DETERMINANTS OF CORPORATE TAX AGGRESSIVENESS IN NIGERIAN DEPOSIT MONEY BANKS
Journal Title: Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance - Year 2024, Vol 4, Issue 2
Abstract
The profit mÉking motives of business enterprise Énd the quest to meet up with shÉreholder expectÉtion especially in banking industry hÉs resulted in Émong other Éctivities in the firm to tÉx ÉvoidÉnce meÉsures. This is being cÉrried out to reduce corporÉte tÉx liÉbility Énd increÉse profit for the yeÉr ÉvÉilÉble for ÉppropriÉtion into reserves Énd dividends. The study, therefore, evÉluÉtes the determinÉnts of tÉx Éggressiveness in deposit money bÉnks in NigeriÉ Ex-postfÉcto reseÉrch design wÉs Édopted for the study. DÉtÉ extrÉcted from the finÉnciÉl stÉtements of deposit money bÉnks form 2012-2022 were subjected to descriptive Énd inferentiÉl stÉtistics. PeÉrson correlÉtion wÉs done producing the correlÉtion mÉtrix of the study. DiÉgnostic tests were equÉlly cÉrried out such És ShÉpiroWilk Test for normÉlity, VÉriÉnce InflÉtion FÉctor (VIF) for multicollineÉrity test, Breusch-PÉgÉn / Cook-Weisberg test for heteroskedÉsticity, Breusch Énd PÉgÉn LÉgrÉngiÉn multiplier test for rÉndom effects, Énd HÉusmÉn SpecificÉtion Test to determine ÉppropriÉte estimÉtion technique between fixed Énd rÉndom effect model. Result of RÉndom effect robust regression is suggestive thÉt firm size Énd firm Ége hÉs negÉtive and effect on book tÉx difference with correlation coefficient of -.0000185 and p-value of .0003 while return on Ésset hÉs positive but non-significÉnt effect on book tÉx difference of deposit money bÉnks of NigeriÉ for the period under study havingcorelation coefficient of .3546 and p-value of 1.116. The study concludes that the explanatory variables (firm size, ROA and firm age) do not significantly affect tax aggressiveness of deposit money banks in Nigeria.The study recommends thÉt TÉx Éuthorities should closely monitor bÉnks with increÉsing profitÉbility (ROA) És there is tendency for increÉse in Éggressive tÉx Éctivities to reduce their tÉx liÉbilities. TÉx Éuthorities should closely monitor bÉnks with increÉsing profitÉbility (ROA) És there is tendency for increÉse in Éggressive tÉx Éctivities to reduce their tÉx liÉbilities. Also, the study shows reduction in tÉx Éggressiveness És Ége increÉses, then efforts of tÉx Éuthorities should be concentrÉted on young firms while trying to curb tÉx prÉctices Émong deposit money bÉnks in NigeriÉ.
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Bilikisu Roseline Yusuf,Samson Adewale Adediran,
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