Privatization, tunneling, and tax avoidance in Chinese SOEs

2016 ◽  
Vol 24 (3) ◽  
pp. 274-294 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanya Y.H. Tang
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Privatization Process ◽  
Wealth Expropriation

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the effect of ownership structure arising from China’s unique privatization process on listed firms’ tunneling activities and their interaction with tax avoidance. Design/methodology/approach Using hand-collected data on the incompletely restructured state-owned listed firms and their applicable tax rate, this paper conducts a multivariate regression to test research questions. It also employs a triple differences method to examine whether the observed interaction between tax avoidance and tunneling is mitigated for well-governed firms. Findings It documents that controlling shareholders’ tunneling increases as the percentage of shares owned by state-owned enterprises (SOEs) increases. Evidence also shows that the magnitude of tunneling increases when SOEs controlled by the central government engage in more tax avoidance, suggesting that these firms use tax avoidance to facilitate wealth expropriation. Social implications These findings advance the understanding of the tunneling incentive behind the tax avoidance behavior for a subset of Chinese SOEs and have implications for emerging capital markets that are characterized by concentrated government ownership and weak corporate governance. Originality/value This paper is the first paper to investigate the effect of the incomplete privatization process on tunneling and the interaction between tunneling and tax avoidance activities. It extends prior studies by investigating the incentives behind SOEs’ tax avoidance from the perspective of an agency problem and documenting that good corporate governance plays an important role in deterring the diversionary tax avoidance.

Taxation in a mixed economy: the case of China

2017 ◽  
Vol 34 (1) ◽  
pp. 49-61 ◽  
Author(s):  
Davidson Sinclair ◽  
Larry Li
Keyword(s):  
Income Tax ◽  
Central Government ◽  
Corporate Income Tax ◽  
Tax Rates ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Effective Tax Rates ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
For Profit

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate how Chinese firms’ ownership structure is related to their effective tax rate. The People’s Republic of China provides an interesting environment to examine the corporate income tax. Government has significant ownership stakes in the for-profit economy and state-owned enterprises (SOEs) are liable to the corporate income tax. This is very different to most other economies where SOE tends to dominate the not-for-profit economy and pays no corporate income tax. Government ownership also varies between the central government and local government in addition to state asset management bureaus. This provides a rich institutional background to examining the corporate income tax. Design/methodology/approach A panel data analysis approach is used to examine relationship between ownership structure and effective tax rates of all public firms in China from 1999 to 2009. Findings The authors report that effective tax rates do appear to vary across the ownership types, but that SOEs pay a statistically higher effective tax rate than to non-state-owned. In addition, local government owned SOE pay higher effective tax rates than central government and SAMB owned SOE. The authors also investigate Zimmerman’s (1983) political cost hypothesis. Unfortunately, these results are econometrically fragile with the statistical significance of those results varying by empirical technique. Originality/value This paper provides insight into government ownership and taxation in China.

scholarly journals Pengaruh Corporation Risk dan Good Corporate Governance terhadap Tax Avoidance dengan Kepemilikan Institusional sebagai Variable Pemoderasi

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tryas Chasbiandani ◽  
Tri Astuti ◽  
Sri Ambarwati
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Institutional Ownership ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Common Effect ◽  
The Common ◽  
Corporate Risk

