DERIVATIF
Vol 17, No 1 (2023): APRIL

TAX AVOIDANCE IN INDONESIAN COMMERCIAL BANKS: POLITICAL CONNECTIONS AND BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

Faza Lutfi Rahayu (Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto)
Bima Cinintya Pratama (Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto)
Azmi Fitriati (Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto)
Selamet Eko Budi Santoso (Universitas Muhammadiyah Purwokerto)



Article Info

Publish Date
30 Apr 2023

Abstract

The purpose of this research is to test tax avoidance taking into account the influence of political connections, as well as tenure of the board of commissioners and compensation of the board of commissioners as moderating variables. The population used in this study are commercial banks registered with the Financial Services Authority (OJK) with a sample of 205 out of a total of 41 banking sector companies in 2017-2021. This study uses panel data regression model analysis. The analysis techniques used in this study were descriptive statistical tests, preliminary tests ( Breusch-Pagan, likelihood tests, Hausman tests ), diagnostic tests (heteroscedasticity tests and autocorrelation tests), and hypothesis testing. Based on the results of the three preliminary tests in determining the panel data regression model, this study uses a random effect model to test the relationship between variables in model 1 and model 2 to test the hypothesis. The results of this study indicate that political connections have a negative effect on tax avoidance, meaning that the board of commissioners who have political connections does not change the characteristics of their special relationship with the government to always pay taxes according to the proper tax rate. The board of commissioners tenure variable has a positive effect on tax avoidance, this shows that the length of the term of office of members of the board of commissioners triggers more aggressive characteristics to take tax avoidance actions without looking at the risk-taker for the company as well as the reputation of the term of office as the board of commissioners. The Compensation variable of the board of commissioners has a positive effect on tax avoidance, this shows that giving compensation to members of the board of commissioners will reduce the level of profit after tax due to burdens or costs borne by the company. So what happens is the lower the taxable profit, the lower the effective tax charged. Meanwhile, this study can prove the role of the board of commissioner's tenure variable in strengthening the relationship between political connections and tax avoidance. Also, proving the role of the board of commissioner's compensation variable does not affect the relationship between political connections and tax avoidance.

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Journal Info

Abbrev

JM

Publisher

Subject

Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management

Description

Derivatif includes articles on the results of research and scientific work with the scope of Economics, Management, Business, and Islamic Economic Studies. The Derivatif journal is managed by the Management Program, University Muhammadiyah of Metro, published by the Scientific Publication Unit ...