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Do Corporate Governance Mechanism Influences Tax Avoidance and Firm Value?

Agoestina Mappadang

http://dx.doi.org/10.6007/IJARBSS/v9-i10/6478

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This research is motivated by the phenomenon that exists today that many companies have poor governance so that the practice of tax avoidance is increasingly carried out. The purpose of this study is to analyze the mechanism of corporate governance as measured by independent commissioners, institutional ownership, and the board of commissioners on tax avoidance which has implications for company value. Population of this research from manufacture industries. Total sample are 87 companies and 435 objects in the period 2013-2017 with purposive sampling method. The results of statistical analysis using PLS-SEM. The results shown in the direct effect path that is corporate governance mechanism is a significant factor in influencing company value in a positive direction, otherwise different results shown by corporate governance mechanisms that are has a negative significance to tax avoidance and tax avoidance has a positive significance to the value of the firm. This study also examines the indirect effect (indirect effect) where the results of the analysis show the mechanism of corporate governance has a positive significance to the firm value when mediated by the variable tax avoidance. The impact of this research is that the better corporate governance as a control and supervision mechanism, the higher value of the firm, whereas a lower corporate governance mechanism makes management opportunities to do tax avoidance higher.

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In-Text Citation: (Mappadang, 2019)
To Cite this Article: Mappadang, A. (2019). Do Corporate Governance Mechanism Influences Tax Avoidance and Firm Value? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(10), 203–217.