The disclosed tax-planning strategies provided in
Exhibit 4 should be of value to financial statement
readers, including analysts and investors. However,
as things currently stand, firms seem to take the
position that simply declaring that they have strategies
available to them is sufficient. While their numbers
are small, firms that identified their tax-planning
strategies utilise a significant range of tax-planning
actions, including selling appreciated securities or
switching tax-exempt securities to taxable ones,
planned sales of other assets, transactions related
to sale and leaseback transactions and other
income-acceleration transactions, the permanent
reinvestment of foreign subsidiary earnings and
capitalising R&D costs for tax purposes.
While unclear from our data, one might conjecture
that at least some of those who do not detail their
referenced tax-planning strategies do so in order to
reduce the possible scrutiny of tax authorities.
We think that analysts, investors and other readers
of financial statements would be well served by the
disclosure of the specific tax-planning strategies
available to management. With that information,
interested parties could draw their own inferences
about the likely success or lack thereof in allowing
a firm to realise its deferred tax assets. Such
information would permit a more informed judgment
regarding the sufficiency of any deferred tax asset
valuation allowance. The FASB may wish to consider
such a disclosure requirement.
The disclosed tax-planning strategies provided in
Exhibit 4 should be of value to financial statement
readers, including analysts and investors. However,
as things currently stand, firms seem to take the
position that simply declaring that they have strategies
available to them is sufficient. While their numbers
are small, firms that identified their tax-planning
strategies utilise a significant range of tax-planning
actions, including selling appreciated securities or
switching tax-exempt securities to taxable ones,
planned sales of other assets, transactions related
to sale and leaseback transactions and other
income-acceleration transactions, the permanent
reinvestment of foreign subsidiary earnings and
capitalising R&D costs for tax purposes.
While unclear from our data, one might conjecture
that at least some of those who do not detail their
referenced tax-planning strategies do so in order to
reduce the possible scrutiny of tax authorities.
We think that analysts, investors and other readers
of financial statements would be well served by the
disclosure of the specific tax-planning strategies
available to management. With that information,
interested parties could draw their own inferences
about the likely success or lack thereof in allowing
a firm to realise its deferred tax assets. Such
information would permit a more informed judgment
regarding the sufficiency of any deferred tax asset
valuation allowance. The FASB may wish to consider
such a disclosure requirement.
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