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CSR and tax aggressiveness of Malaysian listed companies: evidence from an emerging economy

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  • Nirmala Devi Mohanadas
  • Abdullah Sallehhuddin Abdullah Salim
  • Lim Kwee Pheng

Abstract

Purpose - This study aims to examine how corporate social responsibility (CSR) performance and corporate tax aggressiveness relate in Malaysia, an emerging economy in Southeast Asia. It also seeks to analyse how CSR performance in community, environment, marketplace and workplace themes relate to the tax aggressiveness of listed companies in this country. Design/methodology/approach - This study analyses 182 companies listed in the Main Market of Bursa Malaysia from 2010 to 2012 using fixed-effects panel regression and ordinary least square regression. It uses current effective tax rate as a proxy for corporate tax aggressiveness and measures CSR performance using specially developed CSR performance disclosure index. Findings - This study finds no statistical support that CSR performance is related to corporate tax aggressiveness in Malaysia. Similarly, there are no statistically significant relationships between environment-related and marketplace-related CSR performance and corporate tax aggressiveness. Nevertheless, community-related CSR performance has significant negative relationship with corporate tax aggressiveness. Workplace-related CSR performance meanwhile has significant positive relationship with corporate tax aggressiveness. Originality/value - This study expands the current literature's focus on developed economies by examining the relationship between CSR and corporate tax aggressiveness in the setting of an emerging Asian economy, i.e. Malaysia. It is also the first empirical study focussing on this relationship among Malaysian listed companies.

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  • Nirmala Devi Mohanadas & Abdullah Sallehhuddin Abdullah Salim & Lim Kwee Pheng, 2019. "CSR and tax aggressiveness of Malaysian listed companies: evidence from an emerging economy," Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 16(5), pages 597-612, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-01-2019-0021
    DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-01-2019-0021
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    Cited by:

    1. Francesco Scarpa & Silvana Signori, 2023. "Understanding corporate tax responsibility: a systematic literature review," Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 14(7), pages 179-201, June.
    2. Meidijati Meidijati & Yvonne Augustine, 2022. "The Effect of Tax Accounting, Green Accounting, and Carbon Accounting on Environmental, Social, and Governance Performance: Moderated by Green Intellectual Capital," Technium Social Sciences Journal, Technium Science, vol. 31(1), pages 371-387, May.

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