THE EFFECT OF COMPANY SIZE AND PROFITABILITY ON TAX AVOIDANCE WITH LEVERAGE AS INTERVENING VARIABLES
The purpose of this study is as follows: 1) Finding empirical evidence regarding the effect of company size on leverage; 2) Finding empirical evidence regarding the effect of propitability on leverage; 3) Finding empirical evidence regarding the effect of company size on tax avoidance; 4) Finding empirical evidence regarding the effect of profitability on tax avoidance; and 5) Finding empirical evidence regarding the effect of leverage on tax avoidance. The type of research used in this study is casual associative research. The population in this study are property, real estate, and building construction companies that are included in the Kompas 100 index which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (IDX) during 2013-2018. Sample selection with purposive sampling method. The analytical method used to test hypotheses is the path analysis test and multiple test. The results showed that: 1) Firm size directly affects Leverage in a positive direction, 2) Profitability does not directly affect leverage in a negative direction; 3) Company size has a direct effect on Tax Avoidance in a negative direction; and 4) Profitability has no direct effect on Tax Avoidance in the negative direction, and 5) Leverage has a direct effect on Tax Avoidance in a positive direction. KEYWORDS: COMPANY SIZE, PROFITABILITY, LEVERAGE, TAX AVOIDANCE