluntary reporting is a consideration of the perceptions and expectations of stakeholders. This
notion is in accordance with the notion in the legal materiality section, where was noted that ―investors‖ might
be not the appropriate term for legal proceedings.
From both the legal and economic perspective there is a solution proposed. Eccles & Youmans
proposed the application of a ―Statement of Significant Audiences and Materiality‖. In this statement the views
of the corporate board are formulated showing stakeholders for both accounting and non-accounting information
the considerations in determining materiality. Another principle proposed is the creation of guidelines for
applying materiality on non-accounting matters.
B. Fraud
Another aspect with and without numerical aspects is fraud. The occurrence of fraud within a company
is always undesirable, whether a fraud with monetary value or without monetary value occurs. In the auditing
landscape the fraud triangle gives insight on fraud considerations. As fraud is undesired, one could argue that a
separate materiality of zero is applied in such a circumstance. This is a doubtful conclusion as not all frauds has
a monetary value (for example, fraud in documentation).
Fraud is always material no matter a quantitative or a qualitative aspect occurs. On fraud there is no
materiality applied. The most effective department for discovering fraud is the internal audit function.
Procedures are applied that doesn‘t involve materiality. For instance, transactions outside the regular business
times represent a greater indication for fraud than any materiality standard can indicate. The fraud triangle
generally applied has more indicative value for fraud detection than materiality.
C. Blockchain
A fast developing phenomenon is blockchain. Many banks consider blockchain the future of
accounting. Blockchain is considered a change in both the accounting and auditing industry. The risk
management of companies is changed by blockchain. Blockchain is the matching of administrations dispersed
over different computers. If a transaction is requested in the administration the amounts on the different
computers are matched ensuring that the requested amount hasn‘t been altered. This method of accounting
should ensure the integrity of administrations.
The aspect of materiality is not necessarily changed by blockchain. Scholars consider blockchain the
end of auditors. Scholars has been considering changes in accounting the end of auditing for decades. This
shows the lack of scientific understanding about auditing. Accounting and auditing are related, not the same.
Changes in accounting alters auditing. It does not make auditing disappear as auditing is the practice of ensuring
the integrity of the financial statements, which could not be performed by an internal employee. A parallel is the
movement from administrations on paper to digital administrations. This was also considered the end of
auditors. As this only was a change in accounting, the auditing profession didn‘t disappear, it changed. This is
also the case for auditing and therefore materiality. Blockchain ensures the integrity of data. This is only one
aspect of the auditors work. Moreover, it doesn‘t impact the application of materiality. There is still need for a
threshold defining what is considered a unacceptable mistake in the financial statements. The need for
materiality stays. Blockchain could lower risk on certain transactions, new accounting risks might occur when
blockchain is applied on large scale. In addition, changes in specific risks itself do not change the materiality
level. Therefore the blockchain discussion is relevant for accounting and auditing; materiality stays relevant in a
blockchain company.
D. Co-operative compliance
Many countries has implemented a form of co-operative compliance. The OECD initiative is changing
tax considerations. Taxes used to be accounted based on manual calculations and audited based on detailed
testing. The internal controls were not considered in tax accounting. The co-operative compliance initiative has
obliged companies to change the approach on tax accounting. National tax administrations has published their
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perspective on tax controlling. Tax controlling is a basic requirement for participating in co-operative
compliance.
As the approach on co-operative compliance is determined per national tax administration, the
procedures for complying with the co-operative compliance regime is different per country. In the United
Kingdom the tax administration has set specific guidelines on co-operative compliance. Meeting these
guidelines results ultimately in unaudited tax filings. This requires such an internal control environment that the
accuracy of tax accounting is ensured. Another approach on co-operative compliance is applied by the Dutch tax
administration. The Dutch tax administration has no guidance specifically stating the requirements of a tax
control framework. Consequently, it is possible to comply with the Dutch co-operative compliance approach,
however, it is not possible that the tax administration is not auditing the tax filings.
The co-operative compliance approach impacts the application of materiality as there is a new aspect in
tax: tax controlling. Tax administrations used to rely on detailed work and performed tax audits risk based (size/
revenue and indications for mistakes). Once there was one difference found – no matter the size – the tax
administration started a more extensive tax audit. So a materiality of zero was applied. This situations is still
applicable for companies not participating in co-operative compliance. The tax administrations apply a slightly
different materiality approach for co-operative compliance. Let‘s consider again two extremes. The UK tax
administrations has the policy of relying on the tax payers tax internal control environment if it meets all
requirements. Therefore no materiality is applied: there is no detailed tax audit applicable. The Dutch tax
administration audits no matter the level of tax control framework. When it decides to do so, it applies the same
materiality as before: zero. So depending on the specific tax administration the application of materiality
changes.
V. CONCLUSION
The concept of materiality is mainly used as a financial aspect to guide the extent of work on financial
statements. Recent developments has put pressure on the materiality concept. From an economical/ legal
perspective the view of a reasonable ground for materiality has been moved from the investor to the stakeholder.
Financial considerations are too narrow for accounting/ auditing. Voluntary reporting, fraud, blockchain and co-
operative compliance influence materiality theory and practice.
The main difficulty lies in the unclear standards for the separate developments. Voluntary reporting has
to a limited extent guidance for audits and applying materiality. Voluntary reporting is not outdating materiality,
it is changing the method of determining materiality. Future scientific research could focus on identifying the
different materiality and accounting/ audit approaches applied to create a framework for applying materiality on
voluntary reporting.
Fraud is an aspect that already requires another perspective on materiality. Where materiality is
relevant for a risk based approach on financial figures, for fraud other procedures point to the relevant risk
transactions. Blockchain is changing administrations, it is not fundamentally changing accounting/ auditing.
Therefore the materiality concept is mainly unchanged by the introduction of blockchain. Future scientific
research could focus on whether different perceptions on the materiality level occur as a result of the
introduction of blockchain. To my opinion blockchain is just a change in accounting/ audit method and should
not impact materiality. The final aspect is co-operative compliance. This aspect is not outdating materiality. It is
extending materiality. The materiality should be determined for taxes where in the past the materiality was
standard zero. Future research could focus on how tax materiality develops.
To conclude, the concept of materiality is not new. It is neither outdated. The application of materiality
is changing as it currently should not only represent financial aspects. Non-accounting aspects become
important for considering materiality. As materiality is only applied differently by these changes, but is not
unused, the concept of materiality is still relevant. Moreover, materiality is more relevant than it used to be as
the focus on materiality increased by recent developments.
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