THE EFFECT OF PROFITABILITY AND LEVERAGE ON TAX AVOIDANCE WITH COMPANY SIZE AS A MODERATING VARIABLE(Empirical Study on Property, Real Estate, and Building Construction Companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange 2013-2018)
The objectives of this study are as follows: 1) To examine the effect of Profitability on Tax Avoidance; 2) To examine the effect of Leverage on Tax Avoidance; 3) To assess the extent to which Company Size can moderate the relationship between Profitability and Tax Avoidance; and 4) To assess the extent to which Company Size can moderate the relationship between Leverage and Tax Avoidance. This type of research used in this research is casual associative research (causal associative research). The population in this study were property, real estate and building construction companies listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange (BEI) during the period 2013-2018. The sample selection was using purposive sampling method. The analysis method used to test the hypothesis is Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). The results showed that: 1) Profitability has no effect on tax avoidance in a negative direction; 2) Leverage affects tax avoidance in a positive direction; 3) Company size is unable to moderate the relationship between profitability and tax avoidance; and 4) Firm size is unable to moderate the relationship between leverage and tax avoidance. KEYWORDS: Profitability, Leverage, Company Size, Tax Avoidance