The impact of income tax classification on cash flows information classified by activities and quality of earnings : the evidence of thai listed companies
Abstract:
This study explores the impact of income tax classification from gain/loss on property, plant and equipment sold and interest paid on cash flow in three activities; operating, investing and, financing and on related-to-cash-flow financial ratios by focusing on mean difference of cash flow items and the ratios before and after classifying income tax to the cash flows based on the source of cash flow. Data was collected from the financial statements 2001-2003 of the companies listed in Stock Exchange of Thailand from 3 industries as consumer products, industrials and, technology, totally 119 companies and analyzed by Paired Samples t-Test at statistially significant level 0.05.The results indicate that income taxes re-classified to similar cash flows have a significant impact on operating cash flow, financing cash and financial ratio related to operating cash flow. Operating cash flow shows a heightened performance while financing cash flow illustrates the different view of companies and one of the important financial ratios, the quality of earnings ratio, yields the significant different results. Investing cash flows, after reclassifying income taxes, do exactly not differ from the previous ones because the number of sample and the amount of cash flow are small.