Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor
This paper investigates whether Malaysian publicly listed companies in 10 sectors use deferred tax and discretionary accruals as tools to manage earnings in order to meet earning targets: 1) to avoid an earning decline and 2) to avoid a loss. This research examines financial statements prepared dur...
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| author | M. Yacob, Hasimah Mastuki, Nor'azam Md Noor, Rohaya |
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| description | This paper investigates whether Malaysian publicly listed companies in 10 sectors use deferred tax and discretionary accruals as tools to manage earnings in order to meet earning targets: 1) to avoid an earning decline and 2) to avoid a loss. This research examines financial statements
prepared during the period 2003 to 2005 when the Malaysian Accounting Standard Board (MASB) 25 Accounting for Income Taxes was in place. This study uses Burgstahler and Dichev's approach to identify earnings management firms. Healy's model and a modified Jones model are also
employed to identify and separate accruals. The results show no evidence that deferred tax has been used by firms as a tool to manage earnings during the period of study. The finding suggests that the implementation of the MASB 25 (now known as Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 112), which is more comprehensive and specific than lAS 12, has reduced the use of deferred tax by firms in managing their earnings. In contrast, the findings of this study provide evidence that firms use discretionary accruals to avoid reporting losses. The results ofthis study may be of use
to researchers studying earnings management behavior and for standard setters with regard to establishing and monitoring standards. |
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| spelling | uitm-130992016-06-30T06:27:13Z https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13099/ Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor smrj M. Yacob, Hasimah Mastuki, Nor'azam Md Noor, Rohaya Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance This paper investigates whether Malaysian publicly listed companies in 10 sectors use deferred tax and discretionary accruals as tools to manage earnings in order to meet earning targets: 1) to avoid an earning decline and 2) to avoid a loss. This research examines financial statements prepared during the period 2003 to 2005 when the Malaysian Accounting Standard Board (MASB) 25 Accounting for Income Taxes was in place. This study uses Burgstahler and Dichev's approach to identify earnings management firms. Healy's model and a modified Jones model are also employed to identify and separate accruals. The results show no evidence that deferred tax has been used by firms as a tool to manage earnings during the period of study. The finding suggests that the implementation of the MASB 25 (now known as Financial Reporting Standard (FRS) 112), which is more comprehensive and specific than lAS 12, has reduced the use of deferred tax by firms in managing their earnings. In contrast, the findings of this study provide evidence that firms use discretionary accruals to avoid reporting losses. The results ofthis study may be of use to researchers studying earnings management behavior and for standard setters with regard to establishing and monitoring standards. Research Management Institute (RMI) 2011 Article PeerReviewed text en https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13099/1/AJ_NOOR%20HASIMAH%20M.%20YACOB%20SMRJ%2011%201.pdf M. Yacob, Hasimah and Mastuki, Nor'azam and Md Noor, Rohaya (2011) Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor. (2011) Social and Management Research Journal (SMRJ) <https://ir.uitm.edu.my/view/publication/Social_and_Management_Research_Journal_=28SMRJ=29.html>, 8 (2). pp. 57-74. ISSN 1675-7017 https://smrj.uitm.edu.my/ |
| spellingShingle | Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance M. Yacob, Hasimah Mastuki, Nor'azam Md Noor, Rohaya Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title | Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title_full | Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title_fullStr | Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title_full_unstemmed | Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title_short | Deferred tax and earnings management under MASB 25 / Noor Hasimah M. Yacob, Nor'Azam Mastuki and Rohaya Md Noor |
| title_sort | deferred tax and earnings management under masb 25 / noor hasimah m. yacob, nor'azam mastuki and rohaya md noor |
| topic | Balance sheet. Financial statements. Corporation reports. Including pro forma statements Financial management. Business finance. Corporation finance |
| url | https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13099/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13099/ |