JOURNAL OF APPLIED ACCOUNTING AND TAXATION
Vol 6 No 1 (2021): Journal of Applied Accounting and Taxation (JAAT)

Analysis of Debt Effect on Profitability of Manufacturing Companies in Indonesia

Diana Fitria Ningsih (Politeknik Negeri Batam)
Doni Putra Utama (Politeknik Negeri Batam)



Article Info

Publish Date
31 Mar 2021

Abstract

This study aims to examine whether short term debt has a negative effect on company profitability and to test whether long term debt has a negative effect on the profitability of manufacturing companies in Indonesia which are listed on the Indonesia Stock Exchange during the 2014-2018 period. This study has 1 dependent variable namely profitability and uses 2 independent variables namely short term debt and long term debt, and uses 2 control variables namely liquidity and firm size. This study uses secondary data with database collection techniques. The sample of this study was 432 companies in 5 years of research. The data analysis technique used is multiple linear regression analysis through the application of SPSS 22. The results found that short term debt has a negative effect on company profitability and long term debt has a negative effect on company profitability. This shows that the lower the company's debt, the higher the profitability a company will get and otherwise.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JAAT

Publisher

Subject

Economics, Econometrics & Finance

Description

Journal of Applied Accounting and Taxation (JAAT) is a journal published by Politeknik Negeri Batam. The journal is predominantly devoted to applied accounting, taxation, and finance with special focus on industries problem solving. JAAT publish quality articles based on empirical research, ...