Do Malaysian listed companies mitigate climate-change for tax planning?

This research aims to examine the relationship between climate-change mitigation (CCM) and tax planning in Malaysian market. 248 listed companies and employing OLS with robust standard errors from six non-financial industries were examined from 2008 to 2014. The findings indicate a significant relat...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Hui, Wei You, Rayenda Khresna Brahmana
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2017
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11623/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11623/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11623/1/jeko_51%282%29-14.pdf
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Summary:This research aims to examine the relationship between climate-change mitigation (CCM) and tax planning in Malaysian market. 248 listed companies and employing OLS with robust standard errors from six non-financial industries were examined from 2008 to 2014. The findings indicate a significant relationship between climate-change mitigation and tax planning. Furthermore, it is observed that climate-change mitigation has contributed negatively to tax planning. It shows that companies in Malaysian market use climate change mitigation in planning their taxation matter.