The impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies

This paper examines empirical evidence on the impact of financial distress on tax avoidance of 369 listed companies in Vietnam over the 2008–2020 period. Empirical results show the existence of a positive relationship between financial distress and tax avoidance for survey companies. In particular,...

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Autores principales: Van Cuong Dang, Xuan Hang Tran
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:4258d7f5eda8400891d14f53d622eb182021-12-02T16:50:00ZThe impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies2331-197510.1080/23311975.2021.1953678https://doaj.org/article/4258d7f5eda8400891d14f53d622eb182021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2021.1953678https://doaj.org/toc/2331-1975This paper examines empirical evidence on the impact of financial distress on tax avoidance of 369 listed companies in Vietnam over the 2008–2020 period. Empirical results show the existence of a positive relationship between financial distress and tax avoidance for survey companies. In particular, the more the company is in danger of capital, the more tax avoidance it will take. The results also show that small companies will tend to avoid taxes more. Companies use debt leverage as a tax shield to help them reduce their tax obligations. Companies with large long-term assets are less likely to avoid taxes than companies with little long-term assets. And finally, the study also shows that the more the company has a big difference in book-tax, the more tax avoidance activities it will implement.Van Cuong DangXuan Hang TranTaylor & Francis Grouparticlefinancial distresstax avoidancelisted companies in vietnamBusinessHF5001-6182Management. Industrial managementHD28-70ENCogent Business & Management, Vol 8, Iss 1 (2021)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic financial distress
tax avoidance
listed companies in vietnam
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
spellingShingle financial distress
tax avoidance
listed companies in vietnam
Business
HF5001-6182
Management. Industrial management
HD28-70
Van Cuong Dang
Xuan Hang Tran
The impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies
description This paper examines empirical evidence on the impact of financial distress on tax avoidance of 369 listed companies in Vietnam over the 2008–2020 period. Empirical results show the existence of a positive relationship between financial distress and tax avoidance for survey companies. In particular, the more the company is in danger of capital, the more tax avoidance it will take. The results also show that small companies will tend to avoid taxes more. Companies use debt leverage as a tax shield to help them reduce their tax obligations. Companies with large long-term assets are less likely to avoid taxes than companies with little long-term assets. And finally, the study also shows that the more the company has a big difference in book-tax, the more tax avoidance activities it will implement.
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title The impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies
title_short The impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies
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title_full_unstemmed The impact of financial distress on tax avoidance: An empirical analysis of the Vietnamese listed companies
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