The Impact of Financial Distress on Corporate Tax Avoidance Spanning the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Australia

Firms have the incentive to engage in corporate tax avoidance when the marginal benefits exceed the marginal costs. In fact, when firms are under financial distress, the benefits of tax avoidance outweigh the costs, increasing the incentive to avoid tax. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 pro...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Richardson, G., Taylor, Grantley, Lanis, R.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier BV * North-Holland 2015
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32638