This paper investigates whether
avoidance use more debt compared to non
as the reduction of explicit taxes for any reason, ranging from the benign reduction of taxes
stemming from incompatible rules for financial and tax reporting to the employment of abusive
tax shelters. Prior research has suggested that tax avoidance exists, may be
ongoing practice, and is associated with
avoidance on capital structure has a theoretical foundation in the trade
relatively unexplored. Firms with an ongoing focus of general tax avoidance may be willing to
have higher leverage and accept higher costs associated with the risk of financial distress to
maintain lower cash effective tax rates.
tax avoiders have higher average leverage prior to a refinancing, issue
percentage of assets at a refinancing point, and have higher average leverage following a
refinancing event. Cross-sectional regression results in
is a robust positive influence on leverage.
focus on general tax avoidance use relatively more debt in their capital structures.
Keywords: tax avoidance, capital structure, leverage, trade
Journal of Finance and Accountancy
Tax avoidance and capital structure, Page
Christine Harrington
The University of Tampa
Walter Smith
The University of Tampa
U.S. public corporations with a strategy of
non-tax avoiders. General tax avoidance is characterized
an incentivized
different market outcomes. The influence of general tax
trade-off theory
. The empirical results in this study suggest t
more long
indicate that ex ante general tax avoidance
Overall, the results suggest that firms with an ex ante
This paper investigates whetheravoidance use more debt compared to nonas the reduction of explicit taxes for any reason, ranging from the benign reduction of taxesstemming from incompatible rules for financial and tax reporting to the employment of abusivetax shelters. Prior research has suggested that tax avoidance exists, may beongoing practice, and is associated withavoidance on capital structure has a theoretical foundation in the traderelatively unexplored. Firms with an ongoing focus of general tax avoidance may be willing tohave higher leverage and accept higher costs associated with the risk of financial distress tomaintain lower cash effective tax rates.tax avoiders have higher average leverage prior to a refinancing, issuepercentage of assets at a refinancing point, and have higher average leverage following arefinancing event. Cross-sectional regression results inis a robust positive influence on leverage.focus on general tax avoidance use relatively more debt in their capital structures.Keywords: tax avoidance, capital structure, leverage, tradeJournal of Finance and AccountancyTax avoidance and capital structure, PageChristine HarringtonThe University of TampaWalter SmithThe University of TampaU.S. public corporations with a strategy ofnon-tax avoiders. General tax avoidance is characterizedan incentivizeddifferent market outcomes. The influence of general taxtrade-off theory. The empirical results in this study suggest tmore longindicate that ex ante general tax avoidanceOverall, the results suggest that firms with an ex ante
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