Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia

This paper aims to identify the reasons used by taxpayers to become a compliant taxpayer, and whether these reasons are affected by demographic factors. Five reasons were used - fairness on the distribution of tax burden, fairness of the government in utilising government revenue, peer influence, sa...

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Main Authors: Yussof, Salwa Hana, Isa, Khadijah, Adriani, Desri Eka, Mohdali, Raihana
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
English
Published: Penerbit UMT, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2016
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author Yussof, Salwa Hana
Isa, Khadijah
Adriani, Desri Eka
Mohdali, Raihana
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Isa, Khadijah
Adriani, Desri Eka
Mohdali, Raihana
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description This paper aims to identify the reasons used by taxpayers to become a compliant taxpayer, and whether these reasons are affected by demographic factors. Five reasons were used - fairness on the distribution of tax burden, fairness of the government in utilising government revenue, peer influence, sanctions and non-tax macro factors. Data was collected using questionnaire survey distributed to government officers in Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. The results showed that fairness, peer influence and sanctions are among the reasons used by taxpayers when they decide to comply with income tax laws. The choice of these reasons are not affected by age, gender and level of study, except on fairness of the government in utilising government revenue.
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spelling iium-548732017-02-21T02:27:58Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/ Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia Yussof, Salwa Hana Isa, Khadijah Adriani, Desri Eka Mohdali, Raihana H Social Sciences (General) HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation This paper aims to identify the reasons used by taxpayers to become a compliant taxpayer, and whether these reasons are affected by demographic factors. Five reasons were used - fairness on the distribution of tax burden, fairness of the government in utilising government revenue, peer influence, sanctions and non-tax macro factors. Data was collected using questionnaire survey distributed to government officers in Pelalawan Regency, Riau Province, Indonesia. The results showed that fairness, peer influence and sanctions are among the reasons used by taxpayers when they decide to comply with income tax laws. The choice of these reasons are not affected by age, gender and level of study, except on fairness of the government in utilising government revenue. Penerbit UMT, Universiti Malaysia Terengganu 2016-08 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/17/54873.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/18/54873-abstractbook.pdf Yussof, Salwa Hana and Isa, Khadijah and Adriani, Desri Eka and Mohdali, Raihana (2016) Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia. In: 4th International Conference on Accounting, Business & Economics (ICABEC 2016), 28-30th August 2016, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu.
spellingShingle H Social Sciences (General)
HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
Yussof, Salwa Hana
Isa, Khadijah
Adriani, Desri Eka
Mohdali, Raihana
Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title_full Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title_fullStr Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title_short Why do taxpayers comply: Evidence from Indonesia
title_sort why do taxpayers comply: evidence from indonesia
topic H Social Sciences (General)
HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/17/54873.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/54873/18/54873-abstractbook.pdf