PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Indrani D. Basak AU - Michelle R. Clayman TI - Tax Rates and Stock Returns AID - 10.3905/joi.2005.605305 DP - 2005 Nov 30 TA - The Journal of Investing PG - 35--46 VI - 14 IP - 4 4099 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/35.short 4100 - https://pm-research.com/content/14/4/35.full AB - This article presents results showing that anomalous corporate tax rates may lead to weaker stock returns. Low effective tax rates are associated with markedly weaker future returns. This phenomenon cannot be explained totally by factors such as beta, book to market, size, momentum, or the downturn in technology stocks. This implies that even though the stock market is generally assumed to be “semi-strongly” efficient, financial analysts can pick up important clues on companies' business operations and future stock returns from out-of-the-ordinary tax rates.