Tax avoidance measured by Earning Tax Rate (ETR) is considered to be able to describe the real activities of tax avoidance carried out by the company. The purpose of this study was to analyze the effect of Corporation Risk and Good Corporate Governance on Tax Avoidance with Institutional Ownership as a Moderating Variable. This study uses a sample of non-banking and financial companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange for the period of 2014-2016. The analysis in this study uses the common effect method. The results of this study indicate that corporate risk does not significantly influence tax avoidance, but with institutional ownership as a moderating variable, corporate risk has a significant effect on corporate tax avoidance. Corporate governance as measured by institutional ownership, board of commissioners and audit quality has a significant effect on tax company avoidance.Tax avoidance yang diukur berdasarkan Earning Tax Rate (ETR) dianggap mampu menggambarkan aktivitas nyata dari tax avoidance yang dilakukan oleh perusahaan. Tujuan dari penelitian ini adalah untuk menganalisis pengaruh Corporation Risk dan Good Corporate Governance Terhadap Tax Avoidance dengan  Kepemilikan Institusional  Sebagai Variable pemoderasi. Penelitian ini menggunakan sampel perusahaan non perbankan dan keuangan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia periode 2014 – 2016. Analisis dalam penelitian ini menggunakan metode common effect.  Hasil dari penelitian ini menunjukkan bahwa corporate risk tidak berpengaruh secara signifikan terhadap tax avoidance, namun dengan kepemilikan institusional sebagai variabel pemoderasi, corporate risk berpengaruh signifikan terhadap tax avoidance perusahaan.Corporate governance yang diukur dengan kepemilikan institusional, dewan komisaris dan kualitas audit berpengaruh signifikan terhadap tax avoidance perusahaan. 

scholarly journals The effect of Islamic values on voluntary corporate governance disclosure

2017 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 182-202 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waleed M. Albassam ◽  
Collins G. Ntim
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Fixed Effects ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Alternative Measures ◽  
Islamic Values ◽  
Practical Implications

Purpose The study aims to examine the effect of Islamic values on the extent of voluntary corporate governance (CG) disclosure. In addition, the authors investigate the effect of traditional ownership structure and CG mechanisms on the extent of voluntary CG disclosure. Design/methodology/approach The authors distinctively construct Islamic values and voluntary CG disclosure indices using a sample of 75 Saudi-listed firms over a seven-year period in conducting multivariate regressions of the effect of Islamic values on the extent of voluntary CG disclosure. The analyses are robust to controlling for firm-level characteristics, fixed-effects, endogeneities and alternative measures. Findings The authors find that corporations that depict greater commitment towards incorporating Islamic values into their operations through high Islamic values disclosure index score engage in higher voluntary CG disclosures than those that are not. Additionally, the authors find that audit firm size, board size, government ownership, institutional ownership and the presence of a CG committee are positively associated with the level of voluntary CG disclosure, whereas block ownership is negatively associated with the extent of voluntary CG disclosure. Practical implications The study has clear practical implications for future research, practice and broader society by demonstrating empirically that corporations that voluntarily incorporate Islamic values into their operations are more likely to be transparent about their CG practices and thereby providing new crucial insights on the effect of Islamic values on voluntary CG compliance and disclosure. Originality/value This is the first empirical attempt at explicitly examining the effect of Islamic values on the extent of voluntary CG disclosure. The authors also offer evidence on the effect of traditional CG and ownership structures on the extent of voluntary CG disclosure.

scholarly journals Does better corporate governance attract foreign equity ownership? Evidence from Malaysian listed companies

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 118-125
Author(s):  
Yap Voon Choong ◽  
Chan Kok Thim ◽  
John Stanley Murugesu
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Agency Cost ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Insider Ownership ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Equity Ownership

This study examines the effect of firm-level corporate governance variables on foreign equity ownership (FEO) in Malaysia. Foreign equity ownership can be an important source of capital for companies to fund their expansion and growth. To attract FEO, good corporate governance practices are vital because these practices are used to reduce or mitigate agency cost. Based on a sample of listed firms on Bursa Malaysia and employing multiple regression analysis, the study finds that a number of corporate governance mechanisms significantly improve the ability of companies to attract foreign equity ownership, especially, Insider Ownership, Government Ownership, Firm Size, Dividend Yield and Tobin’s Q. The results of the study indicate that firm-level efforts for better corporate governance sends positive signals and confidence to foreign investors.

