期刊
JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTING & ECONOMICS
卷 63, 期 2-3, 页码 428-453出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jacceco.2016.09.005
关键词
Tax avoidance; Geographic proximity; IRS audit probability; Budget constraints
资金
- Red McCombs School of Business
- Mays School of Business
We investigate whether geographic proximity between corporate headquarters and IRS regional offices affects corporate tax avoidance and the likelihood and productivity of IRS examinations. Using geographic distance to represent information asymmetry, we find that corporations avoid more tax when located closer to the IRS unless they are close to an IRS industry specialist This finding is consistent with taxpayers believing proximity provides them with an information advantage over the IRS. From the perspective of the IRS, we find that the Service is more likely to audit nearby companies and to assess more tax per hour from nearby taxpayers, except during constrained budget years. IRS audit likelihood and productivity are unaffected by the presence of nearby industry specialists, consistent with industry specialist proximity already constraining avoidance. Our tax compliance setting provides dual-party evidence on the proximity-information asymmetry hypothesis. (C) 2016 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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