Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance
Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance in Indonesia. Further, the paper examines whether the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance is impacted by three corporate governance variables: auditor size or Big 4, board...
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2024
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| author | Abdul Wahab, Effiezal Wardani, Damara Ardelia Kusuma Harymawan, Iman Nasih, Mohammad |
| author_facet | Abdul Wahab, Effiezal Wardani, Damara Ardelia Kusuma Harymawan, Iman Nasih, Mohammad |
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This paper aims to investigate the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance in Indonesia. Further, the paper examines whether the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance is impacted by three corporate governance variables: auditor size or Big 4, board size and audit committee independence. Indonesia's settings allow for a unique investigation, as military involvement has been documented.
Design/methodology/approach:
This paper uses Indonesia as the research setting because its military forces have a long history of business involvement. The sample includes 1,986 firm-year observations on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2018. The period signifies the time of significant change post-Suharto to illustrate changes in military reform.
Findings:
Military-connected firms recorded a negative relationship with effective tax rates, indicating higher tax avoidance. The authors extend this test by considering three corporate governance variables: Big 4, board size and audit committee independence. They find the corporate governance variables are ineffective in mitigating the positive impact of military-connected firms and corporate tax avoidance. The results remain consistent when performing endogeneity tests.
Originality/value:
This paper adds to the extant literature by examining the impact of military connections on tax avoidance. The findings reflect Indonesia's institutional settings depicting military and political connections. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-954022024-08-23T02:28:19Z Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance Abdul Wahab, Effiezal Wardani, Damara Ardelia Kusuma Harymawan, Iman Nasih, Mohammad Purpose: This paper aims to investigate the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance in Indonesia. Further, the paper examines whether the relationship between military connections and tax avoidance is impacted by three corporate governance variables: auditor size or Big 4, board size and audit committee independence. Indonesia's settings allow for a unique investigation, as military involvement has been documented. Design/methodology/approach: This paper uses Indonesia as the research setting because its military forces have a long history of business involvement. The sample includes 1,986 firm-year observations on the Indonesia Stock Exchange from 2010 to 2018. The period signifies the time of significant change post-Suharto to illustrate changes in military reform. Findings: Military-connected firms recorded a negative relationship with effective tax rates, indicating higher tax avoidance. The authors extend this test by considering three corporate governance variables: Big 4, board size and audit committee independence. They find the corporate governance variables are ineffective in mitigating the positive impact of military-connected firms and corporate tax avoidance. The results remain consistent when performing endogeneity tests. Originality/value: This paper adds to the extant literature by examining the impact of military connections on tax avoidance. The findings reflect Indonesia's institutional settings depicting military and political connections. 2024 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95402 10.1108/PAR-03-2023-0033 Emerald fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Abdul Wahab, Effiezal Wardani, Damara Ardelia Kusuma Harymawan, Iman Nasih, Mohammad Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title | Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title_full | Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title_fullStr | Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title_short | Military Connections, Corporate Governance, and Corporate Tax Avoidance |
| title_sort | military connections, corporate governance, and corporate tax avoidance |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/95402 |