Resumo:
Este estudo investiga a associação entre a adoção mandatória das International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) e o nível de tax avoidance. Tax avoidance é definido, neste estudo, como a redução da alíquota efetiva dos tributos sobre o lucro por meio de atividades de planejamento tributário, sejam essas atividades legais, duvidosas ou mesmo ilegais. Utilizaram-se três métricas para tax avoidance e controlaram-se fatores no nível do país e no nível da firma que já mostraram associação com o tax avoidance em estudos anteriores. A partir de uma amostra que varia de 9.389 a 15.423 companhias abertas de 35 países, para o intervalo de 1999 a 2014, constatou-se que a adoção das IFRS está associada a um aumento no nível de tax avoidance, mesmo após controlar o nível de book-tax conformity requerido nos países e o volume dos accruals, considerados possíveis fatores determinantes dessa relação. Além disso, os resultados encontrados indicam que, após a adoção das IFRS, companhias em ambientes de alta conformidade entre os lucros contábil e tributável passaram a se engajar mais em tax avoidance do que companhias em ambientes de baixa conformidade. Identificou-se, ainda, que o engajamento em tax avoidance após a adoção das IFRS é decorrente não apenas do gerenciamento dos accruals, mas também de práticas que não envolvem os accruals. Conclui-se que as companhias passaram a se engajar mais em atividades de tax avoidance após a adoção mandatória das IFRS.
Resumo Inglês:
This study investigates the association between mandatory International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) adoption and corporate tax avoidance. In this study, tax avoidance is defined as a reduction in the effective corporate income tax rate through tax planning activities, whether these are legal, questionable, or even illegal. Three measures of tax avoidance are used and factors at the country and firm level (that have already been associated with tax avoidance in prior research) are controlled. Using samples that range from 9,389 to 15,423 publicly-traded companies from 35 countries, covering 1999 to 2014, it is found that IFRS adoption is associated with higher levels of corporate tax avoidance, even when the level of book-tax conformity required in the countries and the volume of accruals are controlled, both of which are considered potential determinants of this relationship. Furthermore, the results suggest that after IFRS adoption, firms in higher book-tax conformity environments engage more in tax avoidance than firms in lower book-tax conformity environments. It is also identified that engagement in tax avoidance after IFRS adoption derives not only from accruals management, but also from practices that do not involve accruals. The main conclusion is that companies engage more in tax avoidance after mandatory IFRS adoption.
Citação ABNT:
BRAGA, R. N.Efeitos da Adoção das IFRS sobre o Tax Avoidance. Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, v. 28, n. 75, p. 407-424, 2017.
Citação APA:
Braga, R. N.(2017). Efeitos da Adoção das IFRS sobre o Tax Avoidance. Revista Contabilidade & Finanças, 28(75), 407-424.
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