The taxman cometh: Does tax uncertainty affect corporate cash holdings?

We examine whether firms hold more cash in the face of tax uncertainty. Because of gray areas in the tax law and aggressive tax avoidance, the total amount of tax that a firm will pay is uncertain at the time it files its returns. The tax authorities can challenge and disallow the firm’s tax positio...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hanlon, Michelle, Maydew, Edward L., Saavedra, Daniel
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Springer-Verlag 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/110929
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7009-1310