THE EFFECT OF TAX EXPENSE, BONUS MECHANISM, AND TUNNELING INCENTIVE TOWARDS TRANSFER PRICING DECISION IN COMPANIES WITH PROFITABILITY AS A MODERATING VARIABLE
<span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">This research aims to obtain empirical evidence about the effe</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">ct of tax expense, bonus mechanism, and tunneling incentive partially towards transfer pricing decision in companies and the effect of profitability as a moderatin</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">g variable towards that effect.</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">The data used is secondary data obtained from the annual repo</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">rts of mining companies companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2016 – 2020. The sample selection used is purposive sampling method and the number of mining companies sampled in this research were 14 companies with 7</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">0 observation data for 5 years.</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15"> </span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">The data analysis technique used in this study is linear multiple regression equations wit</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">h Moderated Regression Analysis </span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">which is a special application of linear</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15"> multiple regression equations. </span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">The results this research are (1) tax expense has a significa</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">nt postitive effect towards transfer pricing decision; (2) bonus mechanism has no effect towards transfer pricing decision; (3) tunneling incentive has a significant postitive effect towards transfer pricing decision; (4) profitability moderate (strengthen</span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">) the effect of tax expense towards transfer pricing decision; (5) profitability does not moderate (not strengthen nor weaken) the effect of bonus mechanism towards transfer pricing decision; (6) profitability moderate (strengthen) the effect of tunneling </span></span><span class="s13"><span class="bumpedFont15">incentive towards transfer pricing decision.</span></span>