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California State University, San Bernardino

International Business

2011

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Impact Of Adopting The International Financial Reporting Standards On Book-Tax Differences: Evidence From Dutch Listed Companies, Jinky Lunaspe Dagoon Jan 2011

Impact Of Adopting The International Financial Reporting Standards On Book-Tax Differences: Evidence From Dutch Listed Companies, Jinky Lunaspe Dagoon

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This study empirically examines how the adoption of new accounting standards impacts book-tax differences (BTDs) and analyzes the role of changes in accounting rules as an important function of the book-tax income gap. The primary objective of this study is to present preliminary evidence on how the adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) impacts the book-tax income gap in the case of the public firms in the Netherlands, a country with low book tax alignment. This objective is accomplished through empirical investigation of data on book-tax differences (BTDS) from a sample of Dutch firms listed in the Eupnext …