The effective tax rate may be used to measure the impact of changes in a country's tax policy on a company's tax burden. Our study examines if the ownership structure and firm's governance mechanisms affect the ETRs and tax planning in Malaysian listed companies. Using a sample of 345 companies,...

This paper investigates the determinants of the effective tax rate (ETR) of German firms spanning the Germany's Corporate Tax Reform 2008 (GTR08). This paper is the first to analyze the drivers of ETR using German longitudinal data. The results show that larger companies, growth firms, and firms...

This study examines the visibility of the GAAP effective tax rate (ETR) in firms' financial statements as a distinct disclosure choice. Applying a game-theory disclosure model for voluntary disclosure strategies of firms to a tax setting, we argue that firms face a trade-off in their ETR...