An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange

Abstract In this paper, the impact of tax avoidance on the transparency of financial reporting of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange is investigated. The indexes that are used to measure tax avoidance and financial reporting transparency are respectively effective tax rate and accruals quality. T...

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Main Authors: Omid Pour-heidari, Mohammad Hasan Fadavi, Meysam Amini-nia
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Published: Allameh Tabataba'i University Press 2014-03-01
Series:Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī
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Online Access:https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_143_fb7ebad8c81081e98fbb7b10efa90466.pdf
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author Omid Pour-heidari
Mohammad Hasan Fadavi
Meysam Amini-nia
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description Abstract In this paper, the impact of tax avoidance on the transparency of financial reporting of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange is investigated. The indexes that are used to measure tax avoidance and financial reporting transparency are respectively effective tax rate and accruals quality. The sample of study consists of 75 firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 2001 to 2010. In order to test the research hypothesis, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is used. The results show that tax planning activity reduce financial reporting transparency. In other words, we can say that tax planning activity is required for masking complex transactions and this negatively affect the information environment of the companies and reduce financial reporting transparency.
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spelling doaj.art-24820da9db744ec999c38f2fa20188042023-12-26T07:58:28ZfasAllameh Tabataba'i University PressFaslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī1735-210X2476-64532014-03-0114528569143An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock ExchangeOmid Pour-heidari0Mohammad Hasan Fadavi1Meysam Amini-nia2دانشیار بخش حسابداری دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمانکارشناس ارشد حسابداری دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمانکارشناس ارشد حسابداری دانشگاه شهید باهنر کرمانAbstract In this paper, the impact of tax avoidance on the transparency of financial reporting of firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange is investigated. The indexes that are used to measure tax avoidance and financial reporting transparency are respectively effective tax rate and accruals quality. The sample of study consists of 75 firms listed in Tehran Stock Exchange during the period of 2001 to 2010. In order to test the research hypothesis, ordinary least squares (OLS) regression is used. The results show that tax planning activity reduce financial reporting transparency. In other words, we can say that tax planning activity is required for masking complex transactions and this negatively affect the information environment of the companies and reduce financial reporting transparency.https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_143_fb7ebad8c81081e98fbb7b10efa90466.pdftax avoidanceeffective tax ratefinancial reporting transparencyaccruals quality
spellingShingle Omid Pour-heidari
Mohammad Hasan Fadavi
Meysam Amini-nia
An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
Faslnāmah-i Pizhūhish/Nāmah-i Iqtisādī
tax avoidance
effective tax rate
financial reporting transparency
accruals quality
title An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_fullStr An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_full_unstemmed An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_short An Investigation on the Effect of Tax Avoidance on the Transparency of Financial Reporting Firms Listed in Tehran Stock Exchange
title_sort investigation on the effect of tax avoidance on the transparency of financial reporting firms listed in tehran stock exchange
topic tax avoidance
effective tax rate
financial reporting transparency
accruals quality
url https://joer.atu.ac.ir/article_143_fb7ebad8c81081e98fbb7b10efa90466.pdf
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