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    The Impact of Financial Distress on Corporate Tax Avoidance Spanning the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Australia

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    Richardson, G.
    Taylor, Grantley
    Lanis, R.
    Date
    2015
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Richardson, G. and Taylor, G. and Lanis, R. 2015. The Impact of Financial Distress on Corporate Tax Avoidance Spanning the Global Financial Crisis: Evidence from Australia. Economic Modelling. 44: pp. 44-53.
    Source Title
    Economic Modelling
    DOI
    10.1016/j.econmod.2014.09.015
    ISSN
    1873-6122
    School
    School of Accounting
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/32638
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Firms have the incentive to engage in corporate tax avoidance when the marginal benefits exceed the marginal costs. In fact, when firms are under financial distress, the benefits of tax avoidance outweigh the costs, increasing the incentive to avoid tax. The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) of 2008 provides a unique setting to consider whether tax avoidance differs from the pre-GFC and post-GFC periods, and whether firm management is compelled to engage in aggressive tax avoidance during periods of severe financial distress. This study examines the impact of financial distress on tax avoidance and in particular, the impact of the GFC on the association between financial distress and tax avoidance. Based on a sample of 203 publicly-listed Australian firms covering the 2006–2010 period, the regression results show that financial distress is significantly and positively associated with tax avoidance across several proxy measures of tax avoidance and financial distress. More importantly, according to the regression results, the association between financial distress and tax avoidance was magnified on account of the GFC.

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