Percepção dos controllers sobre a gestão tributária em empresas do município de Bauru-SP

Abstract

It is analyzed in this work the perception of controllers on the practice of tax management in companies in the city of Bauru-SP. In the present scenario, tax burden has been representative impacting the results of organizations what requires the tax management in search of minimizing this impact in order to fortify the company before competition. The controller is a professional that participates in important decision taking processes and that acts in strategic moments of the organization, and has as its main duty tax management what demands from this professional knowledge of the national tributary system and of the legislation that creates legal principals about the issue. In this context, tax management is the differential, the tax burden once administrated promotes the continuity and fair competitiveness before the competitive market. This research aims to answer the following question: what is the perception of controllers in companies in the city of Bauru regarding the practice of tax management. Therefore, it is elaborated a literary review of controlling and controllers, their responsibility and duties, and about tax management with examples of applicability and possible results of tributary economies. After the literary review, it is applied a questionnaire focusing the controller and, with statistic techniques it is evaluated the profile of the respondents as their duties, scholar, college course and experience in tributary field; It is also analyzed the companies profiles as their work field, tributary regime and invoicing. It is concluded that controllers' perception as the practice of management is low and that their experience in the tributary field is not long for acquiring all the necessary knowledge. As a consequence, this professional might opine wrongly in the practice of tax management what increases the risk of wrong decision taking