Journal of
Accounting and Taxation

  • Abbreviation: J. Account. Taxation
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-6664
  • DOI: 10.5897/JAT
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 209

Full Length Research Paper

Board attributes and corporate tax avoidance: An explanatory mixed method investigation

Ibrahim Aramide Salihu
  • Ibrahim Aramide Salihu
  • Accounting Programme Area, School of Business, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam.
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Farahiyah Kawi
  • Farahiyah Kawi
  • Accounting Programme Area, School of Business, Universiti Teknologi Brunei, Brunei Darussalam.
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  •  Received: 01 February 2021
  •  Accepted: 25 May 2021
  •  Published: 31 October 2021

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