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Does Mandatory Board Gender Balancing Reduce Firm Value?

Reynolds Holding

That is, if the quota were to reduce board effectiveness significantly, we would expect firms to experience a post-compliance decline in operating profitability. In our second paper, we extend this research in two directions. The first is to examine whether the quota law materially affected common measures of board effectiveness.

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Navigate tax season with these resources for accountants

ThomsonReuters

Second, the limitation on business net interest deduction is reduced to 30% of earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) instead of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). First, businesses are required to amortize research and development expenses over a five-year period.

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Material Adverse Effect Clauses

Erik A. Lopez

First, it qualifies ( i.e. , limits) various seller representations, warranties and covenants , establishing a relatively high threshold for disclosure or compliance relating to risks associated with changes in the target’s business. In particular, IBP’s past performance revealed strong swings in annual EBIT and net earnings.