Do Socially Responsible Firms Pay More Taxes?

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Davis, Angela K.; Guenther, David A.; Krull, Linda K.; Williams, Brian M.
• 署名单位: University of Oregon; Indiana University System; Indiana University Bloomington
• 刊物名称: ACCOUNTING REVIEW
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0001-4826
• DOI: 10.2308/accr-51224
• 发表日期: 2016
• 页码: 47-68
• 关键词: FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE; corporate; avoidance; management

摘要

We investigate the relation between corporate tax payments and corporate social responsibility. Because existing theory and empirical studies find inconsistent evidence on the relation between these constructs, we investigate whether the two activities act as complements or substitutes. We estimate the relation between measures of corporate social responsibility and (1) the amount of corporate taxes paid, and (2) the amount invested in tax lobbying activities using both ordinary least squares and a system of simultaneous equations. We find consistent evidence that corporate social responsibility is negatively related to five-year cash effective tax rates and positively related to tax lobbying expenditures. Our evidence suggests that, on average, corporate social responsibility and tax payments act as substitutes.