KONEKSI POLITIK DAN AGRESIVITAS PAJAK: PERAN DIVERSITAS GENDER SEBAGAI VARIABEL MODERASI
<p><em>Aggressive tax management actions lead to a low tax ratio in Indonesia. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of political connections on tax aggressiveness and to determine the moderation of gender diversity on the effect of political connections on tax aggressiveness. This research is a type of quantitative research using moderated regression analysis using STATA software. The dependent variable of this study is tax aggressiveness, the independent variable is political connections and the moderating variable is gender diversity. The sample of this research is the mining sector companies listed on the IDX during the 2015-2019 period. Secondary data is obtained based on the annual financial statements that are on the IDX. The findings show that political connections have a positive effect on tax aggressiveness and gender diversity cannot moderate the positive effect of political connections on tax aggressiveness. This research has implications for the government in making regulations related to taxation and input to the government to pay attention to political connections as a gap in aggressive tax management. This research also contributes to companies in giving consideration to avoiding tax aggressiveness because it can damage the company's reputation, as well as providing input to companies to pay attention to the existence of political connections and gender diversity.</em><em></em></p>