Level Of Accounting Conservatism Research Articles

FAKTOR – FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI KONSERVATISME AKUNTANSI DENGAN LEVERAGE SEBAGAI MODERASI

This study aims to observe the effect of institutional ownership, company size, and conflict of interest on accounting conservatism in manufacturing industry that was listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during the research period. The study period starts from January 1, 2018 to December 31, 2020. The research finds that fixed effect model is the best model used in this study. Independent variables which are institutional ownership and conflict of interest were found not affect accounting conservatism significantly. However, this study found that company size had positive and significant effect to the accounting conservatism level. Leverage as a moderating variable was found not able to moderateeach independent variables on accounting conservatism.

Tax-Cut Policies, Accounting Conservatism, and Corporate Tax Burden Stickiness: Empirical Analysis from China

This study explores the relationship between tax-cut policy, accounting conservatism, and corporate tax burden stickiness in Chinese listed companies from 2008 to 2019. The primary objective is to identify the underlying reasons for continued high levels of corporate tax burdens despite the introduction of tax-cut policies. An econometric model was developed to analyze the transmission mechanism of these policies affecting corporate tax burden stickiness to achieve this goal. The tax burden stickiness refers to the mismatch between the objective and subjective tax burdens. Results reveal four primary findings: Firstly, macro tax-cut policies induced micro-enterprises to soften their accounting conservatism, leading to increased corporate tax burden stickiness. Secondly, the reduced quality of corporate accounting reports, influenced by tax-cut policies, contributes to corporate income tax burden stickiness. In contrast, the VAT tax burden remains unaffected. Thirdly, compared to state-owned enterprises, private enterprises responded more sensitively to tax reduction policies by significantly decreasing their accounting conservatism level and increasing corporate tax burden stickiness. Finally, high-tech manufacturing enterprises recorded the highest increase in corporate tax burden stickiness, suggesting that different robust accounting policies exist across various industries and may be critical factors determining corporate tax burden stickiness. In practical terms, this study provides important insights into improving businesses’ understanding of tax burden patterns, enabling improved resource allocation of taxes accordingly. Additionally, it focuses on enhancing accounting conservatism to alleviate the pain of high tax burdens on such businesses. Ultimately, minimizing the stickiness of tax burdens will allow fiscal and taxation policies to better flex their regulatory muscles toward achieving effective and stable economic growth.

Efeitos do conservadorismo condicional decorrente da crise econômica sobre o investimento das companhias abertas brasileiras

A pesquisa teve como objetivo identificar a influência do conservadorismo sobre o nível de investimento das companhias abertas em razão da crise econômica brasileira de 2014-2017. A pesquisa foi pautada em uma análise empírica por intermédio de coleta de informações relativas às empresas não financeiras de capital aberto, listadas no Brasil, Bolsa, Balcão (B3), durante o período que compreendeu os exercícios de 2010 a 2018. Foi utilizado o modelo de Basu, ajustado para a mensuração do efeito da crise econômica brasileira no conservadorismo condicional das empresas. Em seguida, verificou-se a influência do nível de conservadorismo contábil destas, captado pelo modelo de Basu, nos investimentos em bens de capital das empresas. Os resultados indicam que, em períodos de crise econômica local, as empresas antecipam as futuras perdas aumentando o nível de conservadorismo. Esse comportamento conservador, entretanto, não foi capaz de mitigar os efeitos da crise, que influenciou negativamente o nível de investimentos de capital realizados pelas empresas brasileiras. Adicionalmente, observou-se que as empresas mais conservadoras reduzem significativamente seus investimentos em períodos de crise. Esses achados são relevantes para os investidores, pois estes podem considerar um comportamento conservador mais acentuado nos investimentos futuros das firmas. Cabe ressaltar também que os resultados da pesquisa podem auxiliar as políticas governamentais, no âmbito de que os gestores públicos busquem ações que viabilizem investimentos das empresas, minimizando os efeitos negativos da crise e permitindo um crescimento econômico mais rápido.

An Empirical Study on the Relationship between Accounting Conservatism and Asset Impairment Recognition: Evidence from Companies in Taiwan

In this study, we investigate the impact of the conservatism of a company’s financial statements on management’s motivation to recognize asset impairment, and the impact of accounting conservatism on prior period impairment losses and gains on impairment reversal. The empirical results showed that a higher accounting conservatism level can reduce management manipulation for recognized more impairment losses in the prior period and then more gains on impairment reversal. That is, a higher level of accounting conservatism can reduce prior period impairment losses, recognized by managers, to make reserves to facilitate the recognition of gains on impairment reversal in a later period, to apparently ‘improve’ earnings.

The effect of good corporate governance, firm size, leverage and profitability on accounting conservatism level in banking industry

This study aims to examine the effect of good corporate governance, firm size, leverage, and profitability on accounting conservatism level. The population used in this study is all banking industry companies, listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) 2008-2015, which present good corporate governance reports completely. The sampling technique used in this research is purposive sampling method. There are 18 companies qualified as the research sample. Data analysis method used is multiple linier regres-sion analysis using SPSS 23 for Windows program, with the significance level used is 0.05. The results show that good corporate governance and firm size have no signifi-cant effect on accounting conservatism level, while leverage and profitability have significant effect on accounting conservatism level.

Estimating Probability of Return on Loss and Its Effect on Future Abnormal Return in Iran

The present study aims at investigating, at first, the relationship between the features of loss-making companies and the probability of achieving the first profit in the years following the loss; and then, analyzing the relationship between probable profitability of the loss-making companies and future abnormal return on shares. This study is carried out according to the information available on the companies listed on Tehran Stock Exchange, during 2002-2011, on a selected sample consisting of 72 companies. The method used for hypotheses testing is logistic regression and generalized regression model (linear mixed model). The results obtained from hypotheses testing for return on loss model in this study indicate the existence of a significant positive relationship between the level of the loss-making companies' investment in capital assets and the probability of return on loss; the existence of a significant negative relationship between accounting conservatism level and the probability of profitability; as well as lack of relationship between special expenses (R & D, sales promotion, inventions and discoveries) and the probability of return on loss. The results from the final model test show the significant positive relationship between the probability of return on loss and abnormal return on shares of the companies. The main limitation of the current study is the lack of proper disclosure of some of the variables of this study by firms, including investing in specific costs in financial statements and notes as separate and distinct costs from other expenditures.

Information Asymmetry and Accounting Conservatism Under IFRS Adoption

LaFond and Watts (2008) provide evidence that information asymmetry might be a determinant of accounting conservatism. One implication of their paper is that regulators trying to reduce information asymmetry by lowering the level of accounting conservatism might be wrong. However, there is a trend in moving away from conservative accounting. The typical example is IFRS adoption. Therefore, this paper studies information asymmetry and accounting conservatism under IFRS adoption. The results show that the level of accounting conservatism decreases after mandatory IFRS adoption, but the adoption of IFRS is likely to weaken the relationship between information asymmetry and accounting conservatism. Moreover, this paper investigates how the change of accounting conservatism under IFRS is related to the change in information environment. The finding shows that accounting conservatism increases information environment, supporting the idea that, by providing comparatively credible information, conservative accounting is beneficial to the information environment.