The effect of implementing web-based financial reporting model on stock market and tax avoidance

The purpose of this research is to first provide a comprehensive index to measure the implementation of financial reporting on the web and then to examine the effect of the present model.

This research is developmental-applicative in terms of results and on the stock market and tax avoidance among 167 companies admitted to the Tehran Stock Exchange during the years 2009 to 2020. The components of the web-based financial reporting implementation model were determined through interviews and distribution of questionnaires among experts, and the weights and importance of the criteria were determined using Shannon's entropy multi-criteria decision-making method. The relationship between the implementation of online financial reporting as a hidden variable and its measurement items was also measured through confirmatory factor analysis.

Based on the findings of the research, the components of the presented model include 8 indicators of organizational factors, financial, economic, social, political, human, technology and finally the cultural factor along with 67 sub-factors. Also, the findings of the quantitative section based on structural equations show web-based financial reporting improves stock market efficiency and reduces tax avoidance.

Originality:

 A web-based financial reporting system is one of the new approaches whose implementation and implementation plays an influential role in the growth and development of financial markets and consequently tax avoidance, because through the reduction of information processing costs, the possibility of better tax supervision and by increasing the quality of information, it leads to stronger corporate governance and less information asymmetry.