Jurnal Akuntansi dan Bisnis
Vol 23, No 2 (2023)

Corporate Governance in The Dimension of Institutional Ownership Moderates Tax Avoidance

Indriani, Etty (Dharma AUB University)



Article Info

Publish Date
22 Jan 2024

Abstract

Tax avoidance is a paradox between the government and corporation policies. Tax avoidance practice is a company operational activity that is a concern in corporate governance. Good corporate governance will be able to mitigate tax avoidance. The research objective to examine and provide empirical evidence on role of corporate governance structures on tax avoidance in Indonesia. Observation of data using companies that are members of the CGI Index on the Indonesia Stock Exchange in 2017-2020 with 140 observations. The results showed that among the fundamental firm characteristics that affect tax avoidance are firm profitability and leverage. Companies that have higher profits tend to increase tax avoidance. The executive character in risk taking affects tax avoidance in a negative direction. However, when institutional ownership interacts with executive characters, it will increase tax avoidance. The research finding is that the higher the proportion of institutional ownership, the higher the pressure on risk-taking executives to increase tax avoidances.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jab

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Jurnal Akuntansi dan Bisnis (JAB)is published by Accounting Study Program, Faculty of Economics and Business, Universitas Sebelas Maret, Indonesia. Published two times a year, February and August, JAB is a media of communication and reply forum for scientific works especially concerning the field of ...