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This article examines how changes in tax rates impact financial reporting under different interperiod tax allocation methods.

June 15, 2026Accounting Horizons

Changes in Tax Rates Under the Deferred and Liability Methods of Interperiod Tax Allocation.

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HNHugo NurnbergCity University of New York

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This article discusses how tax rate changes affect financial reporting in different allocation methods, indicating implications for earnings recognition.

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This article examines how changes in tax rates impact financial reporting under different interperiod tax allocation methods.
Discusses three basic methods: deferred, liability, and net-of-tax methods.
Compares the treatment of tax rate changes under the deferred and liability methods.
Analyzes the implications of recognition timing for income tax expense.
The liability method allows immediate recognition of changes in tax rates, while the deferred method permits delayed recognition.
Tax rate changes should not overwhelm reported earnings, similar to actuarial assumptions.
Cumulative reporting is applied under the liability method, whereas the deferred method shows changes prospectively or not at all.

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Hugo Nurnberg (1987) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a2f973ca1cfeec4908284f8 https://doi.org/10.2308/ah-4813530

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This article discusses how tax rate changes affect financial reporting in different allocation methods, indicating implications for earnings recognition.

Changes in Tax Rates Under the Deferred and Liability Methods of Interperiod Tax Allocation.

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Changes in Tax Rates Under the Deferred and Liability Methods of Interperiod Tax Allocation.

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