Tax Avoidance and Dividend Policy: Evidence from Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises

Randy Kuswanto

doi:10.24815/jdab.v10i2.30037

Tax Avoidance and Dividend Policy: Evidence from Indonesian State-Owned Enterprises

Randy Kuswanto

Abstract

This study aimed to investigate the relationship between tax avoidance and dividend policy with focus on state-owned enterprises (SOEs), in Indonesia. The populations are all Indonesian firms (SOEs and non-SOEs) listed in LQ-45 index. Samples were selected using purposive sampling method. Number of collected samples are 60 firms or 118 firm-year observations (2018, 2019, and 2021). Using Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA), this study found a positive association between effective tax rate and dividend yield for non-SOEs. The result also reveals that SOEs tend not to engage in aggressive tax avoidance, with an average effective tax rate of 19.9%. Therefore, if SOEs plan to manage their taxes to lower the effective tax rate, they may provide higher yield to shareholders compared to non-SOEs.

Keywords

Dividend policy; effective tax rate; state-owned enterprises; tax avoidance

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