Synthetic Leases: Structured Finance, Financial Accounting and Tax Ownership

Tax Avoidance and Institutional Ownership: Active vs. Passive Ownership

Income tax is one of the most important costs of companies and it is usually considered as a cost that should not be paid. One of the most noticeable and influential factors in tax avoidance is corporate ownership structure. With an emphasis on institutional ownership and its types in this paper, it is attempted to measure the effect of this ownership and its types on corporate tax avoidance. F...

Tax evasion , tax avoidance and development finance

Domestic revenue mobilisation is key to sustainable development finance – only self-sufficiency will allow the development of fully-functioning states with flourishing systems of political representation and economies reflecting societies’ expressed preferences in regard to, for example, inequality. Tax evasion and tax avoidance are important insofar as they affect both the volume and nature of...

Discussion Papers in Accounting and Finance Dividend Cuts, Firm Profitability & Financial Characteristics

3 ABSTRACT This paper investigates the dividend decisions of firms in the UK reporting losses after sustained periods of profitability. It is found that loss-making firms are more likely to reduce dividends compared to firms that remain profitable, although a loss is far from a guarantee that the dividend payment will be reduced. A lower propensity to reduce dividends is found in the UK relativ...

Discussion Papers in Accounting and Finance Behind DEA Efficiency in Financial Institutions

DEA has been extensively used to measure the efficiency of financial institutions. Its advantages are clearly understood. But there are many unresolved problems. There are various views based on different modelling philosophies of what constitutes inputs and outputs in a financial institution. The paper explores up to what point the various combinations of inputs and outputs are equivalent, and...

Speaking of Securitization Accounting , Tax , Regulatory and Other Developments Affecting Transfers and Servicing of Financial Assets