Tax avoidance, value creation and CSR – a European perspective

2017 ◽  
Vol 17 (5) ◽  
pp. 803-821 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dirk Kiesewetter ◽  
Johannes Manthey
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Market Economy ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Purpose This paper aims to answer how corporate governance and corporate social responsibility (“CSR”) affect the relationship between value creation and tax avoidance. This study further analyses the impact of the institutional environment, i.e. whether a country is rather a liberal or a coordinated market economy, on the relationship between CSR and tax avoidance. Design/methodology/approach The empirical analysis comprises a panel data set of 7,924 observations for the years from 2005 to 2014 for European companies. The relationship between value creation and tax avoidance is tested by grouping the sample in high and low CSR performers. Similarly, the impact of the type of market economy is analysed for the firms. Findings The research design does not find evidence that tax avoidance is creating value. The empirical findings reveal that there is a positive relationship between value creation and the effective tax rate for firms with low social and environmental characteristics. Further, this analysis could show that stronger corporate governance is associated with a lower effective tax rate in both coordinated and liberal market economies. The analysis identifies social strengths being associated with a higher effective tax rate for coordinated market economies. Practical implications It is proposed to encourage CSR disclosure. The creation of incentives for social strengths could increase tax revenue. Firms should reconsider whether the engagement in tax avoidance is worth it and pursue social responsibility to achieve higher value creation for their stakeholders. Originality/value The paper challenges the intuitive expectation that tax avoidance creates value. It is suggested that the governance and CSR culture, as well as the tax legislation in Europe, is different to the USA. Conclusively, tax avoidance is not generating value for the European sample.

scholarly journals PENGARUH GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE TERHADAP PENGHINDARAN PAJAK PADA PERUSAHAAN PERTAMBANGAN YANG TERDAFTAR DI BEI TAHUN 2014–2019

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 87-106
Author(s):  
Felicia Quinta Yulia Alvenina
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Managerial Ownership ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Negative Effect ◽  
Positive Effect

Tax is one of the largest state revenues so that the governmenttries to maximize tax revenue but it is different from companies that wantto minimize taxes. In minimizing the tax, the company implements taxavoidance. The company avoids tax due to the lack of internal supervisionof the company, therefore the need for a system that directs and regulatesthe relationships of interested company side in making policies within thecompany. The system is good corporate governance. The purpose of thisstudy was to determine the effect of good corporate governance on tax avoidance.Good corporate governance in this study is proxied by executive compensation,institutional ownership, managerial ownership, independent boardof commissioners, audit committee, and audit quality. Tax avoidance ismeasured using the Cash Effective Tax Rate (CETR). The research samplewas 47 mining sector companies listed on the IDX in 2014–2019, and obtained213 research data. The results in this study say that executive compensationhas a negative effect on tax avoidance, institutional ownershipand managerial ownership have a positive effect on tax avoidance and theindependent board of commissioners, audit committee, audit quality has noeffect on tax avoidance.

Voluntary disclosure and corporate governance: empirical evidence from Kuwait

2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (2) ◽  
pp. 217-236 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mishari M. Alfraih ◽  
Abdullah M. Almutawa
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Voluntary Disclosure ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Panel Data Analysis ◽  
Annual Reports ◽  
Government Ownership ◽  
Governance Mechanisms ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Listed Firms ◽  
Corporate Governance Mechanisms

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to assess and analyse the level of voluntary disclosure practices in the annual reports of Kuwait Stock Exchange (KSE) listed firms and explore the association between corporate governance mechanisms and voluntary disclosure practices. Design/methodology/approach Panel data analysis was undertaken over a period from 2005-2008 with an aim to examine the influence of corporate governance mechanisms on voluntary disclosures made by 52 listed firms in their four years of annual reports. An unweighted voluntary disclosure index has been used for hand-collecting data from annual reports. Findings The findings show that the mean voluntary disclosure level over the four years is 23 per cent. Four out of eight corporate governance mechanisms examined found to be significantly associated with the level of voluntary disclosure, three negatively, one positively. Cross directorship, board size and role duality are negatively related to voluntary disclosure, while government ownership is positively related to voluntary disclosure. In contrast, the proportion of non-executive directors, family members on the board, the presence of an audit committee and the presence of the ruling family on the board have an insignificant influencer on voluntary disclosure practices. Practical implications The study provides an assessment of KSE-listed firm voluntary disclosure practices and its determents and highlights that that corporate governance attributes affect the voluntary disclosure practices of KSE-listed firms. Originality/value The findings of this study contribute to the arguments concerning the role of corporate governance mechanisms in improving the level of disclosure and information transparency.

