Analysis of the ASX200 Firms' Tax Aggressiveness

Project Member(s): Lanis, R., McClure, R.

Funding or Partner Organisation: United Voice

Start year: 2014

Summary: The aim of this research is to provide a ranking of ASX 200 companies against a number of tax avoidance proxies. The purpose is to reveal which companies are paying their fair share of company tax and which are not. The intention is to complement existing projects and campaigning by TJN members, and to build towards greater understanding of the structural arrangements which allow companies to avoid paying company tax.

Keywords: ASX200, tax avoidance

FOR Codes: Taxation Accounting, Taxation, Taxation accounting

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