. Tax contingency
The pricing of tax information reported in the financial statements
The earliest AFIT studies assessed whether the market uses tax information to set prices. The pricing of tax information
continues to be an active area of research. This section reviews the market-related literature and highlights important
unresolved issues. In general, the evidence is consistent with the market impounding financial statement information
about taxes.
Deferred tax accounts
Executive incentives
Effective tax rates
2.1 Economic controls
2.2 External tax planning
Book-tax gap
3.1 Components of the book-tax gap
4. Specific measures of ‘‘tax aggressiveness