ABSTRAKTujuan penelitian ini adalah meneliti pengaruh kualitas corporate social responsibility (CSR) terhadap penghindaran pajak dengan kinerja laba sebagai variabel moderator. Penelitian ini menggunakan CSR award sebagai indikator kualitas corporate social responsibility (CSR). Data dianalisis menggunakan Moderated Regression Analysis. Sampel penelitian sebanyak 137 perusahaan yang terdaftar di Bursa Efek Indonesia dengan 615 pengamatan. Hasil penelitian membuktikan kualitas corporate social responsibility (CSR) berpengaruh negatif terhadap penghindaran pajak. Namun bila kualitas corporate social responsibility (CSR) dimoderasi dengan kinerja laba yang tinggi, maka menunjukkan pengaruh positif terhadap penghindaran pajak, artinya perusahaan dengan kualitas corporate social responsibility (CSR) yang baik cenderung mengalami peningkatan dalam penghindaran pajak saat kinerja laba tinggi. Kata kunci:Kualitas corporate social responsibility, CSR award, penghindaran pajak, kinerja laba. ABSTRACT The aim of this research is to investigate the impact of corporate social responsibility (CSR) quality on tax avoidance with earning performance as a moderator variable. This research uses CSR award as an indicator of corporate social responsibility quality. Data are analized using Moderated Regression Analysis (MRA). Sample is 137 listed companies inIndonesian Stock Exchange with 615 observations. Our result proves that CSR quality has a negative impact on tax avoidance. However, when corporate social responsibility quality is moderated by earning performance, the result shows a positive impact on tax avoidance. It means that when a company has a high profit, the better the quality of CSR will lead to higher tax avoidance.