scholarly journals The Effect of Good Corporate Governance on Tax Avoidance: An Empirical Study on Manufacturing Companies Listed in IDX period 2010-2013

2016 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 28-38 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vivi Adeyani Tandean ◽  
Winnie Winnie
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Audit Committee ◽  
Audit Quality ◽  
Stock Exchange ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Manufacturing Companies ◽  
Effective Tax Rate ◽  
Tax Rate ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Positive Effect

This study aims to obtain an empirical evidence about the effect of good corporate governance on tax avoidance which becomes a proxy of current ETR (Effective Tax Rate). The samples of this study were 120 manufacturing companies listed in Indonesian Stock Exchange in 2010 – 2013. The hypothesis testing used multiple regression analysis. The result of this study show that audit committee has a positive effect on tax avoidance in partial but the executive compensation, executive character, company size, institutional ownership, boards of commisioners' proportion, audit committee and audit quality have simultaneous effect to define tax avoidance.

Understanding decoupling in response to corporate governance reform pressures

2015 ◽  
Vol 23 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-382 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mario Krenn
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
Regulatory Change ◽  
Compliance Monitoring ◽  
Governance Reform ◽  
Firm Level ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Actual Use

Purpose – The purpose of this article is to explain under what circumstances firm-level adoption of codes of good corporate governance will more likely be superficial rather than substantive in nature. The article contains lessons for any agency or country that attempts to implement deep and lasting changes in corporate governance via codes of good corporate governance. Design/methodology/approach – The article reviews the literature on compliance with codes of good corporate governance and develops a conceptual model to explain why some firms that have formally adopted a code of good governance decouple this policy from its actual use. Findings – Decoupling in response to the issuance of codes of good corporate governance will be more attractive to firms and also more sustainable under the following conditions: firms’ compliance costs are relatively high firms’ costs of outright and visible non-compliance are relatively high and outsiders’ compliance monitoring costs are relatively high. Originality/value – The article contributes to the debate on compliance and convergence and provides policymakers with a conceptual framework for assessing the likelihood of successful regulatory change in corporate governance.

Faktor-Faktor Yang Mempengaruhi Tax Avoidance Dengan Profitabilitas Sebagai Varibel Intervening

IJAcc ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 120-131
Author(s):  
Imam Aji Santoso ◽  
Hendriyati Haryani ◽  
Wyne Febrianti
Keyword(s):  
Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social Responsibility ◽  
Social Responsibility ◽  
Tax Avoidance ◽  
Good Corporate Governance ◽  
Corporate Social

Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk mendapatkan bukti empiris dan rasional mengenai pengaruh pengungkapan corporate social responsibility (CSR), good corporate governance (GCG), dan karakteristik perusahaan terhadap tax avoidance dengan profitabilitas sebagai variabel intervening, pada perusahaan sektor industri dasar dan kimia yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia. Metode yang digunakan dalam penelitian ini adalah metode analisis regresi linier berganda dengan bantuan smart PLS. Penelitian ini didasari dari penelitian yang sudah dilakukan sebelumnya. Penelitaan ini lakukan untuk mengetahui apakah hasil penelitian terdahulu dengan penelitian sekarang masih sama atau beda. Hasil penelitian menunjukan bahwa secara simultan, variabel corporate social responsibility, good corporate governance, dan karakteristik perusahaan terhadap tax avoidance dengan profitabilatas sebagai variabel intervening, berpengaruh signifikan dan positif. Peneliti disini menemukan beberapa perbedaan hasil dengan peneliti yang terdahulu atau sebelumnya, Hasil penelitian ini diharapkan dapat dimanfaatkan oleh pembaca sebagaimana semestinya. Bahkan bisa dilakukan penelitian lebih lanjut atas hasil yang sudah saya teliti.

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