The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance

Various factors have been identified by researchers in Malaysia which may influence tax compliance behavior for example tax complexity; compliance costs; penalties; and tax knowledge. Yet, it is still unable to minimize tax non-compliance. Thus, this research identifies other factors, if any and the...

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Main Authors: Sellywati Mohd Faizal, Mohd Rizal Palil, Ruhanita Maelah, Rosiati Ramli
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Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/
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author Sellywati Mohd Faizal,
Mohd Rizal Palil,
Ruhanita Maelah,
Rosiati Ramli,
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Mohd Rizal Palil,
Ruhanita Maelah,
Rosiati Ramli,
author_sort Sellywati Mohd Faizal,
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description Various factors have been identified by researchers in Malaysia which may influence tax compliance behavior for example tax complexity; compliance costs; penalties; and tax knowledge. Yet, it is still unable to minimize tax non-compliance. Thus, this research identifies other factors, if any and their effect on Malaysian tax compliance behavior. The factors are procedural justice, trust and power. As far as known, no study in Malaysia examines the effect of these factors on tax compliance in a single study. Studies conducted outside Malaysia have found that procedural justice has a significant and positive relationship with tax compliance. In addition, there are also studies which described that procedural justice has the relationship with trust and legitimate power. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between procedural justice and compliance with the existing of trust and power as mediator. Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze the data that has been collected from 241 respondents. The findings suggest that procedural justice and trust have a positive relationship with tax compliance. Moreover, the bootstrapping approach found that trust could be a mediator in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance. In contrast, neither legitimate power nor coercive power influence tax compliance and mediate the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:152912020-09-30T06:34:26Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/ The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance Sellywati Mohd Faizal, Mohd Rizal Palil, Ruhanita Maelah, Rosiati Ramli, Various factors have been identified by researchers in Malaysia which may influence tax compliance behavior for example tax complexity; compliance costs; penalties; and tax knowledge. Yet, it is still unable to minimize tax non-compliance. Thus, this research identifies other factors, if any and their effect on Malaysian tax compliance behavior. The factors are procedural justice, trust and power. As far as known, no study in Malaysia examines the effect of these factors on tax compliance in a single study. Studies conducted outside Malaysia have found that procedural justice has a significant and positive relationship with tax compliance. In addition, there are also studies which described that procedural justice has the relationship with trust and legitimate power. Therefore, the objective of this study is to examine the relationship between procedural justice and compliance with the existing of trust and power as mediator. Structural Equation Model (SEM) is used to analyze the data that has been collected from 241 respondents. The findings suggest that procedural justice and trust have a positive relationship with tax compliance. Moreover, the bootstrapping approach found that trust could be a mediator in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance. In contrast, neither legitimate power nor coercive power influence tax compliance and mediate the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance. Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/1/32487-100847-2-PB.pdf Sellywati Mohd Faizal, and Mohd Rizal Palil, and Ruhanita Maelah, and Rosiati Ramli, (2019) The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance. Asian Journal of Accounting and Governance, 11 . pp. 1-11. ISSN 2180-3838 http://ejournal.ukm.my/ajac/issue/view/1184
spellingShingle Sellywati Mohd Faizal,
Mohd Rizal Palil,
Ruhanita Maelah,
Rosiati Ramli,
The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title_full The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title_fullStr The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title_full_unstemmed The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title_short The mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
title_sort mediating effect of power and trust in the relationship between procedural justice and tax compliance
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/15291/1/32487-100847-2-PB.pdf