Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange

This research aims to examine the influence of the firm characteristics to tax avoidance activity in the listed companies in Indonesia. This research uses the proxies of firm size, leverage, capital intensity, inventory intensity as the firm characteristics and return on asset and market-to-book rat...

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Main Authors: Jingga, Vinny, Lina, Lina
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: OMJP Alpha Publishing 2017
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Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26134/1/IPJAF%201%201%202017%2017%2025.pdf
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description This research aims to examine the influence of the firm characteristics to tax avoidance activity in the listed companies in Indonesia. This research uses the proxies of firm size, leverage, capital intensity, inventory intensity as the firm characteristics and return on asset and market-to-book ratio as control variables. The samples of this research consist of 158 firm-year observations from all industries which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2010-2013. The samples are selected by using purposive sampling method through several specific sample criteria. The technique used to examine hypothesis is multiple regression analysis. The result of this research reveals that leverage has a positive influence towards tax avoidance activity, while the rest variables have no influence towards tax avoidance activity.
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spelling uum-261342019-06-23T02:49:25Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26134/ Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange Jingga, Vinny Lina, Lina HF5601 Accounting This research aims to examine the influence of the firm characteristics to tax avoidance activity in the listed companies in Indonesia. This research uses the proxies of firm size, leverage, capital intensity, inventory intensity as the firm characteristics and return on asset and market-to-book ratio as control variables. The samples of this research consist of 158 firm-year observations from all industries which are listed in Indonesia Stock Exchange during 2010-2013. The samples are selected by using purposive sampling method through several specific sample criteria. The technique used to examine hypothesis is multiple regression analysis. The result of this research reveals that leverage has a positive influence towards tax avoidance activity, while the rest variables have no influence towards tax avoidance activity. OMJP Alpha Publishing 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/26134/1/IPJAF%201%201%202017%2017%2025.pdf Jingga, Vinny and Lina, Lina (2017) Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange. Indian-Pacific Journal of Accounting and Finance (IPJAF), 1 (1). pp. 17-25. ISSN 2600-9161 http://ipjaf.omjpalpha.com/index.php/ipjaf/article/view/3
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title Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange
title_full Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange
title_fullStr Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange
title_full_unstemmed Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange
title_short Factors influencing tax avoidance activity: an empirical study from Indonesia stock exchange
title_sort factors influencing tax avoidance activity an empirical study from indonesia stock exchange
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