As part of the submission process, authors are required to check off their submission's compliance with all of the following items, and submissions may be returned to authors that do not adhere to these guidelines.

• I declare that the submitted manuscript has not been published or is being considered for publication in another journal.
• I have read the Focus & Scope page on the journal's website, and I have also used the journal template (I agree that if my manuscript does not use the journal template, it will be automatically rejected)
• The submitted manuscript is written in English and is not plagiarized (I have viewed the plagiarism policy page of Advances in Management & Financial Reporting; I have also checked the grammar using Grammarly and used a reference manager.
• I have read and understood all the journal policy and agree that the accepted manuscript will publish following the License and Copyright policy on the Advances in Management & Financial Reporting.
• The text adheres to the stylistic and bibliographic requirements outlined in the Author Guidelines.
• I agree and am willing to pay the APC by the journal's provisions to cover operational costs, including peer review, editing, publishing, maintenance, archiving, and allowing direct access to the full-text version of the article I submit (if the article is accepted).