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Does The Adoption Of "Economic Value Added" Improve Corporate Performance?, Matthew Louis Bell
Does The Adoption Of "Economic Value Added" Improve Corporate Performance?, Matthew Louis Bell
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
Determining how to properly measure corporate performance is one of the most important problems in contemporary corporate finance. Without a sound mechanism to evaluate managerial performance, a corporation's management has no adequate standard to be judged by. This can destroy the firm's value very quickly through poor managerial decisions. For this reason, managers need to be evaluated and compensated based on a performance measure that truly demonstrates the changes in a company's value. The interests of executives and shareholders do not always coincide, as can be seen through many of the current corporate scandals. Thus, it is almost universally argued …
An Investigation Of Electronic Tax Filing In Arkansas, Angela Lerae Adams
An Investigation Of Electronic Tax Filing In Arkansas, Angela Lerae Adams
Inquiry: The University of Arkansas Undergraduate Research Journal
As a part of the IRS Restructuring and Reform Act of 1998, Congress set a goal for the IRS to have at least 80 percent of federal tax returns filed electronically by 2007. During the last tax filing season, electronic filing of tax returns increased by around 9 percent, up to 41 percent of individual returns filed, with over 18 million taxpayers filing state and federal returns simultaneously. While the number of electronic returns is increasing, the IRS is unlikely to reach its 80 percent mandate by 2007. Government taxing agencies are actively pursuing ways to use technology to increase …