global-journal-of-management-and-business-research-d-accounting-auditing Global Journal of Management and Business Research - D: Accounting & Auditing 0975-5853 2249-4588 Global Journals Publishing Group Incorporated 56284 Taxation and Accounting Data Management: An Empirical Study in Cameroon Tax Burden and Accounting Data Manipulation BeneMarius Ayou CAMEROON, University of Douala 02 08 2022 22 D2 67 80

This paper analyses the relationship between taxation and accounting data management in the Cameroonian context, based on a sample of 1474 firms in the period 2014-2017. This link is estimated using a simultaneous equation model which allows us to highlight the reciprocal influence between the two variables. The results show that fiscal pressure has a positive two-way effect on discretionary accruals, although this relationship is negative in large companies. The findings also show a non-linear relationship between discretionary accruals and effective tax rate. It is concave in small and medium-size enterprises. That is, at low levels of effective tax rate, the relationship is positive; it becomes negative at higher levels. Conversely, it assumes a U-shape form in large companies; meaning that, at low levels of effective tax rate the relationship is negative, becoming positive at higher levels.

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This paper analyses the relationship between taxation and accounting data management in the Cameroonian context, based on a sample of 1474 firms in the period 2014-2017. This link is estimated using a simultaneous equation model which allows us to highlight the reciprocal influence between the two variables. The results show that fiscal pressure has a positive two-way effect on discretionary accruals, although this relationship is negative in large companies. The findings also show a non-linear relationship between discretionary accruals and effective tax rate. It is concave in small and medium-size enterprises. That is, at low levels of effective tax rate, the relationship is positive; it becomes negative at higher levels. Conversely, it assumes a U-shape form in large companies; meaning that, at low levels of effective tax rate the relationship is negative, becoming positive at higher levels.