Accounting for Uncertain Tax Positions and Lenders’ Tax Risk Evaluations

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dc.contributor.advisorNewberry, Kaye J.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMeade, Janet A.
dc.contributor.committeeMemberMuslu, Volkan
dc.contributor.committeeMemberRude, Dale
dc.creatorLee, Sung Sil
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-23T12:54:44Z
dc.date.createdAugust 2018
dc.date.issued2018-08
dc.date.submittedAugust 2018
dc.date.updated2019-05-23T12:54:45Z
dc.description.abstractThis study explores how unrecognized tax benefit (UTB) disclosures are associated with the cost of bank loans. Previous studies have shown that lenders penalize borrowers in the form of a higher cost of bank loans (e.g., Hasan, Hoi, Wu, and Zhang 2014). I extend these studies by investigating how financial reporting related to tax risk, UTB disclosures in particular, is associated with the cost of bank loans. UTB disclosures would be associated with the cost of bank loans for two reasons. First, the UTB balance may signal borrowers’ tax risk, as it represents a potential future obligation to the taxing authorities for an uncertain tax position (FASB 2006a). Second, UTB quality would influence tax risk. When lenders are provided with informative UTB disclosures, they could protect themselves from risk due to uncertain tax positions by predicting the outcome of these positions. In this study, I develop UTB comovement as a measure of UTB quality, and find that both the UTB balance and UTB comovement are associated with the cost of bank loans. While borrowers’ UTB balances increase the cost of bank loans, the degree of increase lowers as UTB comovement increases. In addition, the UTB balance and UTB comovement are more closely related with the cost of bank loans when the ratio of UTB balance to loan amount is above the median. These findings suggest that the cost of bank loans is affected not only by an uncertain tax position, but also by how this uncertain tax position is reported in the financial statement.
dc.description.departmentAccountancy and Taxation, Department of
dc.format.digitalOriginborn digital
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdf
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10657/3948
dc.language.isoeng
dc.rightsThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).
dc.subjectUnrecognized tax benefit (UTB)
dc.subjectTax risk
dc.subjectCost of debt
dc.titleAccounting for Uncertain Tax Positions and Lenders’ Tax Risk Evaluations
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dc.type.genreThesis
local.embargo.lift2020-08-01
local.embargo.terms2020-08-01
thesis.degree.collegeC. T. Bauer College of Business
thesis.degree.departmentAccountancy and Taxation, Department of
thesis.degree.disciplineBusiness Administration
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Houston
thesis.degree.levelDoctoral
thesis.degree.nameDoctor of Philosophy

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