Institutional Ownership and Tax Avoidance: A Review Agency Theory

Abstract

Differences in interests between owners and managers cause information submitted to financial statements to be incorrect. The interests of owners who want increased company performance and value cause managers to plan strategies, one of which is tax avoidance. Therefore, this study aims to determine the conflict of interest between managers and owners who are described through institutional ownership of tax avoidance practices. This research was conducted on manufacturing companies listed on the Indonesia and Singapore Stock Exchanges. The results of this study became the basis of tax avoidance practices that occurred in the two countries as an implication of agency theory.