Journal of Auditing, Finance, and Forensic Accounting
Vol 5, No 2 (2017): Oktober

Tax Aggressiveness Seen From Company Characteristics and Corporate Social Responsibility

Yunus Harjito (Setia Budi University Surakarta)
Christin Novita Sari (Setia Budi University Surakarta)
- Yulianto (Setia Budi University Surakarta)



Article Info

Publish Date
19 Oct 2017

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the effect of company characteristics and Corporate Social Responsibility on tax aggressiveness. Dependent variable used in this research was tax aggressiveness as measured by effective tax rate. The independent variables in this study were company characteristics consisting firm size, leverage, and capital intensity. This study also used Corporate Social Responsibility as independent variable. The sample was 41 companies with the research period for 5 years (2011-2015) selected by using purposive sampling method. The data analysis in this study used multiple linear regression to obtain a comprehensive picture of the effect of corporate characteristics and Corporate Social Responsibility on Tax Aggressiveness using SPSS version 21 for Windows. The result shows that company size and capital intensity significantly affect the tax aggressiveness. However, two other variables (leverage and Corporate Social Responsibility) that allegedly affect tax aggressiveness are not proven to affect tax aggressiveness.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

jaffa

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Journal of Auditing, Finance, and Forensic Accounting abbreviated as JAFFA (E-ISSN : 2461-0607 dan P-ISSN : 2339-2886) is an open access journal (e-journal) in which intended to enhance quality of knowledge through dissemination of knowledge to academics, practitioners, and all parties who have ...