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To Cite this Article: Razali, M. W. M., Yi, P. X., Brahmana, R. K., & Tak, A. H. (2019). Malaysian Listed Firm’s Tax Avoidance: Another Earnings Management Strategy? International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 9(2), 569–573.
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