Influence of religiosity and customs law towards import duty noncompliance behavior in Malaysia

The issue on tax noncompliance has been critically discussed by the government and academic researchers due to its indirect impact on the country’s social and economic development. The present study was undertaken to examine the Malaysian taxpayer’s noncompliance...

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Main Authors: Yusoff, Yusri Hazrol, Yusri, Yusniyati, Ong, Tze San, Selamat, Aslam Izah
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law 2018
Online Access:http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74672/1/Influence%20of%20religiosity.pdf
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author Yusoff, Yusri Hazrol
Yusri, Yusniyati
Ong, Tze San
Selamat, Aslam Izah
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description The issue on tax noncompliance has been critically discussed by the government and academic researchers due to its indirect impact on the country’s social and economic development. The present study was undertaken to examine the Malaysian taxpayer’s noncompliance behaviour, with the intention of adapting the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to describe the behaviour and actions taken by the noncompliant taxpayers. A total of 117 taxpayers from noncompliant companies in the year 2015 were sampled and analyzed. The findings revealed strong positive effects of Religiosity and Customs Law on import duty noncompliance behavior when the relationship was supported by the element of intention not to comply.In using a revised TBP framework, the study makes a significant theoretical contribution to the literature on indirect tax. Furthermore, this study has a number of practical implication for the Royal Malaysia Customs Department as the authority agency in terms of combating noncompliance issue.
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spelling upm.eprints-746722020-10-17T20:21:07Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74672/ Influence of religiosity and customs law towards import duty noncompliance behavior in Malaysia Yusoff, Yusri Hazrol Yusri, Yusniyati Ong, Tze San Selamat, Aslam Izah The issue on tax noncompliance has been critically discussed by the government and academic researchers due to its indirect impact on the country’s social and economic development. The present study was undertaken to examine the Malaysian taxpayer’s noncompliance behaviour, with the intention of adapting the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to describe the behaviour and actions taken by the noncompliant taxpayers. A total of 117 taxpayers from noncompliant companies in the year 2015 were sampled and analyzed. The findings revealed strong positive effects of Religiosity and Customs Law on import duty noncompliance behavior when the relationship was supported by the element of intention not to comply.In using a revised TBP framework, the study makes a significant theoretical contribution to the literature on indirect tax. Furthermore, this study has a number of practical implication for the Royal Malaysia Customs Department as the authority agency in terms of combating noncompliance issue. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law 2018-04 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/74672/1/Influence%20of%20religiosity.pdf Yusoff, Yusri Hazrol and Yusri, Yusniyati and Ong, Tze San and Selamat, Aslam Izah (2018) Influence of religiosity and customs law towards import duty noncompliance behavior in Malaysia. South East Asia Journal of Contemporary Business, Economics and Law, 15 (1). 23 - 29. ISSN 2289-1560
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title_short Influence of religiosity and customs law towards import duty noncompliance behavior in Malaysia
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