Globalization and the accompanying investment facilities available have resulted in rapid popularity for international financial reporting standards (IFRS). However, differences often exist in terms of what firms report, and once inconsistency between tax regulations and financial reporting regulations occur, differences between taxable and accounting practices are inevitable. This book introduces a new approach to corporate financial reporting by investigating goal incongruence (GING) in the context of the principal and agent (PA) setting. The authors argue that improving the method for the disclosure of information would not only increase the quality of corporate financial information and reporting but also reduce the possibility of any GING arising. This book presents the financial implications of international accounting and financial reporting standards (IAS and IFRS), presenting numerous real-life situations, cases, examples and implications to reveal how GING might influence the implementation of corporate financial reporting of profit volumes and sizes, which are the leading drivers of and widely accepted proxies for corporate financial performance.

List of Tables Table of Figures Chapter I: Introduction Section 1.1. Background Section 1.2. Objectives Section 1.3. Organization & Structure Chapter 2: Theory And Analysis Section 2.1. The Framework & the Relevance of Corporate Earnings Section 2.2. The Setup Chapter 3. Ging and Corporate Earnings Chapter 4. The Model Section 4.1. The Business Case: Resolving Measurement Issues Chapter 5: Applications Section 5.1. Learning from Game Theory Section 5.2. Learning from International Corporate Financial Reporting: A Special Look at IAS 12 Chapter 6: Conclusion Section 6.1. Concluding Remarks, Implications and Suggestions Section 6.2. Limitations and Future Research Bibliography