%0 Journal Article %T CONCEPT OF TAX AVOIDANCE FROM ACCOUNTING PERSPECTIVE %A Duygu £¿ENG¨¹L £¿EL£¿KAY %J - %D 2019 %X Many companies, now called "world giants" on an international scale, pay taxes at very low amounts without directly violating any law The concept of tax avoidance is becoming a subject of more research every day due to the these reasons. This situation puts economies at risk, destroys financial confidence, and the work done on this issue causes a lot of labor and time to be spent. The purpose of this study is to reveal the current situation in the accounting literature of the concept of tax avoidance, which is examined by many scholars. Within the scope of the study, different aspects of tax avoidance and similar concepts have been presented, tax avoidance definitions, methods for measuring tax avoidance, and variables that have been found to affect tax avoidance in the accounting literature have been mentioned. The study, which is prepared as a descriptive literature review, is important in terms of evaluating the result of many current studies in a wide framework %K Vergiden Ka£¿£¿nma %K Vergi Planlamas£¿ %U http://dergipark.org.tr/muvu/issue/44127/428982