Managing Multinationals in the Middle East: Accounting and Tax Issues

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Author: Wagdy M. Abdallah

ISBN-10: 1567202675

ISBN-13: 9781567202670

Category: International Accounting

This comprehensive analysis discusses how American and non-American multinational corporations (MNCs) can plan, manage, and control their business activities and invest in four selected Middle East countries: Egypt, Kuwait, Jordan, Saudi Arabaia—and as a special unique feature, a fifth country, Israel. Abdallah covers in detail the tax systems and regulations and their effect on business in the Middle East. He looks at the future of the business environment and its effect on accounting in the...

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Analyzes how the U.S. and other multinationals can successfully plan, manage, and control their activities and invest in five selected Middle East countries, including Israel. Booknews International transfer pricing for multinational corporations being among his specialties, Abdallah (accounting, Seton Hall U., New Jersey) examines management, finance, accounting and financial reporting, and tax systems of Middle East countries. Unlike similar studies that pivot on Arabic countries, Israel, or the conflict between them, his encompasses the entire region from the perspective of multinational corporations. He describes both the differences and similarities between the countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

1Introduction1IManaging Multinational Companies in the Middle East172The Economic, Political, and Legal Characteristics of Middle East Countries and Their Accounting Systems193The Effect of Culture and Religion on Accounting in the Middle East and the Harmonization of International Accounting Standards394Investing in the Middle East61IIFinancial Reporting and Performance Evaluation in the Middle East855Accounting Systems and Practices of Selected Middle East Countries: Comparative Analysis with U.S. GAAP and IAS876International Accounting Standards and Their Impact on Accounting Practices and Principles of Selected Middle East Countries1237Performance Measurement and Evaluation of Foreign Subsidiary Managers in the Middle East149IIITax Systems in the Middle East and Transfer Pricing Strategies1698Tax Systems of Selected Middle East Countries1719Transfer Pricing Policies for Multinationals Operating in the Middle East19710Objectives and Strategies of Transfer Pricing Policies in the Middle East21711Transfer Pricing Techniques in the Middle East and Section 482 of the IRC237IVLooking Ahead26112The Future of the Business Environment and Its Effect on the Future of Accounting Development in Middle East Countries263Index273

\ BooknewsInternational transfer pricing for multinational corporations being among his specialties, Abdallah (accounting, Seton Hall U., New Jersey) examines management, finance, accounting and financial reporting, and tax systems of Middle East countries. Unlike similar studies that pivot on Arabic countries, Israel, or the conflict between them, his encompasses the entire region from the perspective of multinational corporations. He describes both the differences and similarities between the countries. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)\ \