The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia

Threat of punishment has been emphasized as one of the effective tools to deter taxpayers’ non-compliance attitudes. Thus this study aims to explore the impact of threat of punishment on both individual taxpayers’ attitudes, compliance and noncompliance. The findings from a mixed-modes survey indic...

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Main Authors: Mohd. Isa, Khadijah, Mohdali, Raihana, Yussof, Salwa Hana
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2014
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/51107/1/51107_abstract.pdf
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author Mohd. Isa, Khadijah
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description Threat of punishment has been emphasized as one of the effective tools to deter taxpayers’ non-compliance attitudes. Thus this study aims to explore the impact of threat of punishment on both individual taxpayers’ attitudes, compliance and noncompliance. The findings from a mixed-modes survey indicate that threat of punishment is insignificant on taxpayers who are willing to comply with tax laws. They tend to avoid taxes when they are threatened with tax audits and penalties. Overall, threat of punishment appears to have not only an insignificant impact on compliant taxpayers but also trigger their intentions to be less compliant.
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spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:511072018-05-24T03:43:16Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/51107/ The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia Mohd. Isa, Khadijah Mohdali, Raihana Yussof, Salwa Hana HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation Threat of punishment has been emphasized as one of the effective tools to deter taxpayers’ non-compliance attitudes. Thus this study aims to explore the impact of threat of punishment on both individual taxpayers’ attitudes, compliance and noncompliance. The findings from a mixed-modes survey indicate that threat of punishment is insignificant on taxpayers who are willing to comply with tax laws. They tend to avoid taxes when they are threatened with tax audits and penalties. Overall, threat of punishment appears to have not only an insignificant impact on compliant taxpayers but also trigger their intentions to be less compliant. 2014-12 Proceeding Paper NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/51107/1/51107_abstract.pdf Mohd. Isa, Khadijah and Mohdali, Raihana and Yussof, Salwa Hana (2014) The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia. In: International Conference on Accounting Studies 2014 (ICAS 2014), 18th-19th August 2014, Kuala Lumpur. (Unpublished) http://www.icas.my/index.php/proceedings/2-icas-2014-proceedings/37-the-impact-of-threat-of-punishment-on-tax-compliance-and-non-compliance-attitudes-in-malaysia
spellingShingle HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
Mohd. Isa, Khadijah
Mohdali, Raihana
Yussof, Salwa Hana
The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
title The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
title_full The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
title_fullStr The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
title_short The impact of threat of punishment on tax compliance and non-compliance attitudes in Malaysia
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topic HJ2240 Revenue. Taxation
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