The impact of tax optimization and temporary differences on earnings management: The case of Vietnam

The purpose of this paper is to study the effects of tax optimization strategies used by Vietnamese companies for earning management through the use of temporary difference between accounting and taxable profit. Following the model of Cindy (2021), we leverage quantitative methods, built models and tested the impact of 08 factors on earning management (EM), tax optimization (ETR), deferred tax asset (DTA), deferred tax liability (DTL), deferred tax expense (DTE), company size (SIZE), financial leverage (LEV), return on assets (ROA), cash flow from operating activities (CFO).